Queenwood School for Girls

Queenwood School for Girls
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Location
Map
Mosman, Lower North Shore

Sydney

Australia
Coordinates33°49′26″S 151°14′55″E / 33.82389°S 151.24861°E / -33.82389; 151.24861
Information
Other nameQueenwood
TypeIndependent single-sex primary and secondary day school
MottoPer Aspera Ad Astra
(Through Struggles to the Stars)
DenominationNon-denominational Christian[2]
Established1925; 99 years ago (1925)
FoundersGrace Lawrance and Beatrice Rennie
Educational authorityNSW Department of Education
ChairDr Amanda Bell AM AO
PrincipalMarise McConaghy[1]
Employees160[4]
YearsK–12
GenderGirls
Enrolmentc. 900[3] (2024)
CampusesMosman:
  • 47 Mandalong Road (7–12)
  • 6 Queen Street (K–6)
  • 44 Mandalong Road
    (Science and Sport Campus)
  • Cnr Esther Road & The Esplanade
    (Art and Design Campus)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Red, grey and white    
Affiliations
Websitewww.queenwood.nsw.edu.au

Queenwood School for Girls, often abbreviated as Queenwood, is a multi-campus independent non-denominational Christian primary and secondary day school for girls, located in the suburb of Mosman on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, Australia.

Established in 1925 by Miss Grace Lawrance and named after the Queenwood Ladies' College in East Sussex, Queenwood has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 900[citation needed] students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,[6] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[7]

  1. ^ "Queenwood – About the Principal". www.queenwood.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Queenwood School for Girls". New South Wales. School Choice. 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Queenwood School for Girls". New South Wales. Internet Schools Directory. Archived from the original on 3 February 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
  4. ^ Queenwood School Annual Report 2005 (25 May 2007)
  5. ^ "New South Wales". AHISA Schools. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  6. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  7. ^ "Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools". About AHIGS. The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools. 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2007.