St Catherine's School, Toorak | |
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Location | |
, Australia | |
Coordinates | 37°50′17″S 145°1′15″E / 37.83806°S 145.02083°E |
Information | |
Type | Independent, day & boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Nil Magnum Nisi Bonum (Nothing is great unless it is good)[1] |
Denomination | Non-denominational Christian[2] |
Established | 1896[2] |
Founder | Jeanie Hood |
Chairman | J. Hodder |
Principal | Michelle Carroll |
Years offered | ELC–12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | ~730 (P–12)[4] |
Colour(s) | Blue, gold and grey |
Slogan | One of Australia's finest since 1896[3] |
Affiliation | Girls Sport Victoria |
Website | stcatherines |
St Catherine's School is an independent and non-denominational Christian day and boarding school for girls, located in Toorak, an inner south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1896 as Castlemaine Ladies' College, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy. As for 2006 the school catered for approximately 730 students from pre-school to Year 12, including 80 boarders, on a 2.9 hectare campus.[5] Boarding students come to St Catherine's from country Victoria, interstate and overseas.[4]
St Catherine's is a member of the Junior School Heads Association of Australia,[6] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,[7] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria,[2] the Australian Boarding Schools Association,[8] and a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria.[9]
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