Ravenswood School for Girls

Ravenswood School for Girls
Address
Map
10 Henry Street

Gordon
,
New South Wales
,
2072

Australia
Coordinates33°45′33″S 151°9′20″E / 33.75917°S 151.15556°E / -33.75917; 151.15556
Information
TypeIndependent, day and boarding
MottoLatin: Semper ad meliora
(Always towards better things)
DenominationUniting Church[2]
Established1901[1]
FounderMabel Fidler
ChairGail Kelly
PrincipalAnne Johnstone[3]
Employees~250[5]
GenderGirls
Enrolment~1315 (Prep to Year 12)[4]
Colour(s)Navy blue, gold and red
SloganRavenswood widens her world
Websitewww.ravenswood.nsw.edu.au
Ravenswood

Ravenswood School for Girls (often referred to as Ravenswood or Ravo) is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for Prep to Year 12 girls, situated in Gordon, an Upper North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1901 by Mabel Fidler (1871–1960),[6] Ravenswood currently caters for approximately 1100 students from Prep to Year 12, including 20 boarders from Years 10 to 12.[4] The school has been an IB World School since June 2004, and is authorised to offer the IB Diploma Programme.[7]

Ravenswood is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[8] the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA),[9] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,[10] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,[11] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[12]

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  2. ^ "Ravenswood". Directory. Sydney's Child. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
  3. ^ "New principal starts". North Shore Times. Nationwide News PL. 26 February 2016. p. 29. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Ravenswood School for Girls" (PDF). New South Wales. Ravenswood. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Ravenswood Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Our Publications. Ravenswood School for Girls. 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  6. ^ Jacobs, Marjorie (1981). "Mabel Maude Fidler (1871–1960)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference IB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "AHISA Schools". New South Wales. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  9. ^ "IPSHA". New South Wales Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Ravenswood School for Girls". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  11. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  12. ^ "Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools". About AHIGS. Association of Heads of Independent Girls Schools. Retrieved 28 November 2007.