Academic Mastery is in our DNA
At St Hilda’s, academic excellence is not just an outcome—it’s a mindset, deeply embedded in the way we teach, learn, and grow.
Choosing a school is one of the most important decisions you will make for your daughter. At St Hilda’s, she is educated in a community where girls lift girls, where achievement is celebrated collectively, and where every girl is empowered to thrive. We partner with families to nurture capable, confident young women who are academically accomplished, deeply grounded in who they are, and prepared to shape the future with purpose. Across our three campuses in Perth and Pemberton, and built on a proud 130 year legacy, St Hilda’s equips your daughter with the confidence, compassion and capability to thrive in a complex and evolving world and to forge an extraordinary future.
At St Hilda’s, academic excellence is not just an outcome—it’s a mindset, deeply embedded in the way we teach, learn, and grow.
St Hilda’s is recognised for academic excellence, consistently achieving ATAR results that place us in the top five schools in the state, year after year. As a proudly non selective school, our results reflect high expectations, expert teaching and genuine care. Since 2010, more girls have graduated from St Hilda’s with an ATAR of 95 or above than in any other ATAR band.
As a Science of Learning School, we focus intentionally on literacy, numeracy and core academic foundations so your daughter understands, retains and applies her learning with confidence. Using data informed, student centred approaches, we personalise learning and track academic and wellbeing growth. Alongside strong ATAR pathways, an expanding range of alternative pathways ensures every girl is known, supported and guided towards success in the pathway that best suits her strengths and aspirations.
At St Hilda’s, we don’t just prepare girls for the workforce and beyond; we empower them to shape it.
At St Hilda’s, we do not simply prepare girls for the workforce. We empower them to shape it. Our ESSTEAM Program, spanning Years 3 to 9, is the most comprehensive school based program of its kind in Australia, developing creative, confident and future ready thinkers from the earliest years.
Entrepreneurship at St Hilda’s is a life skill, not a subject. Girls learn to identify real world problems, think innovatively, collaborate with purpose and turn ideas into action. Whether your daughter dreams of becoming a scientist, surgeon, lawyer, artist or founder, these capabilities matter. In 2026, our commitment deepens with the introduction of a Year 10 Entrepreneurship elective and expanded learning opportunities in Years 3 and 4, ensuring girls are equipped to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
At St Hilda’s, leadership is not reserved for the few; it is cultivated in every girl, every year.
At St Hilda’s, leadership is not reserved for a select few or a single moment. It is intentionally developed in every girl, every year. Leadership learning is embedded across Junior Kindergarten to Year 12, through the curriculum, cocurricular programs, service learning and wellbeing initiatives, giving girls repeated opportunities to practise leadership in authentic and meaningful contexts.
Our approach centres on identity, voice and agency. We support your daughter to understand who she is, what she stands for and how to lead with courage, empathy and purpose. St Hilda’s is committed to contributing to national and international research in girls’ leadership education, shaping the future of leadership learning and setting a benchmark for girls’ schools globally. Our dedicated Leadership programs in Years 5, 7 and 11
At St Hilda’s, care is not a program, it’s a way of being. Our girls thrive because they are seen, known, and supported to grow in every dimension of their lives.
An immersive regional setting that allows girls to disconnect from the everyday and engage deeply in experiences that build confidence, resilience and perspective.
Located in Pemberton, just three and a half hours from Perth, Yeagarup is St Hilda’s own regional campus. It offers your daughter the rare opportunity to step away from daily distractions and fully engage with nature, herself and others.
Yeagarup is a defining part of the St Hilda’s experience. As one of the only girls’ schools in Western Australia to own and operate its own regional campus, we use Yeagarup for outdoor education experiences, Wandering Spirit retreats, leadership development, camps and immersive learning experiences across year levels. Set among forest and coast, this unique environment supports resilience, independence and connection, deepening learning in ways that cannot be replicated in a traditional classroom.
The question ‘Why St Hilda’s?” becomes easier and easier to answer.
Ultimately our girls want to perform well and are motivated and inspired to do so. Furthermore, they don’t want other girls to underperform. Examples of this are plentiful. Whenever a girl gets stuck other students immediately offer assistance without hesitation. They do this across all subject areas and do it in a very mature way. They ask leading questions rather than simply giving answers. They guide rather than show. They encourage rather than mock. “Let me help you” is part of their learning vocabulary.
Our girls’ ability to share their gifts for the common good is impressive and is what gives St Hilda’s the point of difference of not just being an academically excellent school but one with an amazingly impressive soul. It is the spirit of St Hildas, which comes from within our girls, that makes it the school it is, and a joy to lead.
Fiona Johnston - Principal
2021 Australian Excellence Awards – Best Strategic Plan (Winner)
2021 Principal recognised in the Australian Education Hotlist
2022 Australian Education Awards – Best Boarding School (Finalist)
2023 Principal recognised in the EdLeaders Impact List
2024 Outdoor Education Australia – Exemplary Outdoor Education Program for our Year 8 Cape to Cave Program
2024 EducatePlus Excellence Awards – Best Alumni Campaign.
2025 Australian Education Awards – Best Independent Senior School (Finalist)
2025 The Educator – 5-Star Best School 2025 List