Blacktown Girls High School

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Blacktown Girls High School
Location
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Blacktown, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°45′42″S 150°54′39″E / 33.7616°S 150.9107°E / -33.7616; 150.9107
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TypeGovernment-funded single-sex academically partially selective secondary day school
Established
  • January 1956; 68 years ago (1956-01)
    (as Blacktown High School;
    co-educational)
  • January 1959; 65 years ago (1959-01)
    (as Blacktown Girls High School)
Sister schoolBlacktown Boys High School
School districtBungarribee
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
OversightNSW Education Standards Authority
PrincipalMaria Trimmis
Teaching staff57.3 FTE (2018)[1]
Years7–12
GenderGirls
Enrolment753[1] (2018)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Maroon and white   
Websiteblacktowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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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]

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]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Blacktown Girls High School, Blacktown, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ New South Wales Department of Education Archived 12 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Blacktown Girls High School.

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