St Catherine's School Sydney

Founded in 1856, St Catherine’s School Sydney is a school for young women of character and intellect, dedicated to making a meaningful contribution to the world. With 169 years of experience educating young women, we welcome students from Kindergarten to Year 12 and boarders from Year 7.

We have a rigorous academic and cocurricular program, offering one of the broadest curriculum selections available to nurture each student to reach their full potential.

We are Australia’s oldest Anglican girls’ school and believe this rich heritage, coupled with our vast educational offering, is key to our success.

Why St Cath's?

With a broad curriculum, extensive cocurricular programs and world-class facilities, St Catherine’s is distinctly different, nurturing each student to reach their full potential.

Our students excel across all areas. Academically, we ranked 24th in the state for the 2024 Higher School Certificate. In sport, our girls represent Australia in everything from Rowing to Water Polo and Rock Climbing. In the performing arts, we received 22 creative nominations and 4 selections for major works in 2024.

Yet, we believe a well-rounded individual is about more than just success. Guided by our core values of integrity, courage, relationships and service, we foster humility and compassion. Our girls embrace challenges with resilience and boldness, drawing strength from our supportive community.

Our girls leave us as young women of character and intellect, dedicated to making a meaningful contribution to the world.

We are an Anglican school educating young women for life.

Guided by strong values

Integrity

Courage

Relationships

Service

Courage to Lead, Heart to Serve

With unrivalled STEM, sporting, music and performing arts facilities, life at St Catherine’s is about learning, designing, creating and innovating.

We encourage our students to explore new ideas and challenge themselves to build tenacity and a resilient mindset.

And we value what is important: developing a good character and an open mind, living and growing as part of a community.

Our students leave us as young women of character and intellect, dedicated to making a meaningful contribution to the world.

Why choose a
girls' school?

St Catherine’s is a proud member of the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools. Our teaching is intentionally tailored to girls – with our learning environment designed to give unparalleled opportunities for students to find their own voices, thrive in STEM and sports, develop self-confidence and grow as leaders.

Research has consistently proven that girls in single-sex schools achieve higher academic outcomes and have greater self-esteem and confidence.

At a girls' school, our students have:

Achieved two top in state rankings in the 2024 Higher School Certificate.

Achieved a top ATAR of 99.6 in the 2024 Higher School Certificate.

Become the top Rowing team for girls in Australia in just 13 years.

Performed at the Arc de Triomphe, Hyde Park and Westminster Abbey, accompanied mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican and take part in workshops at The Julliard School.

Represented Australia in Water Polo, Rowing, Rock Climbing, Synchronised Swimming and Drone Flying.

Designed and built their own robots as part of our nationally-ranked Robotics team.

Been recruited to row for Harvard University and the University of Texas.

Achieved 22 creative nominations and 4 selections for major works in the 2024 Higher School Certificate.

Lead our Cadet Unit with the highest rank of Cadet Under Officer (CUO).

Achieved a world record at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta for Barrier and equal record for Fawley in The Prince Phillip Challenge Trophy.

Our Junior School is a place of wonder and exploration, where students discover new things, grow in their learning and develop friendships.

We build strong foundations in literacy and numeracy to ensure students have every opportunity to thrive academically and personally in the future.

Our Senior School builds further academic and personal strength.

We provide strong support and tailored guidance for every student in their pursuit of individual excellence and academic success.

Boarding at St Catherine’s is a distinctly different way to experience life at school.

Our modern, comfortable and newly-renovated boarding house caters for 66 boarders.

Our dedicated boarding staff live on-site, providing a strong sense of community while allowing girls to develop independence.

Open Mornings

Our Open Mornings allow you to immerse yourself into life at St Catherine’s and see the school in action.

Hear from our staff and students, take a guided campus tour and discover why we’re the right school for your family.

2025 Open Mornings :

Thursday 21 August

If you can’t join us at school, connect with us on the road throughout 2025:

Narrabri Boarding Expo: 25-26 July
AgQuip: 19-21 August
Bangkok Expo: 20 September
Ho Chi Minh City Expo: 13 September
Orange Australian National Field Days: 23-25 October

We would like to acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples who are the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of the land, waterways and ocean where St Catherine’s School stands today. We would also like to pay our deepest respects to Elders both past and present.

Together as a school, we acknowledge the continuing cultural relationships of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their unique rich cultures which contribute significantly to the St Catherine’s community and the lives of all Australians.