Armadale Senior High School

Established in 1953, Armadale Junior High School provided a secondary education to over nearly two hundred students. Whilst the school site was being built on South West Highway, students begun their learning in a cluster of four demountable classrooms on the site of Armadale Primary School. For the first time in Western Australian history, this allowed the high school curriculum to be delivered outside of the Perth City area. The student body consisted of students from Armadale, Serpentine/Jarrahdale, Byford, Oakford, Roleystone – even stretching as far as Queen’s Park. A public school bus company was formed in Bedfordale to service these communities, and was offered at no cost to families.