Latin: Semper ad meliora (Always towards better things)
Denomination
Uniting Church[2]
Established
1901[1]
Founder
Mabel Fidler
Chair
Gail Kelly
Principal
Anne Johnstone[3]
Employees
~250[5]
Gender
Girls
Enrolment
~1315 (Prep to Year 12)[4]
Colour(s)
Navy blue, gold and red
Slogan
Ravenswood widens her world
Website
www.ravenswood.nsw.edu.au
Ravenswood
Ravenswood School for Girls (often referred to as Ravenswood or Ravo) is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for Prep to Year 12 girls, situated in Gordon, an Upper North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1901 by Mabel Fidler (1871–1960),[6] Ravenswood currently caters for approximately 1100 students from Prep to Year 12, including 20 boarders from Years 10 to 12.[4] The school has been an IB World School since June 2004, and is authorised to offer the IB Diploma Programme.[7]
Ravenswood is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[8] the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA),[9] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,[10] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,[11] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[12]
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^"New principal starts". North Shore Times. Nationwide News PL. 26 February 2016. p. 29. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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^"Ravenswood Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Our Publications. Ravenswood School for Girls. 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^Jacobs, Marjorie (1981). "Mabel Maude Fidler (1871–1960)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
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^"AHISA Schools". New South Wales. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
^"IPSHA". New South Wales Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
^"Ravenswood School for Girls". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
^Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
^"Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools". About AHIGS. Association of Heads of Independent Girls Schools. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
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