Maitland Grossmann High School

Maitland Grossmann High School
Location
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East Maitland, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates32°44′39″S 151°35′29″E / 32.7441°S 151.5913°E / -32.7441; 151.5913
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TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoLatin: Labor Omnia Vincit
(Work Conquers All)
Established28 January 1884; 140 years ago (1884-01-28)[1]
(as Maitland Girls' High School)
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalNeil Fara
Teaching staff83.4 FTE (2018)[2]
Years7–12
Enrolment1,196[2] (2018)
Campus typeSuburban
Houses
  •   Brewster
  •   Campbell
  •   Grossmann
  •   Watson
Colour(s)Navy blue and white   
Websitemaitgross-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Maitland Grossmann High School (abbreviated as MGHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. The school is situated on Cumberland Street, adjacent to the old Maitland Gaol.

Established in 1884 as the girls only single-sex Maitland Girls' High School, in 1986 the school collaborated with Maitland Boys High, and now both schools are co-educational, with Maitland Girls' High School renamed as Maitland Grossmann High School, and Maitland Boys' High School renamed as Maitland High School. Maitland Grossmann High School enrolled approximately 1,200 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom seven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education.[3]

The school draws it name from Jeanette Grossman, who provided accommodation for the school in its early years.[4]

  1. ^ "125 Year Celebrations". Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW". ACARA. Retrieved 3 February 2013.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ Bellamy, Janice E. "Our school history: Maitland Girls' High School". Maitland Grossmann High School. Retrieved 1 July 2019.