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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.

In 2016, Newtown became one of the first schools in Australia to adopt an 'inclusive' uniform policy. Although there remain separate 'boys' and 'girls' uniforms, students may wear whichever they prefer.

The school is run by the New South Wales Department of Education. As of February 2020, the principal is Sharon Roberts.

The school caters for approximately 1,000 students from Year 7 to Year 12.