Holroyd High School's focus is on successful high quality learning in a peaceful, well-disciplined and supportive environment which enables all students to grow and progress as learners and develop the skills for active citizenship.

The school is located in Sydney's multicultural south-western suburbs. It is a small, comprehensive, co-educational secondary school with an enrolment of about 430 students in Years 7-12, including a support unit, and 185 students in the Intensive English Centre, where newly arrived students of English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EALD) learn English for up to a year after their arrival in Australia.

There are about sixty international students enrolled in the school, mainly in the Intensive English Centre.The school has developed a flexible, innovative curriculum to meet individual student needs, including academic and vocational education and training pathways. The success of these programs has led to a high rate of enrolment in post-secondary education, particularly tertiary studies.