Walford Anglican School for Girls is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Hyde Park, South Australia. The school is non-selective and caters for approximately 550 students from ELC to Year 12, including 65 boarders. Walford's motto is "Virtute et Veritate" which translates to "Moral Courage and Truth".[2]
Walford offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme in the Junior School [3] the SACE program in the Senior School [2].
History
Mabel Jewell Baker House, original boarding house
The school started in 1893 in Fisher Street, Malvern, in the home of the first headmistress, Lydia Adamson. In December 1912 Ellen Ida Benham purchased the school, and led it until her death in 1917.[4] Mabel Jewell Baker, a senior teacher at the school took over as headmistress.[5] In 1920 boarders were housed in a new property in Hyde Park, and later the school itself moved to this site.[4] When Baker retired at the end of 1955 there were 450 students and a well-established boarding house.[6]
In 1956 Walford was incorporated as a Church of England Girls' Grammar School[7] and Nina Morrison, OBE became the first salaried headmistress.[8] She was followed by Helen Reid AM (1972–1991) and then Marilyn Haysom (1992–2004).
In May 2004 Helen Trebilcock become the first Head of Walford to use the title of Principal, followed by Rebecca Clarke (2012-2022) [6] and Dr Deborah Netolicky in 2023 [9].
In 2025, Walford introduced an all-seasons uniform [10].
In 2024 Walford was an Excellence Awardee in the Australian Education Awards in the categories of Boarding School of the Year and Principal of the Year - Non-Government [11]. In 2025, the school was an Excellence Awardee in the Australian Education Awards in the category of Secondary School of the Year - Non-Government [12].
Walford has won the South Australian Head of the River 'Florence Eaton Cup' for Winners of the Girls First Eight 19 times, in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2022 [14].
1 2 Jones, Helen, "Baker, Mabel Jewell (1885–1967)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 6 October 2018
↑ Jones, Helen, "Benham, Ellen Ida (1871–1917)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 6 October 2018
1 2 "History". www.walford.net.au. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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