Queenwood School for Girls
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Queenwood School for Girls, often abbreviated as Queenwood, is a multi-campus independent non-denominational Christian primary and secondary day school for girls, located in the suburb of Mosman on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, Australia.
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Sydney Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°49′26″S 151°14′55″E |
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Other name | Queenwood |
Type | Independent single-sex primary and secondary day school |
Motto | Per Aspera Ad Astra (Through Struggles to the Stars) |
Denomination | Non-denominational Christian[1] |
Established | 1925; 99 years ago (1925) |
Founders | Grace Lawrance and Beatrice Rennie |
Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
Chair | Thomas Dery AO |
Principal | Marise McConaghy[2] |
Employees | ~81[3] |
Years | K–12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | c. 800[4] (2007) |
Campuses | Mosman: |
Campus type | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Red, grey and whiteandnbsp; |
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Website | www |
Established in 1925 by Miss Grace Lawrance and named after the Queenwood Ladies' College in East Sussex, Queenwood has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,000[citation needed] students from Kindergarten to Year 12.
The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,[6] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[7]