Asquith Girls High School


Asquith Girls High School, is a government-funded comprehensive single-sex secondary day school for girls, located on Stokes Avenue, Asquith, an upper north shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1959 to replace the Hornsby Home Science School, the school enrolled approximately 820 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 32 percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority; the principal is Elizabeth Amvrazis.
The school's brother school is the Asquith Boys High School.

History

In February 1958, the NSW Department of Education acquired a site in eastern Asquith for a new girls high school to replace the Hornsby Home Science School that was destroyed with other school buildings on Peats Ferry Road in a bushfire in 1957. Asquith Girls High School officially commenced operation from 1 January 1959.

Principals

The following individuals have served as principal of Asquith Girls High School:
OrdinalOfficeholderTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Alma Hamilton
Kristine Needham2006
Jane Ferris20062013 years
Elizabeth Amvrazis2013incumbent years

Notable alumnae