It was administered by the Western Australian Department of Education and had a final enrolment of 154 students with a teaching staff of 31 at the time of closing in 2011.

[1] On 27 October 2010, the education minister at the time, Liz Constable, announced that Padbury Senior High School would close at the end of 2011 due to declining enrolment.

[3] The site is now occupied by the Statewide Services Resource and Information Centre for the Department of Education.

[5] In 2010, it was decided that Padbury Senior High would close at the end of 2011 due to declining enrolments, and an expected student population of under 200.

Facilities of the school included a Performing Arts Theatre, a Visual Arts Centre, a Photography Laboratory, a Pastoral Care Centre and specialist facilities in Music, Home Economics, Design and Technology, Business Education, Computing and Physical Education.