Loreto Normanhurst
Loreto Normanhurst is an independent Catholic, primary and secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Normanhurst, a suburb on the upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
| Loreto Normanhurst | |
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The college today | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°43′38″S 151°5′51″E |
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| Type | Independent comprehensive single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school |
| Motto | Latin: Cruci Dum Spiro Fido (While I Live, I Trust in the Cross) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Loreto Sisters |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1897 |
| Principal | Marina Ugonotti |
| Chaplain | Kerry McCullough |
| Staff | ~200 |
| Years | 5–12 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | c. 1,000 (2007) |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue and yellow |
| Slogan | Growing Individuals and Communities |
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| Website | www |
Established in 1897, Loreto has a current enrolment of approximately 1,175 students from Year 5 to Year 12, including approx. 185 boarders, and is the largest girls' boarding school in New South Wales. In 2006, the school was named among the top ten innovative schools in Australia. Commencing in 2015, the school reopened their primary school for girls in years 5 and 6.
Loreto Normanhurst is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales (AISNSW), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).
The school is one of many around the world established by the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Loreto Sisters, founded some 400 years ago by Mary Ward, and its Sydney sister school is Loreto Kirribilli. There are five other Loreto schools across Australia, in Melbourne, Ballarat, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.