# Burwood Girls High School

Burwood Girls High School is a NSW government secondary school in Croydon, New South Wales, Australia.

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Secondary School
- **Gender**: Girls
- **Year levels**: Year 7 to Year 12
- **Enrolments**: 1,084 (2025)
- **Address**: 95 Queen Street, Croydon NSW 2132
- **Phone**: (02) 9747 3355
- **Website**: https://burwoodg-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: burwoodg-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 47776
- **Established**: 1929-01-01

## About

Burwood Girls High School, established in 1929, is a large inner west comprehensive school for girls, situated 10 kilometres from Sydney CBD and serving a culturally diverse population with an enrolment of 1200 students, 75% of whom come from a language background other than English. The school boasts modern facilities, including specialised areas for dance, drama, hospitality, physical education, and science. It has a strong academic tradition and consistently achieves excellent academic results, reflecting the high expectations held by the school community for both students and staff.

## Academic and Co-Curricular Opportunities

The curriculum at Burwood Girls High School includes six languages: Chinese, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, and Korean, alongside numerous co-curricular activities such as band, dance, debating, drama, and public speaking. The school has a longstanding tradition of excellence in sport, providing outstanding opportunities for student participation.

## Values and Leadership Development

The school's motto, "Not For Ourselves Alone," conveys a powerful message about community and social responsibility. Burwood Girls High School focuses on preparing young women to be resilient, responsible, and capable leaders. It promotes core values such as care, cooperation, courtesy, democracy, excellence, fairness, integrity, participation, respect, and responsibility. Through innovative and differentiated learning programs, the school nurtures independent women who are equipped to make sound decisions and advocate for social justice issues, fostering a culture of empowerment and leadership.

## Mission

Burwood Girls High School celebrates its diverse and inclusive culture, offering a responsive curriculum and extensive co-curricular opportunities. Our vision is to foster collaboration, excellence, fairness, integrity, participation, respect, advocacy, and social responsibility in our students.

Motto: "Not for ourselves alone"

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 1,084 |
| 2024 | 1,112 |
| 2023 | 1,118 |
| 2022 | 1,095 |
| 2021 | 1,095 |
| 2020 | 1,149 |
| 2019 | 1,179 |
| 2018 | 1,152 |
| 2017 | 1,135 |
| 2016 | 1,159 |
| 2015 | 1,187 |
| 2014 | 1,193 |
| 2013 | 1,151 |
| 2012 | 1,134 |
| 2011 | 1,103 |
| 2010 | 1,100 |
| 2009 | 1,068 |
| 2008 | 1,069 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/47776-burwood-girls-high-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.