Public co-ed East Victoria Park, Perth Public Year 7-12

Kent Street Senior High School.

Public co-educational secondary in East Victoria Park, with specialist programs in Aviation, Fashion & Design, Cricket, and a Department of Education-approved Katalyst Science specialist program.

Inside Kent Street

Kent Street Senior High School sits on a four-hectare campus on Kent Street in East Victoria Park, only about 5 km from the Perth CBD. It is a public co-educational senior high school serving Years 7 to 12, with a typical local catchment plus state-wide entry into its four specialist programs.

Kent Street's specialist program lineup is unusually distinctive among inner-Perth public schools. The school is approved by the Department of Education to run specialist courses in Aviation (one of only a handful of Australian schools offering aviation as a curriculum specialist), Fashion and Design, Katalyst Science (a CoRE, Centres of Research Excellence, specialist science program), and Cricket. Each program runs through Years 7 to 12 with dedicated curriculum and entry requirements.

Beyond the specialist programs, Kent Street offers a broad range of ATAR, General, and VET courses including English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D), important given the school's diverse East Vic Park catchment. The school's senior school maintains solid ATAR participation rates.

What Kent Street is known for

Aviation specialist program

One of only a handful of Australian schools offering an Aviation curriculum specialist program. For students aiming for pilot training or aerospace careers, Kent Street is one of the best-aligned WA pathways.

Katalyst Science (CoRE)

Department of Education-approved Centre of Research Excellence specialist science program. Students get extension Maths and Science alongside the standard curriculum.

Diverse student body

East Vic Park's diverse demographic gives Kent Street one of the more multicultural Perth public school populations. The EAL/D program reflects this.

Inner-Perth public school option

5 km from the CBD makes Kent Street one of the more accessible public schools for inner-Perth families. Many staff also work or study at the nearby Curtin campus.

Things to consider

Kent Street isn't the right fit for every student. Here are the genuine tradeoffs to think through, drawn from publicly available information about the school.

Specialist program entry is limited

Aviation, Fashion, Cricket and Katalyst all have entry tests and limited places. Most students are in the standard cohort, not the specialist cohort. Worth understanding which experience your child is signing up for.

Public school resourcing

While Kent Street is well-run, resourcing is public-school standard. Don't expect the campus or co-curricular depth of top private schools.

Smaller senior school

Kent Street's Year 11-12 cohort is smaller than the larger southern suburbs schools (Willetton, Rossmoyne). That can mean fewer ATAR subjects offered at the top end.

Catchment dynamics

East Vic Park is a transitioning suburb with a wide socio-economic spread. The school reflects that mix; for some families this is a positive, for others it's worth visiting first.

The ATAR pathway at Kent Street

Kent Street ATAR students follow standard combinations. Most common: Aviation specialist + ATAR (Methods + Physics + Aviation + English), Pre-medicine (Methods + Chemistry + Human Bio + English), Engineering (Methods + Physics + Chemistry + English), and Humanities / Law (Literature + History + a Language + Methods or Geography).

Curtin University is the dominant tertiary destination given proximity, with UWA and ECU also common. Aviation specialists pursue commercial pilot training pathways or aerospace engineering at UWA and Curtin.

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From Kent Street to our Bentley centre

About 4 km from our Bentley centre, an 8-minute drive via Albany Highway. The 998 bus stops nearby for students without a lift. Weekly after-school classes fit cleanly into a Kent Street student's afternoon.

Tutoring built for Kent Street students.

Small-group ATAR classes at our Bentley centre or live online, for the subjects Kent Street students are actually sitting. Free trial class, no card required.

Kent Street SHS questions

Common questions from Kent Street SHS families

How far is Kent Street Senior from Educatta's centres?

Does Educatta tutor the subjects Kent Street Senior students typically take?

Yes. Educatta tutors all the major ATAR subjects Kent Street Senior students are sitting: Mathematics Methods, Mathematics Applications, English, Chemistry, Physics, and Human Biology. Year 11 and 12 students from Kent Street Senior can attend small-group classes at our Bentley centre, or live online from anywhere in WA.

Can Kent Street Senior students attend Educatta classes after school?

Yes. Most of our weekly classes run between 4:00pm and 8:30pm on weekdays, with weekend slots also available. Kent Street Senior's school day finishes in time for students to arrive at our Bentley centre for after-school weekly classes.