title: Campbelltown Performing Arts High School
text: # Campbelltown Performing Arts High School
  
  The Campbelltown Performing Arts High School (abbreviated as CPAHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school with speciality in performing arts, located in Campbelltown, a suburb in south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  
  Founded in 1954, CPAHS educates approximately 1,000 students from Year 7 to Year 12 who have enrolled based on local residence and/or selectively in the performing arts division. The school's education curriculum and examinations are governed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority, a government agency initiative under the administration of the New South Wales Department of Education.
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  * Tim Campbell – actor
  * Bruce Quick – athlete and Olympian
  * Jai Waetford – pop singer, songwriter and actor
  * Lisa Wilkinson – journalist and TV presenter
  