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Coordinates | 33°52′31″S 151°6′47″E / 33.87528°S 151.11306°E |
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Type | Government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school |
Motto | Not for ourselves alone [1] |
Established | 1929[1] |
School district | Strathfield; Metropolitan South |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
Oversight | NSW Education Standards Authority |
Principal | Mia Kumar [1] |
Teaching staff | 79.2 FTE (2018) [2] |
Years | 7– 12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | 1,152 [2] (2018) |
Campus | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Navy blue and gold |
Website |
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Burwood Girls' High School is a public, comprehensive, secondary school for girls, located in Croydon, an inner western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1929, the school enrolled approximately 1,150 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 69 percent were from a language background other than English. [2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority; the principal is Mia Kumar.
The school's catchment area includes the suburbs of Croydon, Burwood, Croydon Park, Ashfield, Summer Hill, Haberfield, and Five Dock. [4] The school community is diverse in terms of ethnicity, culture and socio-economic mix. [5]
In the 2006 Higher School Certificate, the National Education Directory of Australia named Burwood Girls High School the sixth best performing school, and the best non-selective public school in Sydney's Inner-West. [6]
Burwood Girls High School is registered and accredited with the New South Wales Board of Studies, and therefore follows the mandated curriculum for all years. Students may also choose from a select number of Vocational Education and Training (VET) subjects through TAFE NSW and additional languages through The Open High School. [7]
In the 2006 HSC, the National Education Directory of Australia named Burwood Girls the sixth best performing school, and the best non-selective public school in Sydney's Inner-West. [6]
Burwood Girls' High School | |
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![]() | |
Location | |
| |
Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°52′31″S 151°6′47″E / 33.87528°S 151.11306°E |
Information | |
Type | Government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school |
Motto | Not for ourselves alone [1] |
Established | 1929[1] |
School district | Strathfield; Metropolitan South |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
Oversight | NSW Education Standards Authority |
Principal | Mia Kumar [1] |
Teaching staff | 79.2 FTE (2018) [2] |
Years | 7– 12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | 1,152 [2] (2018) |
Campus | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Navy blue and gold |
Website |
burwoodg-h |
[3] | |
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Burwood Girls' High School is a public, comprehensive, secondary school for girls, located in Croydon, an inner western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1929, the school enrolled approximately 1,150 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 69 percent were from a language background other than English. [2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority; the principal is Mia Kumar.
The school's catchment area includes the suburbs of Croydon, Burwood, Croydon Park, Ashfield, Summer Hill, Haberfield, and Five Dock. [4] The school community is diverse in terms of ethnicity, culture and socio-economic mix. [5]
In the 2006 Higher School Certificate, the National Education Directory of Australia named Burwood Girls High School the sixth best performing school, and the best non-selective public school in Sydney's Inner-West. [6]
Burwood Girls High School is registered and accredited with the New South Wales Board of Studies, and therefore follows the mandated curriculum for all years. Students may also choose from a select number of Vocational Education and Training (VET) subjects through TAFE NSW and additional languages through The Open High School. [7]
In the 2006 HSC, the National Education Directory of Australia named Burwood Girls the sixth best performing school, and the best non-selective public school in Sydney's Inner-West. [6]