Ravenswood School for Girls | |
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10 Henry Street , , 2072 Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°45′33″S 151°9′20″E / 33.75917°S 151.15556°E |
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Type | Independent, day and boarding |
Motto | Latin: Semper ad meliora (Always towards better things) |
Denomination | Uniting Church[2] |
Established | 1901[1] |
Founder | Mabel Fidler |
Chair | Gail Kelly |
Principal | Anne Johnstone[3] |
Employees | ~250[5] |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | ~1315 (Prep to Year 12)[4] |
Colour(s) | Navy blue, gold and red |
Slogan | Ravenswood widens her world |
Website | www |
Ravenswood School for Girls (often referred to as Ravenswood or Ravo) is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for Prep to Year 12 girls, situated in Gordon, an Upper North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1901 by Mabel Fidler (1871–1960),[6] Ravenswood currently caters for approximately 1100 students from Prep to Year 12, including 20 boarders from Years 10 to 12.[4] The school has been an IB World School since June 2004, and is authorised to offer the IB Diploma Programme.[7]
Ravenswood is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[8] the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA),[9] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,[10] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,[11] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[12]
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