Public co-ed, opened 2023 Piara Waters, Perth Opened 2023

Piara Waters Senior High School.

WA's newest public secondary school, opened in 2023 with an inaugural Year 7 cohort. $59 million state-of-the-art campus serving the Piara Waters and surrounding south-east growth corridor. First Year 12 cohort due in 2028.

Inside Piara Waters SHS

Piara Waters Senior High School is Western Australia's newest secondary public school. The new high school was announced in May 2021 by then-Premier Mark McGowan and Education Minister Sue Ellery to serve the vibrant and multicultural Piara Waters community. The school opened in 2023 with its first cohort of Year 7 students.

The campus represents a $59 million investment by the WA Government and is one of the better-resourced new public schools in Australia. The administration block, student services area, education support centre, library and information resource centre were all completed before opening, with classrooms and specialist facilities continuing to grow as the school adds year levels each year.

Because the school only opened in 2023 with Year 7s, it currently runs Years 7 to 9 (in 2026) and will progressively add a year level each year until the foundational students reach Year 12 in 2028. That means the school doesn't yet have an ATAR record, but it's the natural local senior school for families in the Piara Waters, Treeby, and surrounding new-build catchments.

What Piara Waters SHS is known for

Newest WA public secondary school

Opening in 2023 means the campus was built from scratch with modern pedagogy in mind. The facilities are among the most current in any Perth public school.

$59 million campus

Brand-new infrastructure including modern classrooms, library, and specialist facilities. State-of-the-art is more than a marketing line here, the school genuinely opened with everything new.

Serves a fast-growing corridor

Piara Waters, Treeby, Hilbert, Hammond Park and surrounding suburbs are some of WA's fastest-growing residential areas. The school was built specifically to serve this growth.

Building up year levels gradually

Adding a year cohort each year means class sizes start manageable. Early Year 7 cohorts will graduate in 2028 with a tight school community formed across six full years.

Things to consider

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

No ATAR record yet

Piara Waters won't have its first Year 12 cohort until 2028. Families considering senior schooling specifically should weigh the absence of an ATAR track record against the strength of the modern campus.

Growing year by year

Currently only Years 7-9 (2026); Years 10, 11, 12 will be added in 2027, 2028, 2029. Senior subject offerings will mature each year as the school adds them.

Newer school, smaller alumni network

The first graduates haven't reached university yet. Career and university-network value is in development.

Specialist programs still emerging

The school's specialist program suite is still being built. Earlier cohorts may have fewer specialist options than later ones.

The ATAR pathway at Piara Waters SHS

Once Years 11-12 are running from 2027 onwards, Piara Waters students will follow standard ATAR combinations. Likely most common: Pre-medicine / health (Methods + Chemistry + Human Bio + English), Engineering (Methods + Physics + Chemistry + English), Commerce (Methods or Apps + Economics + English + a science), and Humanities (English + History + a Language + Methods).

Once the first cohort graduates in 2028, expected dominant tertiary destinations will be Curtin, Murdoch, UWA, and ECU, the standard southern-corridor pattern.

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From Piara Waters SHS to our Canning Vale centre

About 6 km from our Canning Vale centre, a 10-minute drive via Nicholson Road. The school's location makes our Canning Vale centre the natural choice for after-school weekly classes, convenient for both Year 7-9 enrichment now and senior ATAR support from 2027.

Tutoring built for Piara Waters SHS students.

Small-group ATAR classes at our Canning Vale centre or live online, for the subjects Piara Waters SHS students are actually sitting. Free trial class, no card required.

Piara Waters SHS questions

Common questions from Piara Waters SHS families

How far is Piara Waters Senior from Educatta's centres?

Does Educatta tutor the subjects Piara Waters Senior students typically take?

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

Can Piara Waters 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. Piara Waters Senior's school day finishes in time for students to arrive at our Canning Vale centre for after-school weekly classes.