School of the Air (SOTA) is a dual campus distance education school, one campus in Broken Hill and one in the Riverina township of Hay.
SOTA Broken Hill was established in 1956 and now caters predominately for the geographically isolated students within a radius of approximately 300km from Broken Hill.
Over the last 2 years, students who come under the category of travellers have been enrolled.
Hay SOTA is a campus of Broken Hill SOTA. Students live in a wide range of environments within NSW, travelling throughout Australia, and living overseas.
The school aims to develop excellence in learning over distance through open communication and personalised teacher/pupil and home supervisor interaction.
The educational program provided for the students is centred around the correspondence material, with air lessons, telephone, fax and field services used to complement the program.