North Sydney Girls High School
| North Sydney Girls' High School | |
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Crows Nest, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°49′49″S 151°12′12″E / 33.83028°S 151.20333°ECoordinates: 33°49′49″S 151°12′12″E / 33.83028°S 151.20333°E |
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| Type | Public, Selective, Single-sex, Secondary, Day school |
| Motto |
Latin: Ad Altiora (Towards Higher Things) |
| Established | 1914 |
| Principal | David Tomlin |
| Years offered | 7-12 |
| Enrolment | ~923 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue, Green and White |
| Website | www |
North Sydney Girls' High School (NSGHS) is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located in Crows Nest, in Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1914, the school currently caters for approximately 930 students from Years 7 to 12. Admission is based entirely on academic results through the Selective High Schools Test undertaken by students in Year 6.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked North Sydney Girls High School first in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).
North Sydney Girls' High School was officially founded in 1914 with an enrolment of 194 students. The school was originally located on the corner of Hazelbank Road and Pacific Highway (where Cammeraygal High School is now situated). By the 1980s, it was felt that the site could no longer meet the needs of the school, and years of intense lobbying for improved facilities followed. When the New South Wales Government decided to close Crows Nest Boys' High, the facility was transferred to North Sydney Girls'. In December 1993, North Sydney Girls' High officially moved to its current location, following a $6 million building and renovations project.
North Sydney Girls' is an academically selective high school; admission to the school for Year 7 is determined by results in the Selective High Schools test, which is open to all Year 6 students in NSW. A small number of students from other high schools are accepted into years 8 to 12, with applications made to the school to sit for an entrance exam.
At North Sydney Girls' High School, awards are given based on academic performance in the senior school.
The school performs well in public examinations, and in recent years has been placed as the leading girls' school in New South Wales in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) examinations. Annually, at least 30% of Year 12 students achieve places in the top 1% of HSC.
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