SCEGGS Darlinghurst

SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Diana Bowman Performing Arts Centre at SCEGGS
Address
Map
215 Forbes Street

Darlinghurst
,
New South Wales
,
2010

Australia
Coordinates33°52′33″S 151°13′6″E / 33.87583°S 151.21833°E / -33.87583; 151.21833
Information
Former names
  • Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School
    (1895–c. 1902)
  • Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Darlinghurst (S.C.E.G.G.S.)
    (c. 1902–1976)
TypeIndependent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school
MottoLatin: Luceat Lux Vestra
(Let Your Light Shine
(Matthew 5:16))
DenominationAnglicanism
Established1895; 129 years ago (1895)
FounderEdith Badham
Educational authorityNew South Wales Education Standards Authority
ChairmanSharon Cook
PrincipalJenny Allum
Staff~127[1]
YearsK–12
GenderGirls
Enrolmentc. 900[1] (2019)
Colour(s)Navy blue and white   
NicknameSCEGGS
Affiliations
Websitewww.sceggs.nsw.edu.au
SCEGGS students at a French Exhibition at David Jones, 1944

SCEGGS Darlinghurst is an independent Anglican single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Darlinghurst, an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Founded in 1895 as the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School, the school's official name was changed to SCEGGS Darlinghurst in 1995. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 890 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The school is regularly among the top-performing schools in New South Wales academically.[1] While predominantly a day school, SCEGGS offers a small number of boarding places at St Vincent's College, Potts Point.

SCEGGS is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[2] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[3] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[4] and is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[5]

In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked SCEGGS Darlinghurst second in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumnae mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).[6][a]

  1. ^ a b c "SCEGGS Darlinghurst Annual Report 2019" (PDF). SCEGGS Darlinghurst. 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ "AHISA Schools". New South Wales. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  3. ^ "JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members". New South Wales Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia. 2007. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference AHIGS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Walker, Frank (22 July 2001). "The ties that bind". Sunday Life. The Sun-Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 12 September 2007.