 The school's motto "Harmony and Progress" reflects the proactively inclusive education and welfare programs designed to enhance student resilience and achievement.In 2018, the school moved into temporary buildings on the Park Street campus of the Alexandria Community School, to vacate the previous site on the corner of Cleveland and Chalmers Streets, Redfern for a new, 14 storey inner city high school on that site.The CSIEHS school relocated to its new, permanent campus on Mitchell Road early in 2019.