Bankstown Girls High School

Bankstown Girls High School is a government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school for girls, located in Bankstown, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Bankstown Girls High School
Address
Mona Street Bankstown , New South Wales , 2200 Australia
Coordinates	33°55′15″S 151°1′55″E
Information
Type	Government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Semper Optime (Always the best)
Established	1959; 66 years ago (1959)
School district	Bankstown
Educational authority	New South Wales Education Standards Authority
Oversight	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Suada Bilali[1]
Staff	44 (2023)[2]
Years	7–12
Gender	Girls
Enrolment	503[2] (2023)
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Navy blue and white
Website	bankstowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in 1959, the school enrolled approximately 503 students in 2023 from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom less than one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 98 percent were from a language background other than English.^[2]

Notable alumnae

• Paulini Curuenavuli – R&B singer and former Australian Idol contestant and Young Divas member
• Mary Fowler – Australian soccer player^[3]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Schools portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales: A–F
• Education in Australia

References

1. Bankstown Girls High School. "Class Information – Bankstown Girls High School". bankstowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Bankstown Girls High School. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
2. "Bankstown Girls High School, Bankstown, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
3. "Mary's journey from Hotel Tarago to World Cup". The Australian. Retrieved 8 July 2022. (Subscription required.)

External links

• Official website