Willoughby Girls High School

Founded in 1934, Willoughby Girls High School is recognised as a leader in girls' education in one of the most competitive schooling areas in Australia.

The school enjoys a strong reputation for high scholarship, evident in its excellent Higher School Certificate results and the many students who progress to university studies. Extension streams for selected students of high academic ability operate in Years 7 to 10.

The school's focus is on achieving individual excellence, enhancing an established culture of learning, encouraging independent, life-long learners and developing good citizens and leaders. An effective welfare system, responsive to student and parent needs, along with clear discipline policies and a defined uniform code, creates a safe, well-ordered and stable school setting.

The school promotes values such as cooperation, integrity, personal responsibility and respect for others. The school has a purposeful and friendly feel with students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds learning together in harmony.

Willoughby Girls High School is the only comprehensive government girls' school situated on the lower north shore of Sydney.