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Burwood Girls High School

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Established
  
1929

Enrolment
  
~1,062 (7–12)

Colour(s)
  
Navy Blue & Gold

Motto
  
Not For Ourselves Alone

Principal
  
Mia Kumar

Campus
  
Suburban

Phone
  
+61 2 9747 3355

Founded
  
1929

Type
  
Public, Single-sex, high school

Address
  
Queen St, Croydon NSW 2132, Australia

Similar
  
Strathfield Girls High School, Riverside Girls High School, Burwood Girls' High School, Randwick Girls' High School

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.

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Established in 1929 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,060 students from Years 7 to 12. The schools catchment area includes the suburbs of Croydon, Burwood, Croydon Park, Ashfield, Summer Hill, Haberfield, and Five Dock. The school community is diverse in terms of ethnicity, culture and socio-economic mix.

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.

Curriculum

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.

The school is a comprehensive high school. 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.

Notable alumni

  • Lorraine Bayly AM - Actress; Founding Member of the Ensemble Theatre Company; Named as one of 100 Variety Entertainers of the Century, recipient of 3 Logie Awards
  • Lee Da-hae - South Korean actress
  • Jennie George - Former member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Throsby
  • Dale Spender AM - Feminist; Researcher and Writer; International Keynote Speaker; Online Author and Content Creator
  • Gracie Otto - Actress, film producer, writer and film director.
  • References

    Burwood Girls High School Wikipedia


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