Maitland Grossmann High School
Location
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East Maitland, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates32°44′39″S 151°35′29″E / 32.7441°S 151.5913°E / -32.7441; 151.5913
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TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoLatin: Labor Omnia Vincit
(Work Conquers All)
Established28 January 1884; 140 years ago (1884-01-28)[1]
(as Maitland Girls' High School)
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalNeil Fara
Teaching staff83.4 FTE (2018)[2]
Years7–12
Enrolment1,196[2] (2018)
Campus typeSuburban
Houses
  •   Brewster
  •   Campbell
  •   Grossmann
  •   Watson
Colour(s)Navy blue and white   
Websitemaitgross-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Maitland Grossmann High School (abbreviated as MGHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. The school is situated on Cumberland Street, adjacent to the old Maitland Gaol.

Established in 1884 as the girls only single-sex Maitland Girls' High School, in 1986 the school collaborated with Maitland Boys High, and now both schools are co-educational, with Maitland Girls' High School renamed as Maitland Grossmann High School, and Maitland Boys' High School renamed as Maitland High School. Maitland Grossmann High School enrolled approximately 1,200 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom seven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education.[3]

The school draws it name from Jeanette Grossman, who provided accommodation for the school in its early years.[4]

Academic results

Maitland Grossmann excels in many areas of study, and is one of the most successful schools in the Hunter Valley. The school has a reputation in the Maitland community in the following areas: academic achievement; quality creative and performing arts; excellence in sport; caring student welfare; and highly effective behaviour management strategies.[5]

In 2012, Maitland Grossmann High School celebrated its best NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) results in recent years, being placed 211th in New South Wales and second in Newcastle/Central Coast for comprehensive high schools based on Band 6 results.[6]

In 2017, Maitland Grossmann High School celebrated a student achieve first in the state for Visual Arts. This student was the first ever to come from a public, non-selective high school since the establishment of the HSC.[7]

Sports

The school currently[when?] holds the cross country regional combined high schools trophy. The school also contains the swimming and athletics zone trophies, and has for many years running.

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ "125 Year Celebrations". Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW". ACARA. Retrieved 3 February 2013.[dead link]
  4. ^ Bellamy, Janice E. "Our school history: Maitland Girls' High School". Maitland Grossmann High School. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Our School". Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  6. ^ "2012 HSC Success". Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  7. ^ "HSC First In State 2017". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ Jones, David J., "Bertles, Zoe Emma (1880–1975)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 17 September 2023
  9. ^ "Lorna Byrne (1897–1989)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 December 2023
  10. ^ "KERNOT, Cheryl (1948– ) Senator for Queensland, 1990–97 (Australian Democrats)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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Public high and central schools in New South Wales (excluding the Sydney region)
Significant places & items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales
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