St George Girls High School

St George Girls High School is an academically selective high school with a well-respected history of providing exceptional educational outcomes and opportunities for high potential learners since 1916. St George Girls High School creates a supportive and inclusive environment where gifted learners are encouraged to explore their potential and achieve their personal best in all aspects of school life. Students are challenged and engaged through authentic learning opportunities that inspire them to develop creativity, confidence and resilience to become resourceful and ethical life-long learners. The school offers a broad curriculum and a range of opportunities allowing students to achieve excellence in academic, creative, social, cultural, sporting, leadership and community endeavours. The school values collaborative learning practices, positive mindsets and building capacity and skills amongst its students to effectively allow them to engage in a world of the future, where problem-solving, critical-thinking, collaborating, communicating, creating and innovating are not only valued concepts, but expected skills, attributes and capabilities. The school has a highly effective student support and wellbeing structure that allows every student to be known, valued and cared for in order for them to thrive as they work towards achieving their personal best performance. St George Girls High School sets high expectations for its students and actively fosters positive emotions across the school community. The highly experienced teachers are partners in learning with the students and seek to deepen their knowledge, provide enriching and innovative learning experiences, while also gently urging the students out of their comfort zone to attempt new challenges. Students graduate from St George Girls High School with the skills, mindsets and qualities that will best prepare them to lead rewarding lives as engaged citizens in a complex and dynamic world of the future. St George Girls High School students engage in respectful relationships with their peers, teachers and the broader community. Students demonstrate a keen social conscience and the capacity to make ethical decisions. The school is committed to developing and sustaining productive partnerships and connections with its key stakeholders who include parents, local schools, businesses, alumni networks and leading tertiary institutions. The school is proud to be a respected high performing public school and aims to be the selective school of first choice for all families within the local and broader community. A high performing school, such as St George Girls High School, achieves its success and reputation as a direct result from the combined efforts of the entire student population, the dedicated teaching and administrative staff and a supportive and engaged parent and community body. Each of these three elements unite and work together at St George Girls High School to create the conditions that have allowed the school to maintain its well-deserved reputation, as one of the most highly sought after public schools for high potential learners in NSW.