The school is located on Mountain View Drive, at the bottom of Northcliff Hill.

Northcliff High has won the A-League Inter-High Athletics competition for 25 consecutive years, from 1997 - 2023 [Meeting did not talk place in 2020/1 due to Covid].

[2] Northcliff won the A-league inter-high gala 24 times over the years.

In June 2017, Northcliff High was embroiled in a religious sensitivity scandal after it required its female Muslim students to carry concession cards in order to wear a head scarf to school.

[3] This issue was remedied and the school prides itself on being fully inclusive and accepting of all religions.