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Welcome to Ravenswood School for Girls, one of Australia’s leading independent girls’ schools. Ravenswood is a Uniting Church, Prep to Year 12 Day and Boarding school. We believe an inspiring education is the spark to ignite the potential in all of our students. A multi-award-winning Positive Education and wellbeing school, ranked in the top 20 of schools in NSW, Ravenswood is the only school of the upper North Shore to offer students a flexible choice of the HSC or the IB Diploma. Ravenswood is proud to have been named on The Educator magazine’s 5-Star Innovative School list for the sixth time in seven years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2025) for its work in the areas of Positive Education and STEM. Ravenswood garnered an Excellence Award in The Educator’s Australian Education Awards for Best Student Wellbeing Program in 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025. Ravenswood won the Best Use of Technology award at the 2024 Australian Education Awards, and was awarded an Excellence Award for Primary School Teacher of the Year in 2022. Ravenswood also won Excellence Awards at the 2022, 2024 and 2025 Australian Education Awards for Boarding School of the Year, and an Excellence Award for Best Professional Learning Program in 2025.

Abbotsleigh is a Pre Kindergarten to Year 12 independent Anglican day and boarding school for girls located in Wahroonga, on Sydney’s North Shore. The School, founded in 1885, has established an excellent reputation as one of the country's top private schools for girls. At Abbostleigh, each girl has the opportunity to develop her potential by fostering her pursuit of personal and academic excellence. The School provides a quality, well balanced education, underpinned by the Christian faith. Each girl is empowered to be a courageous, constructive and compassionate world citizen, who embraces diversity and has a will to serve others. Abbotsleigh was the top ranking NSW independent school in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 HSC ATAR results, with the class of 2016 also achieving exceptional results.

Sydney Grammar School is an independent secular school for boys located in Sydney, Australia.