St Catherine's School, Waverley

For other schools of the same name, see St Catherine's School (disambiguation).

St Catherine's School Sydney
The college in 2013
Address
Map
26 Albion Street

Waverley, Sydney
,
2024

Australia
Coordinates33°54′15″S 151°15′19″E / 33.90417°S 151.25528°E / -33.90417; 151.25528
Information
Former nameSt Catherine's Clergy Daughters School
TypePrivate Anglican single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding
DenominationAnglicanism[1]
Established1856; 168 years ago (1856)
FounderJane Sophia Barker
ChairmanSimon Roberts
HeadmistressJudith Poole
Staff~120[2]
YearsK–12
GenderGirls
Enrolmentc. 1,000
Area2 hectares (5 acres)
Campus typeSuburban
NicknameSt Cath's
Affiliations
Websitewww.stcatherines.nsw.edu.au

St Catherine's School (commonly referred to as St Cath's) is a private Anglican junior and senior day and boarding school, located in Waverley, an eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia.

Established in 1856 as a school for the daughters of clergy, St Catherine's is the oldest Anglican girls' school in Australia.[3] It is also the oldest private girls' school in Australia.[4] It is a non-selective school, and currently caters for about 1,000 girls from Year K to Year 12, including 70 boarders.

The school is affiliated with the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[5] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia,[6] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia,[7] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[8] and is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools.[9]

St Catherine's has been reviewed by the Good Schools Guide International.[10]

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  2. ^ "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Latest news. St Catherine's School. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
  3. ^ "History of the School". History. St Catherine's School. 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
  4. ^ "St Catherine's". Integrated Units. Board of Studies NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
  5. ^ "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia. 2007. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  6. ^ "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 11 December 2007.
  7. ^ "AHISA Schools". New South Wales. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Schools: St Catherine's School". Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
  9. ^ "Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools". AHIGS. The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools. 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  10. ^ "The Good Schools Guide International". 26 October 2016.