The Hills Sports High School offers a world-class Talented Sport Program (TSP) designed to provide students who excel in particular sports with elite coaching and an academic framework that enables them to reach both their sporting and academic goals.
The Hills Sports High School recently featured in the Fox Sports Documentary "Once Upon a Sport" and the link can be found here: Hills Sports Feature Foxtel.
The Program aggregates talented young sportsmen and women from Sydney's west and northwest in the one school providing them with:
- elite coaching and access to modern sports medicine
- a committed teaching staff, with a deep understanding of the complex needs of talented student-athletes
- specialised academic and pastoral programs to assist student-athletes in balancing competing demands
- the opportunity to complete their secondary education in the company of peers with similar aspirations, lifestyle and interests.
The Talented Sports Program provides students with an opportunity to attain their optimum potential in their chosen sport. It enables them to hone their special talent and obtain a pathway to the Australian Institute of Sport and State, National and Olympic representation.
The school's curriculum provides students with the maximum opportunity to achieve both their academic and sporting goals. No longer will education have to be sacrificed to ensure sporting success.
The provision of HSC Pathways enables students to balance their education and sporting commitments by completing their HSC over several years. This ensures that students have the option of a back-up career if injury or some other factor places them in the position of no longer being able to earn an income from their chosen sport.
Students participating in a TSP are contracted to maintain satisfactory progress in their academic curriculum.
ACCESS TO THE TALENTED SPORT PROGRAM
Students applying for a Talented Sport Program placement must demonstrate elite ability in a particular sport and must satisfy high standards in attitude, work habits and academic achievement.
All students seeking placement in a TSP are required to submit an application form (this also applies to local community students). The selection process will include physical and skills testing in their nominated sports in addition to an examination of their school reports.
The school accepts applications throughout the year. Please call our school on (02) 96227300 for more information about our enrolment process!
Some more things to note about the program:
- Funds are used to employ qualified coaching and strength and conditioning staff, provide equipment and cover administration costs in each sport. The fee also includes the provision of training uniforms for all sports.
- A discount of $50 applies if the annual TSP fee is paid in full by February 1 (Term 1).
- Parents may prefer to pay in two instalments of 50% of the annual fee with the first payment due by Week 4 Term 1 and the second payment due by the end of Term 2.
- Parents should be aware, however, that TSP operates on a user-pays basis and that students cannot be permitted to commence TSP until fees are paid. Discounts are also available to parents with more than one child in the program - enquire at the office for details.
- The application to join the Talented Sports Program can be found here:
Any TSP enquiries can be directed to
Luke Jorgensen, R/Director of Sport:
hillssport-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
