Ocean Reef Senior High School

Ocean Reef Senior High School is a co-educational state high school located in Ocean Reef, 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia. Opening in 1983, the school's catchment area covers the northwestern part of the City of Joondalup and, as at Semester 1, 2011, the school has an enrolment of 1,217 students between Year 8 and Year 12.HistoryThe school first opened in 1983 with 200 students in a single teaching block (now used as the Social Studies block) with a small group of year 8 and 9 students and only 14 staff. It was formally opened by the then Education Minister, Bob Pearce, on 24 February 1984.Over the years, the school has grown to around 10 blocks and a well equipped on-site library. The school now has a total of 92 teaching staff, 20 administration staff, 18 support staff and 1,217 students.During a freak storm in March 2010 the school was extensively damaged by hail and torrential rain. As a result the school was closed for a week for all students. Senior school students then returned but students from Year 8 to 10 were not allowed back until late April following the first term holiday break.In 2011, Ocean Reef Senior High School became an "independent public school" under a Liberal government initiative aimed at giving schools more flexibility in financial management, staff recruitment and other employment issues and school maintenance.