Killara High School - Campus

Campus

Killara High School is set on 3.8 hectares of prime bushland, half the area allocated to a typical high school in the region. The school comprises five blocks, (A, B, C, D, and E) with the school canteen located in C block, and the library being part of E block. Each block contains around the same amount of classrooms as found at other North Shore public high schools. The school has a library, named 'The Lion Library', 'The Kerrabee Centre', which is made up of a large hall capable of seating more than 1000 people and a 250-seat performance theatre with state-of-the-art sound and lighting, a small oval named Jubilee Oval, four multi-purpose courts, a large quadrangle, and a small residential building called 'The House', which contains school offices and classrooms for the LOTE classes. Koola Oval across the road is often used for sport classes as Jubilee Oval is not big enough.

Capital works since 2003 have resulted in the installation of security fencing, and five COLAs (Covered Outdoor Learning Areas) built around the school, grounds enhancements, upgrades to science laboratories, classrooms and the construction of studios above the canteen. With enrolment rising at the school, the number of portable classrooms has increased from four to the current eighteen, with an extra two portable bathroom blocks also put in. This has led to complaints that the government isn't spending enough money on the school and that the school may have to resort to erecting tents as classrooms. There have been vandalism incidents at the school, the worst being an arson attack on the theatre leaving it unusable for six months and costing 1.5 million to repair. More recent capital works have included installing security fencing around the school, similar to those found at other public schools in Sydney, new landscaping to fit with the new fence and handrails installed for stairs.

Growth in enrolment and the predicted future growth of population in the region is expected to continue to place serious pressure on the school facilities and further capital works may be needed.