The Friends' School, Hobart

The Friends' School
Location
Map
North Hobart
,
Tasmania

Australia
Coordinates42°52′8″S 147°18′46″E / 42.86889°S 147.31278°E / -42.86889; 147.31278
Information
TypeIndependent, co-educational, day & boarding school
MottoNemo Sibi Nascitur
(No one is born for self alone[1])
Established1887[2]
PrincipalEsther Hill
Employees~200[3]
Enrolment~1,310 (PK–12)[2]
Colour(s)Blue, red & grey
     
AffiliationSports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools
Websitefriends.tas.edu.au

The Friends' School, Hobart is an independent co-educational Quaker day and boarding school located in North Hobart, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Founded in 1887 by Quakers, the school currently caters for approximately 1330 students from pre-kindergarten to Year 12, including 47 boarders from Years 7 to 12.[2] It is the largest Quaker school in the world.[4]

Friends' is affiliated with the Association of Independent Schools of Tasmania (AIST),[5] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[6] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[7] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[2] and is a member of the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools (SATIS).[8]

  1. ^ "Principal's Message". About Us. The Friends' School. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "The Friends' School". Schools - Tasmania. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Performance Outcomes 2006" (PDF). News. The Friends' School. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  4. ^ "Bearing Witness". Quaker life in Tasmania. University of Tasmania. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  5. ^ "The Friends' School". Member Schools. Association of Independent Schools of Tasmania. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  6. ^ "JSHAA Tasmanian Directory of Members". Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  7. ^ "Tasmania". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  8. ^ "Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools". About Us. The Friends' School. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.