The school was established on 18 September 1926 as Leeton District School by the Minister for Education, Thomas Mutch.[5][6][7][8]
Raised to the status of Intermediate High School from 1 January 1928, the school was upgraded to a fully comprehensive high school in January 1947.[9][10]
Significant events
In May 2005, the school was devastated by fire that destroyed the science block.[11] A new state-of-the-art block was opened ahead of schedule in February 2006. In 2007, parts of the school were again devastated by fires.[12] Later in 2007, the school was again devastated by fires, this time destroying the English wing.[13] Work on rebuilding that wing finished in November 2009. There is currently no evidence or official statements to prove if it was arson.
On 5 April 2015, English and drama teacher Stephanie Scott was raped and murdered on the school grounds by janitor Vincent Stanford.[14] Stanford was later convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.[15] An amphitheatre was later built in the school as a memorial to her death.[16]
^"LEETON'S NEW SCHOOL". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator. Vol. XI, no. 72. New South Wales, Australia. 14 September 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 20 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"LEETON INTERMEDIATE HIGH SCHOOL". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator. Vol. XII, no. 99. New South Wales, Australia. 20 December 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Leeton High – Cooper". History of New South Wales government schools. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 20 March 2019.