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Loreto Normanhurst is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), [5] the Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales (AISNSW), [6] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), [1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), [7] and is a member of the Association of Heads of ...
Normanhurst Boys High School (colloquially known as Normo) [1] is a single-sex academically selective secondary day school for boys, located in the suburb of Normanhurst, New South Wales, Australia. Consistently ranked as one of the nation's top schools academically, it was ranked fourth in the state based on Higher School Certificate (HSC ...
1 John Marden: 1916–1920 Principal of Croydon 1887–1920, Principal of both Colleges from 1916, founder of the college 2 G. Gordon Everett: 1920–1921 [11] 3 Nancy Jobson: 1922–1933 [4] 4 Grace Mackintosh: 1933–1936 [5] 5 Dorothy Knox: 1936–1967 [12] 6 Jeanette Buckham 1967–1989 7 Gillian Moore: 1989–2007 8 Vicki Waters 2008 ...
Loreto Kirribilli was founded in 1901 following the move of the day school of Loreto Randwick (founded 1892) to Kunimbla, a house in Milsons Point.In 1907, increasing enrolments necessitated a move to Fern Hill, a house in Upper Pitt Street, and in 1907 to the current site in Carabella Street.
MLC School was founded in 1886 to prepare students for entrance to the University of Sydney, which had only admitted women to degrees four years before. [3] With the view that much more could be expected of girls’ skills and talents during their school education, MLC School was one of the first schools in Australia to offer girls the same level of education as boys.
The Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association was established in 1922 [2] as the Girls Secondary Schools Sports Union. [3] Commencing with just five members, [2] all of them independent, Protestant schools for girls, [3] IGSSA grew rapidly in the 1980s and 90s following the introduction of graded competition for many sports, improving competitions and adding new sports.
In 2018, and again in 2020, St Ursula's was ranked in the top 50 schools in New South Wales by HSC results. [6] [7] In 2023, St Ursula's introduced the International Baccalaureate as a study path making it the first systemic Catholic school in Australia to give students the opportunity to study through the International Baccalaureate. [8] [9] [10]
Typically, over 96% of all HSC students achieve Band 5 and 6 results in all HSC subjects and in 2016, Normanhurst ranked 11th out of 3136 high schools in the state of NSW. As a result, gaining a place at the school is highly competitive and very much sought after by parents as a sign of their child's academic success."