• Striving to reach their goals

    An all-girls school provides a safe haven for girls to become women, and to strive in an environment built around their specific needs.
    Graduate
  • No messy boys

    I like my school because it's an all-girls school and there are no boys to be messy.
    Sahara Year 1 student
  • Results stand on their own

    The school's academic results stand on their own; it is the difference in how the school will shape your daughter’s life and way of thinking that sets itself apart.
    Parent
  • No gender norms

    Being at an all-girls’ school meant we could have a go at everything. There was no gendered allocation of tasks, no conforming to gender norms, no peer pressure to be a particular sort of girl.
    Pru Goward NSW Politician; Graduate of Woodlands CEGGS
  • Absence of boys

    I am sure the absence of boys meant teenage girls could pursue their interests without distraction.
    Graduate
  • Close bonds

    My favourite part of going to a girl's school is the close bonds that form between everyone, which I know will last far beyond graduation, and also, the comfortable environment.
    Tessa Student
  • Protected environment

    My school years allowed me to learn and mature in an environment that was protected and encouraging. The teachers instilled in us the importance of respecting humanity.
    Deborah Jefferson Barrister; Graduate of Melbourne Girls Grammar
  • Opportunity to be successful

    Everyone has the opportunity to be successful in her own area of interest and expertise.
    Mitcham GHS Student
  • Share openly

    Going to a girls’ school is like having heaps of sisters. You can talk to them about anything, not feel self conscious and just have fun!
    Maddy Student at St Michaels’ Collegiate
  • Close community

    What I appreciate most is seeing friendship develop over the years, and forming a really close community of girls that you know will support you through your final years.
    Graduate
  • Few distractions

    An all girls’ education means there are few distractions in class and we feel we have more confidence to both ask and answer questions and to participate fully in the class.
    Antonia Morris Graduate of Brisbane Girls Grammar School
  • Growing bonds

    We are all so tightly bonded, we are like sisters and it’s such a fun, friendly, accepting and exciting environment.
    Mzuri Student at Toorak College
  • Pioneers

    Educators in single sex girls’ schools were the pioneers of educational reform that has made great gains for the schooling of girls. I see myself as a beneficiary of the best that a girls’ school education can provide.
    Professor Sally Walker Former Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University; Graduate of Melbourne Girls Grammar
  • Who we truly are

    We can be completely ourselves all the time, and learn to love ourselves and each other for who we truly are.
    Cassidy Student at Tara Anglican School for Girls
  • Nurturing atmosphere

    The positive and nurturing atmosphere is such that you want to be part of it in a girls’ school.
    Parent

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