St Leonard’s College

Specialties

Independent Uniting Church coeducational.

History

Established in 1914.

St Leonard’s College developed from a privately owned primary school established in 1914. It operated alongside St Leonard’s Church, Brighton Beach, and later at 100 Were St, Brighton.

In 1946, the College became St Leonard’s Presbyterian Girls’ College.

In 1954 with Thelma Woolhouse as Principal, the College moved to what was then known as ‘Merton’ at 163 South Rd Brighton East.

Under the leadership of the next Principal, Richard Cornish, the College adopted coeducation in 1972 and introduced the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in 1982.

The Cornish Campus at Patterson River was opened in 1987. It was sold to the Uniting Church and became an independent school known as Cornish College on 16 December 2011.