St Vincent's College | |
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St Vincent's College | |
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Rockwall Crescent Potts Point, Sydney , 2011 Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°52′9″S 151°13′26″E / 33.86917°S 151.22389°E |
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Former name | Victoria Street Roman Catholic School |
Type | Independent single-sex]secondary day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Scientia cum Religione (Religion and Knowledge united) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Sisters of Charity |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Established | 1858[1] |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
Principal | Anne Fry |
Staff | c. 63 |
Years | 7–12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | c. 620 (2007) |
Campus type | Urban |
Colour(s) | Blue, gold and white |
Nickname | Vinnies |
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Website | www |
St Vincent's College (colloquially known as Vinnies), is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Victoria Street, Potts Point, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, Australia.
The college is the oldest registered Catholic girls' school in Australia, founded by the Sisters of Charity as a co-educational primary school in 1858.[2] St Vincent's College follows the spirituality of Ignatius of Loyola. The college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 714 girls in Years 7 to 12, including approximately 61 boarders.[citation needed]
St Vincent's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[4] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[5]