St Margaret's School, Melbourne

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St Margaret's School
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St Margaret's School, Melbourne
Berwick
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates 38°2′6″S145°20′54″E / 38.03500°S 145.34833°E / -38.03500; 145.34833 Coordinates: 38°2′6″S145°20′54″E / 38.03500°S 145.34833°E / -38.03500; 145.34833
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Type Independent, day school
Motto Latin: Virtute Et Labore
(By Valour and Exertion)
Denomination Non-denominational
Established1926
ChairmanFiona Templar
PrincipalAnnette Rome
Years offeredK–12
Gender Co-educational (K–6)
Girls (7–12)
Enrolment~824 (K–12) [1]
Colour(s)Navy, red, and gold    
School feesA$16,075 (Pre-Prep)-$29,405 (Yr 12)
Affiliation Girls Sport Victoria
Website www.stmargarets.vic.edu.au

St Margaret's School is an independent, non-denominational day school with a co-educational primary school and an all girls high school. It is the sister school of Berwick Grammar School. The school is located in Berwick, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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History

St Margaret's School was established in 1926 with 18 pupils, as an affiliate of the Presbyterian church, in the manse of the Toorak Presbyterian Church. In 1927 St Margaret's School moved to Mayfield Avenue, Malvern, and in 1931 leased the former Governor's residence, Stonington. By the 1930s St Margaret's School had grown to 330 pupils. In 1929 the Berwick Presbyterian Girls’ School was purchased. This branch of the main School was established in 1930, with a purpose-built boarding house, Campbell House. [2]

The school was originally owned by its principal, Dora Gipson, until 1947 when she sold it to the parents and Old Girls as she needed to retire due to illness. [3]

St Margaret's School was incorporated in 1948 and the first Council established. [4]

It operated as a "rural boarding school" and was run as such until 1978. [5] The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 824 students from Pre-Prep to Year 12, across the St Margaret's School campus in Berwick and the boys campus, Berwick Grammar School in Officer.

In 2006, St Margaret's School Council announced its decision to establish a brother school for St Margaret's. This school opened in 2009 named Berwick Grammar School, currently catering for boys in Years 7 to 12. [6]

Sport

St Margaret's is a member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV).

GSV premierships

St Margaret's has won the following GSV premierships. [7]

School staff

StaffName
President, School CouncilFiona Templar
PrincipalAnnette Rome
Performing Arts AdministrationKim Sanders

Notable alumnae

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  2. ↑ "History | St Margaret's and Berwick Grammar School".
  3. ↑ "St. Margaret's School at Berwick to Close". Dandenong Journal. 24 September 1947.
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  6. ↑ "Home - St Margarets". www.stmargarets.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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