Henley High School is proud of its academic tradition and its history of meeting the needs of all its students from the Western suburbs of Adelaide and from throughout South Australia.

　　What makes Henley especially special is -

　　The support for the high achievers - in Mathematics and Science, English and SOSE, in Technology, Engineering and the trades, in Sport, in the Arts, in Hospitality.

　　A genuine Middle School program, with state of the art facilities, a 1:1 laptop computer program for all students, with small classes, fewer teachers in teaching teams, integrated and negotiated curriculum, innovative teaching, a safe environment and a focus on relationships.

　　The broad curriculum for senior students from Year 10. This ensures opportunities exist for all to achieve success through and post schooling, in subjects and options of choice - according to capability, interest and relevance.

　　The accreditation of all school-based and community-based activities of its senior students - towards the SACE, TER and Vocational/TAFE Certificates as relevant.

　　The programs for disinclined students, those with learning difficulties, including those students in the District's Lyn Wright Supported Learning Centre, and the increasing number of indigenous students, many of whom have successfully applied for enrolment into the Specialist Sport Program.

　　An International Students Program that attracts up to 60 senior students from a broad range of countries and its sister school in Japan who we visit every two years and who visit us each year.

　　A formal mentoring program that provides career advice, a Personal Learning Plan, and supports students and their parents.

　　Advanced Information Technology that provides a ratio of one laptop per student in the Middle School and one computer per two students in the Senior School, community access to web based school programs and curriculum, a highly regarded web site, intranet that includes apprenticeship and driving tests, interactive whiteboards in classrooms, pod casting equipment, and control technologies/robotics and multimedia as mandatory curriculum from Year 8.

　　Its appreciation and valuing of students and staff, including providing ongoing training and regular celebration and promotion of achievements.

　　The highly supportive community - its parents, the School Council, our old scholars network, Universities and teacher training organizations, other schools in the western suburbs, employers, businesses.