Loreto Normanhurst

For other schools of the same name, see Loreto College (disambiguation).

Loreto Normanhurst
The college today
Location
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Normanhurst, upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°43′38″S 151°5′51″E / 33.72722°S 151.09750°E / -33.72722; 151.09750
Information
TypeIndependent comprehensive single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school
MottoLatin: Cruci Dum Spiro Fido
(While I Live, I Trust in the Cross)
Religious affiliation(s)Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Loreto Sisters
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established1897; 127 years ago (1897)[1]
PrincipalMarina Ugonotti
ChaplainKerry McCullough
Staff~250[3]
Years5–12[2]
GenderGirls
Enrolmentc. 1,200[2] (2024)
Colour(s)Navy blue and yellow   
SloganGrowing Individuals and Communities
Affiliations
Websitewww.loretonh.nsw.edu.au
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Loreto Normanhurst is an independent Catholic, primary and secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Normanhurst, a suburb on the upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1897, Loreto has a current enrolment of approximately 1,200 students from Year 5 to Year 12, including over 200 boarders, and is the largest girls' boarding school in New South Wales.[4] In 2006, the school was named among the top ten innovative schools in Australia.[4] Commencing in 2015, the school reopened their primary school for girls in years 5 and 6.

Loreto Normanhurst is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] the Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales (AISNSW),[6] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[7] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[8]

The school is one of many around the world established by the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Loreto Sisters, founded some 400 years ago by Mary Ward, and its Sydney sister school is Loreto Kirribilli. There are five other Loreto schools across Australia, in Melbourne, Ballarat, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.

  1. ^ a b "Loreto Normanhurst". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b Loreto Normanhurst – About Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:26-05-2007)
  3. ^ Loreto Normanhurst Annual Report 2006 (accessed:15-08-2007)
  4. ^ a b Loreto Normanhurst – Information Booklet (16 June 2007)
  5. ^ "AHISA Schools". New South Wales. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Metro North North West". NSW Independent Schools by Region. The Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
  7. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference AHIGS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).