About Loreto College

A school day in leafy Netherby, east of Adelaide’s centre, moves from primary classrooms through the middle years to the final two years of the South Australian Certificate of Education. Loreto College is an independent Catholic girls’ school offering schooling from Years 1 to 12, rather than a tertiary provider. Its teaching spans the usual breadth of a school education, with the senior years geared towards the SACE.

The college belongs to the international Loreto tradition, shaped by the educational work of Mary Ward and by a Catholic approach to learning. That identity matters: faith, service and the education of girls sit alongside academic study. Families considering the school should be comfortable with a values-led environment rather than expecting a secular senior secondary college.

Netherby is a quiet residential suburb in Adelaide’s inner south-east, with public transport links and suburban life rather than a city-centre campus routine. Loreto will suit international families seeking a continuous school pathway for a daughter, including the transition from junior years into senior secondary study. It is less suited to applicants looking for vocational training, university study or a co-educational setting.

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