The Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School is a government boys' academically selective and specialist secondary day and boarding school, located in Calala, a small suburb of Tamworth, in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1939, Farrer is one of the few agricultural secondary schools catering for both boarding and day students.

[6] Farrer embodies a conservative culture with a high degree of inclusiveness of Ethnicity and Disabilities.

School uniform is compulsory and is traditional in style, including blazer, tie and wide-brimmed hat.

[7][8] The Farrer campus is set on 140 hectares (346 acres), and is located on the outskirts of rural Tamworth, on prime Peel Valley farmland.

The school also makes use of the city's sporting facilities, including the synthetic hockey surface and athletics track.

Some of these subject areas on offer include: industrial tech metal, industrial tech wood, electronics, information and software technology, art, music, drama, software design and development, beef production, sheep production, sport science and journalism.

Active resistance to the system was met with ongoing intimidation, assault and bullying from many members of the school community, including the principal.