Achievements

2012 SACE grades

• 7 students received 5 A grades
• 22 students received 4 A grades
• 20 students received 3 A grades
• 1 student achieved 2 merits
• 7 students achieved 1 merit
• 58 students generated an ATAR of above 90 which constitutes 27.49% of the cohort

2011 SACE Results

• 3 students received 6 A grades
• 6 received 5 A grades
• 1 student achieved 2 merits
• 7 students achieved 1 merit
• 43 students generated an ATAR of above 90 which constitutes 23% of the cohort

2010 SACE Results

• 53 students achieved an ATAR over 90; 
• 20 students achieved 5 As;
• higher than the State average of A grades and B grades;

Council of International Schools

• Awarded International Accreditation by the Council of International Schools in 2006

Citizen of Humanity Award

• School, students and staff awarded the first Citizen of Humanity Awards in South Australia in 2004

Formula 1 in Schools Challenge

• The Pink Quattro team, a group of Year 10 boys, won the following awards at the Royal Adelaide Show in 2012: Best Innovation, Best Team Portfolio, Best Team Marketing, Best Pit Display, Outstanding Industry Collaboration. The Pink Quattro team also won the Wild Card Entry to the National Finals in Geelong, Victoria, making them the first school team in the history of the Challenge to enter the National Finals in their first year of the Competition.

Tournament of Minds Competition

• Honours Award 2005 and 2006
• Winner of the Secondary Applied Technology Section 2011

Premier's be active Challenge

• One of the 50 High Achieving Schools - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. In most of these years AHS was the only high school in the top 50 schools.

Australian National Rowing Championships

• 2009 - 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal
• 2010 - 1 silver medal

RowingSA Premierships

• Champion Junior Male: 2008/9, 2009/10
• Champion Senior Female: 2010/11

Achilles Cup Athletics

• 1st B Division 2012, pennant winners in Open and U16 divisions

State Championships

• Messenger Bowl T20 Cricket Champions 2012
• Year 8/9 Boys Super 8s Cricket Champions 2012
• State Knockout Champions - Year 8 boys Basketball 2012
• Open Girls Twenty/20 Cricket 2011
• The Chappell Shield (1st XI All Schools Champions) 2010, 2011,2012
• The Les Burdett Shield (1st XI State Schools Champions) 2010, 2011, 2012
• The Lehmann Shield (Year 10 Twenty20 State Champions) 2010
• Year 10 T20 State Cricket Champions 2009, 2010,
• Year 8/9 State Knockout Cricket Champions 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
• Schoolgirl Single Scull (Rowing) 2011
• Year 9 Schoolboy Single Scull (Rowing) 2011

Australian 5 Highs Cricket Carnival

• Winner 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012
• Runner up 2007, 2009, 2010.

Debating

• Senior State Debating Champions 2008
• Year 10 State Debating Champions 2007

National Schools Volleyball Cup

•  Gold Medal 2005

First prize International Learning Quest Challenge 2003

Leadership of state-wide Multicultural Education Committee training and professional development programs since 2002

Regular participation in national subject competitions and achievement of high distinctions