SIDE (School of Isolated and Distance Education)
At Karratha Senior High School, students are offered alternate learning online via School of Isolated & Distance Education Students, SIDE.
SIDE delivers live lessons via Webex and online studies to students wishing to study courses either not offered by KSHS or not fitting their timetable. ATAR, General, some VET and Certificate courses are offered.
SIDE maintains strong links with parents, schools and their communities. In Years 11-12 there is a strong focus on increasing independence by students and partnerships between SIDE and the students’ supervisors.
SIDE students are supervised at Karratha Senior High School within their own learning area.
For more information view the SIDE website: www.side.wa.edu.au
GATE (Gifted and Talented Education)
The Gifted and Talented Selective Academic Program Online (GT Online) for students in years 7-10 is fully supported by Karratha Senior High School.
Applications for the 2025 intake are now closed. Applications for the 2026 intake will open in October 2024.
Registration Information https://www.education.wa.edu.au/gifted-and-talented
Information for Parents/Carers: https://gtonline.wa.edu.au/parent-information/
In 2023, more than 5,500 students in Years 6, 8, 9 and 10 completed the Academic Selective Entrance Test (ASET). All children who sit the Academic Selective Entrance Test receive an emailed performance report at the end of May. Offers of placement arrive later in mid-June. For more information on the Academic Selective Entrance Test (ASET) see:
Testing – Department of Education
Student selection is decided by the Gifted and Talented Selection Unit not Karratha SHS.