SCEGGS Darlinghurst | |
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Diana Bowman Performing Arts Centre at SCEGGS | |
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215 Forbes Street , , 2010 Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°52′33″S151°13′6″E / 33.87583°S 151.21833°E |
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Type | Independent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Luceat Lux Vestra (Let Your Light Shine (Matthew 5:16)) |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Established | 1895 |
Founder | Edith Badham |
Educational authority | New South Wales Education Standards Authority |
Chairman | Sharon Cook |
Principal | Jenny Allum |
Staff | ~127 [1] |
Years | K–12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | c. 900 [1] (2019) |
Colour(s) | Navy blue and white |
Nickname | SCEGGS |
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Website | www |
SCEGGS Darlinghurst is an independent Anglican single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Darlinghurst, an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Founded in 1895 as the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School, the school's official name was changed to SCEGGS Darlinghurst in 1995. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 890 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The school is regularly among the top-performing schools in New South Wales academically. [1] While predominantly a day school, SCEGGS offers a small number of boarding places at St Vincent's College, Potts Point.
SCEGGS is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), [2] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), [3] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), [4] and is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS). [5]
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked SCEGGS Darlinghurst second in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumnae mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians). [6] [a]
On 17 July 1895, a grammar school for girls was officially opened in Sydney under the auspices of the Sydney Diocese of the Church of England. The Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (abbreviated as SCEGGS) commenced in a terrace house at 65 (now 55) Victoria Street, Darlinghurst with one pupil, Mary Watson, one teacher, Miss Janet Uther, and the Principal, Miss Edith Badham. Within a year, the school had increased to 50 pupils enrolled, and moved to "Chatsworth", a larger home in Macleay Street. [7]
By 1900, the school had 100 pupils, including a Kindergarten and junior school. "Barham" in Forbes Street, Darlinghurst was purchased and the school moved there in 1901. [8] The curriculum at the time included English Language and Literature, Geography, Modern and Ancient History, Latin, Classical Greek, Mathematics, French Language and Literature, German or Italian, Needlework and Drilling. Classes in Botany, Geology or other scientific subjects, were also offered to pupils who reached a fair standard of proficiency in their ordinary subjects. Classes in Cookery and Dressmaking were held whenever there was sufficient demand. [7] In 1920 Dorothy Irene Wilkinson became the head following Edith Badham. Wilkinson made unsuccessful appeals for money from the church before she began an internal expansion of the school's facilities. The school roll grew to 365 pupils by 1935. [9]
SCEGGS continued to expand and several branch schools were opened – Bowral (1906–1929) relocated to Moss Vale (1930–1974), Hunters Hill (1912–1915), North Sydney (1911–1941) becoming Redlands (1945–1976), Wollongong (1955–1976) and Loquat Valley (1967–1976). [7]
In 1974, financial difficulties arose due to the controller of the Anglican Diocesan schools misappropriating school funds,[ citation needed ] threatening the school with closure. Within two years, contributions from the school community and the Sydney Diocese ensured that the original school, SCEGGS Darlinghurst, was not closed but continued to operate. Moss Vale was forced to close in 1974, and two years later, Redlands, Wollongong and Loquat Valley became schools independent from SCEGGS Darlinghurst, and have been governed by their own boards ever since. [7]
A not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, SCEGGS Darlinghurst Limited, was formed in 1976, [10] under a Board of Directors, to govern the school. On the school's Centenary in 1995, the school changed its name from Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Darlinghurst to SCEGGS Darlinghurst. [7]
Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | Edith Badham | 1895 | 1920 | 24–25 years | [5] |
2 | Dorothy Wilkinson | 1920 | 1947 | 26–27 years | |
3 | Barbara Chisholm | 1947 | 1977 | 29–30 years | |
4 | Diana Bowman | 1978 | 1995 | 16–17 years | |
5 | Jenny Allum | 1996 | incumbent | 27–28 years |
SCEGGS Darlinghurst has expanded from a terrace house in 1895 to a campus incorporating a chapel, primary school, classroom blocks, assembly hall, science and library block, auditorium, sports hall, senior study building, lecture theatre, play house, Great Hall and performing arts centre and many more. From 1965 to 1983, a preparatory school was operated at Bellevue Hill for boys and girls up to Kindergarten age. [7] A new music centre has also been added, including a renovated church to be used for performances etc.
The house system was introduced in 1926 by Miss Wilkinson to help generate school spirit and sporting enthusiasm, encourage good conduct and to provide girls with opportunities for taking on responsibility. House competitions are held in various sports, in music, drama, science and debating.
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