| Burwood Girls' High School | |||||||||||
| Motto: | Not for ourselves alone | ||||||||||
| Established: | [1] | ||||||||||
| Type: | Government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school | ||||||||||
| Gender: | Girls | ||||||||||
| Educational Authority: | New South Wales Department of Education | ||||||||||
| Oversight: | NSW Education Standards Authority | ||||||||||
| District: | Strathfield; Metropolitan South | ||||||||||
| Principal: | Mia Kumar | ||||||||||
| Location: | Croydon, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||||
| Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | -33.8753°N 151.1131°W | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Sydney#New South Wales#Australia | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 240 | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in greater metropolitan Sydney | ||||||||||
| Module: |
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| Campus: | Suburban | ||||||||||
| Grades: | 7–12 | ||||||||||
| Grades Label: | Years | ||||||||||
| Enrolment: | 1,152[2] | ||||||||||
| Enrolment As Of: | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Teaching Staff: | 79.2 FTE (2018) | ||||||||||
| Colours: | Navy blue and gold | ||||||||||
| Footnotes: | [3] | ||||||||||
Burwood Girls' High School is a public, comprehensive, secondary school for girls, located in Croydon, an inner western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1929, the school enrolled approximately 1,150 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 69 percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority; the principal is Mia Kumar.
The school's catchment area includes the suburbs of Croydon, Burwood, Croydon Park, Ashfield, Summer Hill, Haberfield, and Five Dock.[4] The school community is diverse in terms of ethnicity, culture and socio-economic mix.[5]
In the 2006 Higher School Certificate, the National Education Directory of Australia named Burwood Girls High School the sixth best performing school, and the best non-selective public school in Sydney's Inner-West.[6]
Burwood Girls High School is registered and accredited with the New South Wales Board of Studies, and therefore follows the mandated curriculum for all years. Students may also choose from a select number of Vocational Education and Training (VET) subjects through TAFE NSW and additional languages through The Open High School.[7]
In the 2006 HSC, the National Education Directory of Australia named Burwood Girls the sixth best performing school, and the best non-selective public school in Sydney's Inner-West.[6]
