Sydney Girls High School
| Sydney Girls High School | |
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| Address | |
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Moore Park Sydney, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°53′39″S 151°13′14″E / 33.89417°S 151.22056°ECoordinates: 33°53′39″S 151°13′14″E / 33.89417°S 151.22056°E |
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| Type | Single-sex, selective, public, day school |
| Motto |
Latin: Labor Omnia Vincit (Work Conquers All) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Established | 1883 |
| Principal | Andrea Connell |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | ~935 (2007) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Brown and Yellow |
| Website | www.sghs.nsw.edu.au |
Sydney Girls High School, is an academically selective public high school for girls located at Moore Park, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1883 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, as a school within the Port Jackson Education Area of the Sydney Region, the school has approximately 940 students from Years 7 to 12 and is situated adjacent to its "brother school", Sydney Boys High School.
In 2010, The Sydney Morning Herald ranked Sydney Girls High School fourth overall in NSW schools, based on NAPLAN scores. In relation to ATAR results, Sydney Girls High School was ranked third in New South Wales in 2006 and 2007; fourth in 2008 and 2009; fifth in 2010; sixth in 2011; fourth in 2012; sixth in 2013, fourth in 2014, and third in 2015.
Established as Sydney High School in 1883, the school grounds were originally located on Elizabeth Street in the Sydney central business district, where the David Jones store now stands. At the time, the school building was two storeys, blocked off by a high wall. The ground floor was occupied by male students, while the females occupied the first floor. This was usual in the 1800s.
Because of high levels of noise pollution from transport and other activities, the boys' school moved to a different location, followed by the girls' school, which became Sydney Girls High School. The two adjacent streets, Anzac Parade and Cleveland Street, are both large and busy roads that still make classrooms noisy from time to time.
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