| Blacktown Girls High School | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°45′42″S150°54′39″E / 33.7616°S 150.9107°E /-33.7616; 150.9107 |
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| Type | Government-fundedsingle-sexacademically partially selectivesecondaryday school |
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| Sister school | Blacktown Boys High School |
| School district | Bungarribee |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Oversight | NSW Education Standards Authority |
| Principal | Maria Trimmis |
| Teaching staff | 57.3FTE (2018)[1] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | 753[1] (2018) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colours | Maroon and white |
| Website | blacktowng-h |
Blacktown Girls High School (abbreviated asBGHS) is agovernment-fundedsingle-sexacademically partially selectivesecondaryday school for girls, located inBlacktown, a suburb ofwesternSydney,New South Wales, Australia.[2]
Established in 1956 as theco-educational Blacktown High School, the school enrolled approximately 750 students in 2018, fromYear 7 toYear 12, of whom three percent identified asIndigenous Australians and 85 percent were from alanguage background other than English.[1] The school is operated by theNSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by theNew South Wales Education Standards Authority.
The school'sbrother school isBlacktown Boys High School.
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The school was originally established in January 1956 asBlacktown High School. However, owing to a growing local population and in accordance with government policy, it was decided that the schools would be split into two single sex schools:Blacktown Boys and Blacktown Girls High Schools. Both were fully split by 1959.
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