Ruyton Girls' School
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Kew, Victoria Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°48′41″S 145°2′21″E / 37.81139°S 145.03917°ECoordinates: 37°48′41″S 145°2′21″E / 37.81139°S 145.03917°E |
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| Type | Independent, single-sex, day school |
| Motto |
Latin: Recte et Fideliter (Upright and Faithful) |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Established | 1878 |
| Chairman | Kathryn Watt |
| Principal | Linda Douglas |
| Employees | ~120 |
| Grades | P-12 |
| Enrolment | ~850 |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and Gold |
| Website | ruyton.vic.edu.au |
Ruyton Girls' School, commonly referred to simply as Ruyton, is a non-denominational and independent day school for girls, located on Selbourne Road, Kew, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ruyton was established in 1878 by its first principal, Charlotte Anderson. Its motto is Recte et Fideliter, meaning "Upright and Faithful", which is also the name of the school song. Ruyton caters for approximately 850 students from three-year-old Kindergarten and Pre-Prep, to Year 12, with boys being enrolled in Kindergarten and Pre-Prep.
Ruyton Girls’ School is consistently placed in the top 10 academic performing schools in Melbourne. In 2012 there were 10 perfect scores and 12% achieved an ATAR over 99. In 2011, four girls received the Premier’s Award and another was one of only 500 students nationwide to be recognised with an Australian Student Award.
In 2008, Ruyton was ranked second in the state of Victoria based on its VCE results, with 40% of study scores over 40.
The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV).
Ruyton offers students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) program, as well as the Vocational Education and Training (VET) course.
The school also offers co-curricular activities such as sport, music, drama and debating. Ruyton is involved regularly in intra-school and inter-school activities, competitions and events, including the Debaters Association Victoria (DAV) debating program, Girls Sport Victoria (GSV) sporting carnivals, the Tournament of Minds (TOM) cross-curricular competition, the Alliance française French speaking, reading and writing competitions, the Boroondara Literary Award, an extensive range of academic competitions and honours and the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
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