Loreto
college
Loreto College is a leading independent girls' school based in the heart of Adelaide. Loreto comes from a 400-year-old global tradition to inspire and empower girls and women through education. Our students consistently achieve strong academic results in an environment that balances academic rigour with a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities including camps and retreats, international trips, music, performing arts, sport vocational training, and a variety of clubs and competitions.
With a focus on student voice and independence, we recognise the need to equip our girls with skills for their post-school life. We concentrate on building leadership and confidence, a strong work ethic, and the ability to take risks in a safe environment.
The Boarding House is located on-campus and is well serviced by public transport and is only five minutes from Adelaide's CBD and 30 minutes from Adelaide's Domestic International Airport.
Our Boarding staff are empathetic to the needs of girls and young women. Our senior Boarding students, led by our student Boarding leaders, ensure that young and new students feel a sense of belonging.
-To further support boarding students, we provide:
- Individual rooms for all girls. - Academic support, including supervised study sessions by teachers and tutors.
- Sporting facilities including tennis, basketball, and netball courts, gym and cardio facilities.
- Health and wellbeing programs including an on-site Psychologist.
- Head Chef who provides nutritious meals and caters for any specific dietary needs.
- An on-site Health Care Centre staffed by a Registered Nurse.
- A school environment that is conducive to high academic achievement through structured support.
Our Year 12 students consistently accomplish high results including many girls who achieve SACE Merits across a broad range of subjects. Likewise, in the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR), Year 12 students achieve exceptional results with approximately fifty percent of girls performing in the top ten percent in South Australia, and approximately twenty-five percent achieving in the top five percent. The ATAR provides access to universities across Australia and internationally.
A strong culture of achievement extends to our students' professional lives. We are proud to have recently educated two Rhodes Scholars, who are both contributing significantly in the field of Medicine and a past student who won the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship, which will see her take part in a competitive global master's programme hosted in Beijing, in collaboration between China's top universities and the Ivy League tradition.