Ross Smith Secondary School (GA712)

Sir Ross Macpherson Smith KBE born in Semaphore in 1892, was an aviator, who, along with his brother, Sir Keith Macpherson Smith, became the first pilots to fly from England to Australia, in 1919. He died aged 29 in an aviation accident in England, and was later buried in the North Road Cemetery, Adelaide.

Ross Smith Secondary was formed when Nailsworth High School amalgamated with Northfield High School in 1996. The school is located on the former Northfield High School site on Hampstead Road, Northfield.

The site includes a small tract of land where the school farm is situated and agriculture is taught. In 1996, a Performing Arts Centre was opened where the school teaches drama and music.

The school body of Ross Smith Secondary School is a very diverse one, containing many students from a a non-English speaking background,. The diversity of the student body is reflected in the school curriculum, which includes significant ESL (English as a Second Language) and Aboriginal education programmes.

In 2006 the school communities of Gepps Cross Girls High, Enfield High, Ross Smith Secondary and Gepps Cross Senior Schools voted to close and become part of a new multi-campus school to be built at Sports Park, Gepps Cross.

Roma Mitchell Secondary College opened at the beginning of 2011.