Mount St Benedict College | |
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Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°44′27″S 151°3′33″E / 33.74083°S 151.05917°E |
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Type | Independent girls' secondary day school |
Motto | Latin: Pax (Peace) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Sisters of the Good Samaritan |
Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
Established | 1 February 1966 |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
Oversight | Diocese of Broken Bay |
Principal | Michael Hanratty |
Staff | 113[1] |
Years | 7–12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | 1028[1] (2008) |
Colour(s) | Grey and maroon |
Nickname | Bennies |
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Website | www |
Mount St Benedict College is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in Pennant Hills, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The college provides a religious and comprehensive education in the Good Samaritan tradition to approximately 1,000 girls from Year 7 to Year 12.
Mount St Benedict College commenced on 1 February 1966 with 65 students under the guidance of Sisters Christopher Burrows and Hyacinth Roche. The college is now an incorporated body which operates as an independent Catholic Congregational school with a board of directors. In 2008 there were approximately 835 girls from Year 7 to Year 12.[1] Mount St Benedict is affiliated with the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA) and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).