Mission Statement

Engaging all Boys

Epping Boys' High School's Motto "Strive to Achieve" has inspired staff and students since the school's foundation in 1957. By hard work, dedication and the setting of high standards, the school has built up an enviable reputation of success based on very sound traditions. Pride in past academic, sporting and cultural achievements has generated further achievements in the pursuit of excellence.

Epping Boys' High School is a local, boys' comprehensive high school with a tradition of academic excellence conveniently situated to transport in a well-appointed, green 9-hectare setting.

The aims of Epping Boys' High School are to:

• Develop students by providing the stimulus to strive for excellence in their academic, sporting and cultural pursuits.
• Provide an atmosphere of "acceptance and respect" in a caring environment with structural student welfare and peer support programs designed to nurture self-esteem.
• Offer a broad curriculum with sufficient course flexibility to cater for those whose goal is tertiary study and those seeking to enter the world of work more directly.
• Maintain the school's proud tradition in sport, music, public speaking.
• Encourages participation in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities.
• Develop an environment where teachers are acknowledged for excellence, challenged to develop, and provided with the opportunitites and resources to achieve quality learning outcomes.
• Involve parents and community in decision making in areas of curriculum, welfare and allocation of resources.