Gulgong High School is a comprehensive high school located in a diverse rural setting.

The schools focus is 'Preparing Young Adults for the Future'. Students are drawn from the immediate rural and urban surroundings and from various walks of life.

There is a divergent range of abilities among the students. The school caters for this divergence by creating a wide choice of curriculum that is both academic and vocationally based.

The school offers vertically-integrated curriculum structures in the junior school to allow a great deal of flexibility and choice that encourages engagement of students in learning. For a small school, Gulgong High School offers a particularly wide range of student electives in both the junior and senior school and enjoys small class sizes in all senior courses and many junior courses.