Cecil Andrews Senior High School formerly known as West Armadale High School is a public co-educational high school

High school

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 in Western Australia

Western Australia

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. The school is located on Seville Drive in the suburb of Armadale

Armadale, Western Australia

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The school was established in 1980 and caters for students in Year 8 to 12.

The school is names after Dr Cecil Rollo Paten Andrews who was an Inspector General of Schools in Western Australia from 1903 to 1912 and was Director of Education

Director of Education

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from 1912 to 1930. Initially known as West Armadale Senior High School until the foundation principal, Howard Rintoul, had the school renamed in Andrews' honour.