Hornsby Girls' High School

Hornsby Girls' High School is a government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school for girls, located in Hornsby, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1930, the school's first principal was Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster.

Hornsby Girls' High School
Hornsby Girls' High School
Location
Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°42′23″S 151°6′5″E
Information
TypeGovernment-funded single-sex selective secondary day school
MottoFaith with Fortitude
Established1930 (1930)
PrincipalJustin Briggs
GenderGirls
Enrolment730
CampusSuburban
Colour(s)Fawn and navy blue   
Websitehornsbygir-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Academically, Hornsby Girls' is regularly ranked first in the Hornsby region in terms of Higher School Certificate (HSC) results and is repeatedly ranked as one of the top ten performing schools in the state.

The school has a student exchange program with three of their languages – Japanese, French and German. Their Japanese sister school is Shukutoku Yono which is situated in Saitama, their German sister school is Graf-Rasso in Furstenfeldbruck and students from the school have visited New Caledonia a few times in recent years.

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