Maitland Grossmann High School
| Maitland Grossmann High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Australia | |
| Coordinates | 32°44′39″S 151°35′29″E / 32.7441°S 151.5913°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
| Motto | Latin: Labor Omnia Vincit (Work Conquers All) |
| Established | 28 January 1884 (as Maitland Girls' High School) |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Principal | Neil Fara |
| Teaching staff | 83.4 FTE (2018) |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 1,196 (2018) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
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| Colour(s) | Navy blue and white |
| Website | maitgross-h |
Maitland Grossmann High School (abbreviated as MGHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. The school is situated on Cumberland Street, adjacent to the old Maitland Gaol.
Established in 1884 as the girls only single-sex Maitland Girls' High School, in 1986 the school collaborated with Maitland Boys High, and now both schools are co-educational, with Maitland Girls' High School renamed as Maitland Grossmann High School, and Maitland Boys' High School renamed as Maitland High School. Maitland Grossmann High School enrolled approximately 1,200 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom seven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education.
The school draws it name from Jeanette Grossman, who provided accommodation for the school in its early years.