The Newtown High School of the Performing Arts (abbreviated as NHSPA) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school, located in the suburb of Newtown in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the very few performing arts and visual arts schools in Australia. All the students that attend the school are required to study drama, music, dance and visual arts subjects as part of the school’s curriculum for the first year of secondary school, and one Performing or Visual Arts subject until year 11. The school participates in a number of events both on and off campus in all types of performing and visual arts as well as video, technical, costume and design.