, motto_translation = Always the best , established = , type = Government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary

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, gender =

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, educational_authority =

New South Wales Department of Education The New South Wales Department of Education, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of early childhood, primary school, secondary school, vocational education, adult, migrant and hig ...

, oversight =

NSW Education Standards Authority The New South Wales Education Standards Authority (abbreviated as NESA) is the state government education statutory authority with the responsibility for the establishment and monitoring of school standards in the Australian state of New Sout ...

, district = Bankstown , grades = 7- 12 , grades_label = Years , principal = Suada Bilali , faculty = , staff = ~75 , enrolment = 548 , enrolment_as_of = 2018 , teaching_staff = 48.4 FTE (2018) , colours = Navy blue and white , campus type = Suburban , campus size = , location = , streetaddress = Mona Street , city =

Bankstown Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, hav ...

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, postcode = 2200 , country = Australia , coordinates = , website = Bankstown Girls High School is a government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary

for girls, located in

, a south-western suburb of Sydney,

, Australia. Established in 1959, the school enrolled approximately 550 students in 2018, from

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to Year 12, of whom less than one percent identified as

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and 97 percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the

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in accordance with a curriculum developed by the

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Overview

The school was established in 1959. The school is situated from the centre of Sydney with easy access by train or bus. Smart boards are used in certain classrooms to complement the education.

Houses

Students are allocated to a house when they enter BGHS according to their surnames. There are four houses which students compete under for the Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country Carnivals: * Freeman – Red * Sauvage – Blue * Jackson – Green * O'Neil – Yellow The house names were formed in 2001 by the SRC.

Extracurricular activity

The BGHS has a Student Representative Council, as well as prefects, and a newsletter called the Buzz. Students have the option to participate in athletics, sporting teams, debating, public speaking, student ambassador programs, math competitions, science competitions, anime club, dance and choir. Since 2010, Bankstown Girls High School has held a school event called Dance Revolution where the students perform numerous dance numbers.

Notable alumnae

Paulini Curuenavuli Pauline Curuenavuli (born 15 October 1982), known professionally as Paulini, is a Fijian-Australian singer and songwriter. Born in Suva, Paulini moved to Sydney with her family at the age of four. She rose to fame in 2003 as a contestant on the ...

R&B singer and former ''Australian Idol'' contestant and

Young Divas Young Divas was an Australian pop girl group formed in 2006 by Sony BMG Australia, initially for a one-off single and national tour to promote all members as solo artists. The original line-up consisted of former ''Australian Idol'' contestants ...

member * Mary Fowler Australian soccer player

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