All Hallows' School

This article is about All Hallows' School in Australia. For the buildings, see All Hallows' School Buildings. For the school in England, see Allhallows College. For the college in Ireland, see All Hallows College.

All Hallows' School
Address
Map
547 Ann Street

Brisbane
,
Queensland
,
4000

Australia
Coordinates27°27′38″S 153°2′1″E / 27.46056°S 153.03361°E / -27.46056; 153.03361
Information
TypePrivate, single-sex, day school
MottoFrench: Dieu et Devoir
(God and Duty)
DenominationRoman Catholic, Sisters of Mercy
Established1861; 163 years ago (1861)
PrincipalCatherine O'Kane
Teaching staff128 (107 FTE)[1]
Employees113[1]
Enrolment1,562[1] (August 2019)
Colour(s)Light blue, white, rust
     
AffiliationCatholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association
Websitewww.ahs.qld.edu.au

All Hallows' School (AHS) is a Catholic day school for girls, located in Fortitude Valley, close to the central business district of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Founded in 1861, the school is a day school, having had a boarding school attached to it for many years. It follows in the tradition of the Irish Sisters of Mercy, and caters for more than 1,550 girls from Years five to twelve.[1] The school was the first permanent home of the Sisters of Mercy in Queensland,[2] and is the oldest surviving secondary school in Brisbane.[1]

All Hallows' is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australia,[4] the Australasian Mercy Secondary Schools Association,[5] and the Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association.[6]

The school's motto is in French, Dieu et Devoir (English: "God and Duty"). This motto was formulated in 1911, 50 years after the school opened. The French language was chosen for the motto on the basis of the strong French influence in the school's early years.[7]

Many of the All Hallows' School Buildings have been listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[2]

In the 2017 NAPLAN Year 9 test, All Hallows' was ranked in the top 10 Queensland secondary schools.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). All Hallows' School. 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "All Hallows Convent and School (entry 600200)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. ^ "AHISA Schools: Queensland". Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
  4. ^ "Member Schools". Alliance of Girls' Schools Australia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
  5. ^ "All Hallows' School, Brisbane". Australasian Mercy Secondary Schools Association. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
  6. ^ "Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association History". Fox Sports. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Symbols at All Hallows". All Hallows. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  8. ^ Stigwood, Emmaline (3 August 2017). "NAPLAN results 2017 Qld: Private colleges dominate high schools". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 18 December 2017.