School in Australia
| Blacktown Girls High School | |
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| Location | |
| Blacktown, New South Wales Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°45′42″S 150°54′39″E / 33.7616°S 150.9107°E / -33.7616; 150.9107 |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-funded single-sex academically partially selective secondary day school |
| Established |
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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) |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | 753 (2018) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and white |
| Website | blacktowng-h |
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.
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. 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
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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 values sporting and creative achievements. For sports, the school has 4 house groups - Oodgeroo, Chisholm, Reibey and Fraser; named after prominent women in Australian history. In 2019, the Same Simpala memorial medal was established to honour talented students in the creative and performing arts.
Notable alumni
- Nikita Ridgeway – tattoo artist and graphic designer
- Toni Collette – Actress
See also
- List of government schools in New South Wales: A–F
- List of selective high schools in New South Wales
- Education in Australia
References
- ^ "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.
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