St Vincent's College, Potts Point

St Vincent's College
St Vincent's College
Address
Map
Rockwall Crescent

Potts Point, Sydney
,
2011

Australia
Coordinates33°52′9″S 151°13′26″E / 33.86917°S 151.22389°E / -33.86917; 151.22389
Information
Former nameVictoria Street Roman Catholic School
TypeIndependent single-sex]secondary day and boarding school
MottoLatin: Scientia cum Religione
(Religion and Knowledge united)
Religious affiliation(s)Sisters of Charity
DenominationRoman Catholic
Patron saint(s)
Established1858; 166 years ago (1858)[1]
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalAnne Fry
Staffc. 63
Years712
GenderGirls
Enrolmentc. 620 (2007)
Campus typeUrban
Colour(s)Blue, gold and white
   
NicknameVinnies
Affiliations
Websitewww.stvincents.nsw.edu.au

St Vincent's College (colloquially known as Vinnies), is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Victoria Street, Potts Point, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, Australia.

The college is the oldest registered Catholic girls' school in Australia, founded by the Sisters of Charity as a co-educational primary school in 1858.[2] St Vincent's College follows the spirituality of Ignatius of Loyola. The college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 714 girls in Years 7 to 12, including approximately 61 boarders.[citation needed]

St Vincent's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[4] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[5]

  1. ^ a b "St Vincent's College". Schools – New South Wales. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  2. ^ About St Vincent's College Archived 6 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:14-05-2007)
  3. ^ "New South Wales". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  4. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  5. ^ "St Vincent's College". Association of Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools. 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2020.