Frensham School

Established by Winifred West in 1913, today, Frensham is one of Australia's most respected independent schools for girls. Frensham is an outward-looking and forward-thinking boarding and day school, with staff working as a highly professional team, taking time to consider and support each girl's growth on an individual basis.
In a spectacular living and learning environment, girls are challenged and supported to develop the skills and the willingness to make a positive difference in the world. They are taught to value kindness and resilience and to carry these attributes with them for life. Living in residence, students form healthy, lifelong friendships. They are inspired and supported to embrace and overcome challenges and celebrate each other's achievements.
It is this sense of community that shapes the School's character – and the character of our students. Success is measured in the way girls carry themselves beyond School – with a courageous and generous spirit. We want our students to thrive. With the belief that students rise to the intellectual life around them, Frensham creates a culture designed to inspire intellectual and emotional growth in maturity.
Our curriculum is personalized and flexible, and we benchmark our academic outcomes for students and the School against global standards. Futurists say what the world needs most is high-functioning young people - emotionally intelligent, with strong self-management skills – young people with empathy and skill, who value others' points of view. Frensham girls are inspired to be critical, ethical, and flexible thinkers and future leaders in our complex and rapidly changing world.
Frensham's values and educational ethos are based on the philosophical position that our moral purpose in life is to develop our talents and use them for the common good to contribute to the world. We are a non-denominational school founded on Christian principles of service and generosity. Students learn kindness and leadership qualities and are encouraged to make a real difference in the world and pursue their goals with confidence.
We want students to thrive. With the belief that students rise to the intellectual life around them, Frensham creates a culture designed to inspire growth in maturity, intellectually and emotionally. Our curriculum is personalized and flexible, and we benchmark our academic outcomes for students and the School against international standards.
The world is more connected than ever. Entire industries are changing, and new ones are emerging every year. In response, we are strengthening links internationally and redefining our curriculum to meet future-student needs. Outstanding teachers underpin genuinely great schools. Frensham teachers are known for their professionalism and expertise, and they value the fact that leading researchers and practitioners deliver professional learning from around the world.
Our core curriculum goes beyond the NSW Curriculum – which provides a well-established academic program focusing on literacy, numeracy, and critical disciplines in the Humanities, Arts, and Sciences – to give students an education that considers a world more involved and connected than ever before. We include the best educational approaches from around the world, including courses through Cambridge International Examinations.
With digital technology transforming how we communicate and work, students develop the ever-changing skills and literacy essential to life and work in the twenty-first century. Our academic program's strength is underpinned by broader values of honesty, compassion, resilience, and respect for others – which we strive to impart in every student.