St Clare's College is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in Waverley, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1884 by the Poor Clare Sisters, St Clare's has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 500 girls from Year 7 to Year 12.

The college is located within the Archdiocese of Sydney, and is affiliated with the Catholic Girls Secondary Schools Sporting Association (CGSSSA) and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).

History St Clare's College is unique in that it remains established on its original site and continues under the governance of Sydney Catholic schools.

Principals PeriodDetails1884–1888Sr M. Teresa Lawless 1889Mother Anthony Watters 1889–1920Sr Francis Maloney 1921–1935Sr M. Leontia Reid 1936–1963Mother Gabriel Claverie 1964–1982Sr Carmel O'Sullivan 1983–1985Geoffrey Newcombe 1986–1987Elizabeth Brogan 1988–1997Sr Janet Heath 1999–2003Kitty Guerin2004–2006Catherine Rae2007 Acting Principal – Sr Louise Hume (osc)2008–2014 Marie Therese Hirschhorn2015–2020Antoinette McGahan2021–2022 Kerrie McDiarmid2023–presentAnn Freeman

House system As with most Australian schools, St Clare's uses a house system. The school has four houses, through which students compete in a range of sporting and non-sporting activities. They are: Reid (Brown and gold) Claverie (Black and red) Deakin (Dark blue and light blue) Keady (Green and gold) Hume (Mauve)

The students earn points for their house through participation in these activities, and the house with the most points at the end of the school year is awarded the 'Babicci Shield'. The Babicci is named after Sister Pauline Babicci, former Mother Abbess of the Poor Clares. The colours of the Houses were decided in consultation with the students at the time the House system was devised. The school also features a tutorial program, whereby each student is assigned to a tutorial in their House, in an attempt to win the annual House Babicci Shield.

Notable alumnae Anita Heiss Author Imelda Roche Co-chairman of the Roche Group; a former Chancellor of Bond University; Founder of Nutrimetics

See also

List of Catholic schools in New South Wales Catholic education in Australia

References

External links St Clare's College website