Sydney Girls High School

this school honestly just sucks, there's like one or two good teachers who are actually nice and the rest of them can be kind of rude, are bad teachers or just stress you out. this school has a reputation for success but this isn't from the school itself, it's just the students attending tutoring. aside from that the uniform is so old fashioned and the school overall is just stuck in the 1800s, the junior uniform looks like the type of thing you'd find girls wearing hundreds of years ago, the school building is old and really depressing and there are spiders everywhere. you should definitely not send your kids here cause it's not a very positive environment

The teaching is not bad, but it mostly depends on which teacher you get (and the quality can vary greatly, I’ve heard some not great things about certain teachers). Subject selection is quite limited, especially compared to other schools, with some subjects being removed entirely if there aren’t enough students for the course (sometimes despite there being enough students for the course, it still won’t be run). Canteen food is not great but expensive. The school itself has no air conditioning and can get extremely hot during summer and spring. The school environment can be stressful as well, since you’re constantly pressured to do well by teachers and your own cohort. However, the other students are very friendly (in my experience) and we have a decent variety of cocurriculars.

While this school is very prestigious, it does not have the best environment. This is a selective school which requires a test to get into, and is one of the top (smartest) schools in NSW. As a result all the students here are very competitive and do not care for much other than academics. The teachers and resources are mostly average however we do have some benefits (Governors centre) from sharing with Sydney Boys. The location is great as it is close to the city and you often get girls from as far away as the Blue Mountains. Don’t think that your life is over if you go here, there are always a handful of girls in each year who are normal and sane however do watch out. In terms of cocurriculars, we do have some odd sports (eg rowing, riffling) however don’t have some common ones like soccer and touch which is a bit annoying. If you chose to come here, I’m sure you’ll excel academically (scaling for hsc here is also very good) but make sure you’ve got a system and community outside of school life. I don’t hate it here because I have lots of other friends and do lots of clubs outside of school. Also although our gate just got replaced (last year a homeless man broke into our school and slept in the english staff room) there is a massive hole and me and my friends noticed it was very easy to get into the school.