About Combined Independent Schools
In 1994 the Board of The Association of Independent Schools of NSW agreed to the establishment of the New South Wales Combined Independent Schools Sports Council (NSWCISSC) for the purpose of providing independent school students and staff with the opportunity to participate in State and National school sporting activities previously only available to those in State schools. The model chosen for this Council was designed to assist both existing and new Sporting Associations of schools to work together to achieve this objective. NSWCISSC commenced activities in 1995.
In the first stage of operation the relevant structures and sub-committees were established. These worked most efficiently and have provided benefits to those many gifted and talented sports people within the independent school sector seeking opportunities at the State and National level.
At the end of 2017 NSWCISSC became a company, a stand-alone entity with the schools becoming members of the council. A Board of Directors was elected to guide CIS into the future.
COMPREHensive sports pathways
Within this structure, over 100 thousand students are provided with the opportunity to participate in higher levels of sporting involvement in a wide variety of sports including:
Secondary:
Athletics, Australian Football, Baseball, Basketball, Canoeing, Cricket, Cross Country, Diving, Golf, Hockey,
Netball, Orienteering, Rugby League, Sailing, Football (Soccer), Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Touch Football, Triathlon,
Volleyball, Water Polo.
Primary:
Australian Football, Athletics, Basketball, Canoeing, Cricket, Cross Country, Diving, Golf, Hockey, Netball, Rugby
League, Rugby Union, Football (Soccer), Softball, Swimming, Tennis and Touch Football.
From the affiliated group of schools, NSWCISSC secondary and primary representative teams are selected to compete with
their peers from the State and Catholic sectors at the various NSWPSSA (Primary) and NSW All Schools (Secondary) activities
from which state representative teams are chosen to participate in sporting exchanges with teams from other states and
territories. The NSWCISSC is proud to be able to offer schools involvement in these various levels of participation and
competition through which they can provide for their students valuable sporting, social and cultural experiences.