Melbourne's Leading Private Girls' School, from Early Learning to Year 12
Lauriston Girls’ School is one of Melbourne’s leading day schools for girls, educating students from Early Learning through to Year 12. We offer three dedicated campuses – our coeducational Blairholme early learning campus, an all girls education at our main campus, and our transformational Year 9 Howqua campus. Our progressive, academically rigorous education is within a community built around ambition, belonging, and the formation of young women who are ready to shape the world.
Our school spans co-educational Early Learning from six weeks of age, and single sex girls’ education in Junior School, the unique Howqua Year 9 program, and Senior School, offering VCE and the IBDP in Years 11 and 12. We are non-denominational and open-entry, welcoming families from all backgrounds and beliefs.
Howqua - Year 9 Done Differently
Principal's Welcome
At Lauriston Girls’ School we take responsibility for one of life’s most important tasks – the formation of future generations of enterprising, compassionate and intellectual women. Tomorrow’s thinkers, leaders and disruptors.
From Bush Kinder, sport and music performances to our exceptional academic programs and transformative year at Howqua, we offer learning opportunities and experiences both in and out of the classroom that inspire our students to be brave, resilient and confident.
As Principal, I look forward to welcoming your family into our School community, a community that celebrates ambition, nurtures talent and offers a sense of belonging.
Sabine Partington,
Principal
Learning at Lauriston
Why Families Choose Lauriston
Lauriston is consistently recognised among the top private girls’ schools in Melbourne for the breadth and quality of its academic, co-curricular, and pastoral programs. What sets us apart is not a single flagship achievement but the full scope of what a Lauriston education provides across every stage of a girls’ development.
Our non-denominational foundation means we welcome students of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our progressive approach to education means we prepare students not just for university but for a world that values intellectual courage, ethical leadership, and the ability to collaborate and adapt. Our Howqua program means that every Lauriston student in Year 9 spends this transformative period in the Victorian High Country, developing resilience, independence, and perspective in a way no classroom can replicate.
Core values
It is our mission to inspire Lauriston girls to be courageous lifelong learners. They are ethical and compassionate young women who seek to resolve new-world problems and strive to be responsible, global citizens working with others to shape their world.
Learning programs at Lauriston Girls’ School are based around the School’s five core values.
Engagement In Life
We engage proactively with the world; determined to better understand, reflect upon and question ourselves, our experiences and the society in which we live. We are critically engaged and curious about all that we encounter and learn.
Creativity
We approach learning and teaching with creativity as our cornerstone. We are imaginative, inventive, and entrepreneurial. We are open to and champion new ideas and new ways.
Relationships
We communicate openly, honestly, and respectfully allowing us to have meaningful connections with each other in the community and beyond. We foster a culture of optimism, collaboration, and celebration.
Frequently Asked Questions
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung, the Boonwurrung and the Taungurung peoples of the Kulin Nations, whose sovereignty was never ceded, and pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and future, for they hold the memories, traditions, culture and hopes of First Nations Peoples. We also recognise their continuing connection to Country and culture.
Diversity & inclusion statement
We acknowledge that our community is diverse; and Lauriston values an inclusive and accepting environment for all ages, genders, abilities, races, religions, sexualities and cultures.