Danebank | |
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Location | |
Hurstville, New South Wales Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°57′44″S151°06′09″E / 33.9622°S 151.1025°E |
Information | |
Other names | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls |
Type | Independent early learning, primary and secondary day school |
Motto | Latin: Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Established | 1933 |
Founder | Edith Roseby Ball |
Oversight | Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation |
Chair | Dr Richard Sharp |
Principal | Dr Emma Burgess |
Chaplain | Emma Pfahlert |
Staff | c. 85 [1] |
Years | Early learning and K – 12 [1] |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | c. 930 |
Colour(s) | Green and pink |
Affiliations |
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Website | www |
Danebank, officially Danebank An Anglican School for Girls, is an independent Anglican early learning, primary and secondary day school for girls, located in Hurstville, a southern suburb of Sydney, Australia. It is a member school of the Anglican Schools Corporation.
Established in 1933 by Edith Roseby Ball, Danebank has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 930 students from Preschool to Year 12. [1]
The school is affiliated with the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), [2] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), [3] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), [4] and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS). [5]
Danebank was established in 1933 on its current site in Hurstville, by Edith Roseby Ball. The school was established as a small co-educational Kindergarten with just five students. [6]
On the 29th October 2018 the current Principal, Mrs Maryanne Davis, co-signed an open letter to the Australian members of parliament supporting the rights of faith-based schools to discriminate against staff who do not share the religious beliefs of faith-based schools. [7]
Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Edith Roseby Ball | 1933 | 1950 | 16–17 years | [5] |
2 | Olga Wilson | 1951 | 1953 | 1–2 years | |
3 | Joyce Cowell | 1952 | 1974 | 21–22 years | |
4 | Carole Tisdell | 1975 | 1987 | 11–12 years | |
5 | Rosalyn Bird | 1988 | 2009 | 20–21 years | |
6 | Maryanne Davis | 2010 | 2019 | 10 years | |
7 | Dr Emma Burgess | 2020 | present | ||
Note: Construction and demolition is currently[ when? ] ongoing in Danebank and new facilities will be constructed. The Langdon Wing is being partly demolished for newer facilities. Danebank's current[ when? ] facilities include:
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