Enriching Opportunities in a Close-Knit Environment

Since 1901 Ravenswood has embraced a strong tradition of educational excellence, developing young women of purpose who are empowered and inspired by the highest quality of teaching and learning experiences.

A Uniting Church School located on leafy grounds, Ravenswood is the only school on the Upper North Shore to offer students a choice between the Higher School Certificate and the International Baccalaureate Diploma.

Ravenswood is a multi-award winning Positive Education and Wellbeing School – the first school in New South Wales to be selected to implement a Visible Wellbeing approach to Positive Education, under the guidance of Professor Lea Waters from the University of Melbourne. Positive Education offers a range of evidence-based approaches that promote wellbeing and resilience within an educational setting, not only helping develop character but promoting learning and achievement.

‘The lessons that we have at the school and those we were taught in the Residential College, mean that we were always conscious that the way we speak and act impacts others. It is a much more positive school culture than I have ever experienced before,’ says Alumni and former Ravenswood Boarding Captain Lily Dunn.

The Ravenswood Residential College was refurbished in 2017 and is a modern, stylish, and comfortable home-away-from-home for our community of Boarders from Years 7-12. The culture is warm and nurturing, with small numbers ensuring strong relationships and a close family atmosphere. The Residential College, which opened in 1935, has been recognised twice in recent years at the Australian Education Awards, winning Excellence Awards for Boarding School of the Year in 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Weekends are filled with fun trips to Sydney’s entertainment and cultural attractions, alongside study and sporting commitments. Co-curricular activities include Cadets, which is offered through the Knox Ravenswood Cadet Unit and allows girls to develop practical skills and leadership qualities alongside their male peers. Other activities conducted in conjunction with Knox Grammar School include the week-long business skills course, ‘Be the Change Agent’ and regular curriculum excursions and overseas immersion trips to Cambodia, Fiji and Kokoda.

Ravenswood received Excellence Awards for Boarding School of the Year (2022, 2024-2026), and also featured on The Educator’s 5-Star Innovative Schools Award for the seventh time in eight years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025). Furthermore, Ravenswood was named as one of the 5-Star Best Schools by The Educator in 2025 and 2026.