Bankstown Girls High School
Bankstown Girls High School is a government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school for girls, located in Bankstown, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Bankstown Girls High School | |
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Address | |
Mona Street , , 2200 Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°55′15″S 151°1′55″E |
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Type | Government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school |
Motto | Latin: Semper Optime (Always the best) |
Established | 1959 |
School district | Bankstown |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
Oversight | NSW Education Standards Authority |
Principal | Suada Bilali[1] |
Staff | 58 (2020)[2] |
Years | 7–12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | 550[2] (2020) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Navy blue and white |
Website | bankstowng-h |
Established in 1959, the school enrolled approximately 550 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom less than one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 97 percent were from a language background other than English.[2]
Notable alumnae
- Paulini Curuenavuli – R&B singer and former Australian Idol contestant and Young Divas member
- Mary Fowler – Australian soccer player[3]
See also
- List of government schools in New South Wales
- List of girls' schools in New South Wales
- Education in Australia
References
- Bankstown Girls High School. "Class Information – Bankstown Girls High School". bankstowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Bankstown Girls High School. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Bankstown Girls High School, Bankstown, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "Mary's journey from Hotel Tarago to World Cup". The Australian. Retrieved 8 July 2022. (Subscription required.)
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