[9] The aim of the school was to provide an all-round education for girls, with a strong emphasis on Christian values, to prepare students for the challenges of the new century.

[8] Miss Green subsequently moved to Victoria in 1908 to act as caretaker headmistress to Firbank Church of England Girls' Grammar School, in Brighton.

[10] During the principalship of Anna Abbott from 1990 to 2000, the International Baccalaureate was introduced, the Music program was expanded, and an ordained woman appointed to be the school's chaplain.

The school is located in the city of Armidale, situated midway between Sydney and Brisbane on the New England Tablelands of New South Wales.

Senior school students are also tested in all of their subjects at the middle and end of each academic year, allowing classes in English and Mathematics to be streamed according to ability.

In the coeducational junior school, students study English, Mathematics, HSIE, PDHPE and technology with their classroom teachers.

They also learn languages (German, French or Latin), Music, Drama and Art from specialist teachers in the senior school.

Girls in the senior school have the opportunity to develop their interests through taking additional study units and their class choices.