Sydney Girls High School | High School Guide

Are you interested in studying at Sydney Girls High School? In this article, we will take a look at the school’s history, alumni, and the subjects and co-curricular activities that are offered.

All of our information is sourced from the NSW Department of Education website: Sydney Girls High School.

What’s in the Sydney Girls High School Guide?

This guide aims to provide information for parents and students so they can make an informed decision about applying for Sydney Girls High School.

This guide includes additional articles discussing:

• Admission requirements and process
• Applying to Sydney Girls for Year 7 admission
• How to enrol at Sydney Girls in Year 8-11
• Student Life at Sydney Girls
• Success Secrets from Sydney Girls Students and Alumni

In this overview, we will discuss:

• Overview
• History
• Famous alumni
• Key statistics
• HSC subjects offered

Overview

Sydney Girls High School has consistently ranked in the top 13 NSW schools based on HSC performance. They are an academically selective girls’ high school.

The majority of students are admitted to the school in Year 7 through the Selective High School Test. A smaller number of students are admitted from Year 8 to Year 11 through a direct application to the school.

History

Sydney Girls High School was first established in 1883 to prepare female students to enter University of Sydney. Before this, female weren’t encouraged to enter Universities.

The school first opened in a 2-storey Francis Greenway building (now David Jones) with 39 girl students admitted through an examination. The girls occupied the top floor, whereas the boys occupied the lower floor.

However, since there was an increase in enrolments, the boys moved to Mary Ann Street in Ultimo, allowing the girls to occupy the whole building in 1892.

After 3 decades, the school was growing and there was significant traffic noise. So, when Sydney Zoo moved from Billy Goat Swamp (now Moore Park) to Taronga in 1916, the government renovated the old zoo’s site into a school for the girls.

They moved into the new school in 1921.

Now, Sydney Girls High School and Sydney Boys High School occupy this space near Moore Park.

Famous Alumni

Sydney Girls High School has educated many important women in Australia’s History.

Here are a few pioneers:

Here are some other prominent alumni:

Public service and social rights:

Sports:

Entertainments and the arts:

Intellectual domain:

Key Stats

Let’s take a look at some key statistics at Sydney Girls High School, including the number of students, and the school’s performance.

Student profile

HSC performance

Note: If you want to learn more about what high school rankings, including what Unique B6/E4 students and success rates mean, check out our Beginner’s Guide to High School Rankings.

HSC Subjects Offered

Accelerated subjects

Non-accelerated subjects

What’s next?

Now that you know a little bit about Sydney Girls, do you want to attend it? Well, in the next article, we go through the entrance requirements for Sydney Girls High School! Read now.