Cheltenham Girls High School

Cheltenham Girls High School, is a public, comprehensive, high school for girls, located in Cheltenham, a north-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Established in 1958 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,260 students from Years 7 to 12.In the 2006 Higher School Certificate, the National Education Directory of Australia named Cheltenham Girls High School the sixth best performing school, and the best non-selective public school in Sydney's Hornsby region.The school is well known for the distinguished pink uniform & are celebrating their 59th anniversary.HistoryCheltenham Girls High School was founded in 1957 - 1958 by Bessie Mitchell who also acted as the first Principal. The School is located on the former residential estate of the Vicars family, who had donated the land for the only purpose of building a school. A leadlight window from the original house is now situated in the administration foyer, as well as a larger window of a ship being located in the E block. The ship is used in the header of the school newsletter, Yarrabee