Newtown High School of the Performing Arts (NHSPA) is a specialist performing arts state government school located in the suburb of Newtown in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school was founded in 1990 as the first state selective high school for performing arts in New South Wales. NHSPA was formed from the merger of the nearby Petersham Girls High School and Newtown Boys' High School on the latter's King Street site.  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 as part of the school’s curriculum for the first two years of secondary school. The school participates in a concerts both on and off school grounds in all types of performing and visual arts as well as video, technical, costume and design.