Randwick Girls High is a leading comprehensive state high school in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs. The school aims to provide excellence in learning, the latest in technology and a caring and nurturing environment.
Facilities: Playing fields, four technology laboratories, multi-purpose centre, library with internet and network access, whole school computer network, independent learning centre, commercial kitchen, drama studio, dance studio, ceramics studio, photography darkroom, tennis, basketball and netball courts, multimedia, music and performance workshops.
Electives Years 7 to 10: Design and Technology, Computing Studies, Commerce, Geography, Fine Arts, Commercial Art, History, French, Modern Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Textiles and Design, Marine Studies, Asian Social Studies, Drama, Dance, Food Technology, Human Movement.
Electives Years 11 and 12: Mathematics and English to Extension 2 level, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Senior Science, Society and Culture, Geography, Economics, Business Studies, Modern History, Ancient History, Extension History, Legal Studies, Music, French, Modern Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Extension Languages, Food Technology, Visual Arts, Textiles and Design, Dance, Drama, Design and Technology, PD/Health/PE, Family and Community Studies, Hospitality, Business Administration (Office), Information Technology, Software Design, Photography, Visual Design.
Sport: Badminton, soccer, touch football, cricket, volleyball, tennis, softball, basketball, and netball are offered along with a wide range of leisure sports.
Extracurricular activities: Drama, debating, Rock Eisteddfod (state and national champions five times in the last eight years), dance festivals, band, choir, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, overseas student exchanges, SRC.
Welfare and personal development: There are four English-as-a-second-language teachers on staff for students from non-English-speaking backgrounds, and the school has a peer support program, an active student council and a discipline policy based on individual responsibility. Work experience is offered in Years 10 and 11, and students in Year 10 attend careers classes. The school has an integrated gifted and talented program, as well as support for students with special needs.
Famous ex-students: Lucette Aldous, Rosemary Einstein.