St George Christian School is an independent, co-educational, day school, located in Hurstville and Sans Souci, both suburbs of southern Sydney, in the St George area of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1981, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy, and currently caters for approximately 800 students from Kindergarten to Year Twelve. Students come to St George Christian School mainly from the southern Sydney region.
St George Christian School is a member of Christian Schools Australia.
St George Christian School was founded by five local Christian families in February 1981, with nine students from Kindergarten to Year 4. By 1984 the school was operating out of two campuses, and the first Year 12 class graduated in 1989. The first teacher was Mrs Hazel Burns. The school moved to double streaming in 1995 and triple streaming from Year 7 in 2003. The school implemented a Middle School in 2008 to cater for the specific needs of early adolescence. From 2009, there are four departments representing the particular educational needs of each stage of development.
- Infants School - Kindergarten - Year 2
- Junior School - Years 3 - 5
- Middle School - Years 6 - 8
- Senior School - Years 9 - 12
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