2020 Annual Review

Highlights—2020

• The School celebrated 145 years since its foundation in 1875.

• The School’s 2020 academic results reflect its longstanding reputation as Queensland’s leading girls’ school.

• Brisbane Girls Grammar School introduced the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), the new system of senior system.

• One hundred per cent of Year 12 2020 students were ATAR-eligible and 100 per cent of students who applied for tertiary studies received a placement offer.

• The Year 12 2020 cohort exceeded all Queensland state averages in the new ATAR system: 15.76 per cent received 99 and above; 26.63 per cent received 98 and above; 52.17 per cent received 95 and above; 77.17 per cent received 90 and above; and 90.76 per cent received 80 and above.

• The School’s expert teachers supported the uninterrupted delivery of an exemplary broad, liberal education remotely during the coronavirus pandemic—creating an online curriculum and developing support infrastructures.

• The new Science Learning Centre was officially opened.

• The School’s 20th recipient of the Maria Sulima Bursary commenced Year 7 in 2020.

• The School purchased 89-95 Gregory Terrace—Ruth Fairfax House—from the Queensland Country Women’s Association.

Brisbane Girls Grammar School Annual Review 2020

11