Summary
Blacktown Girls High School (abbreviated as BGHS) is a government-funded single-sex academically partially selective secondary day school for girls, located in Blacktown, a suburb of western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[2]
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| Coordinates | 33°45′42″S 150°54′39″E / 33.7616°S 150.9107°E |
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| Type | Government-funded single-sex academically partially selective secondary day school |
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| Sister school | Blacktown Boys High School |
| School district | Bungarribee |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Oversight | NSW Education Standards Authority |
| Principal | Maria Trimmis |
| Teaching staff | 57.3 FTE (2018)[1] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | 753[1] (2018) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and white |
| Website | blacktowng-h |
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Established in 1956 as the co-educational Blacktown High School, the school enrolled approximately 750 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom three percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 85 percent were from a language background other than English.[1] 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 school's brother school is Blacktown Boys High School.
History edit
The school was originally established in January 1956 as Blacktown High School. However, owing to a growing local population and in accordance with government policy, it was decided that the schools would be split into two single sex schools: Blacktown Boys and Blacktown Girls High Schools. Both were fully split by 1959.
The school also has 4 house groups. Oodgeroo, Chisholm, Reibey and Fraser; named after prominent women in Australian history.
Notable alumni edit
- Nikita Ridgeway – tattoo artist and graphic designer
- Toni Collette – Actress
See also edit
- List of government schools in New South Wales
- List of girls' schools in New South Wales
- List of selective high schools in New South Wales
- Education in Australia
References edit
- ^ a b c "Blacktown Girls High School, Blacktown, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ New South Wales Department of Education Archived 12 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Blacktown Girls High School.
External links edit
- Official website