Redlands, is an independent

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, co-educational, day school

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, located in Cremorne

Cremorne, New South Wales

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, New South Wales

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, Australia

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The school is non-selective and currently caters for approximately 1700 students from pre-school to year 12.

Redlands is a member of the Independent Schools Association and the Council of International Schools.
Established in 1884 as a school for girls, Redlands later established an association with the Anglican Diocese of Sydney

Anglican Diocese of Sydney

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 and became the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School, Redlands in 1945 — hence "SCEGGS" and, later "SCECGS." Redlands severed legal ties with the Anglican diocese in 1976, and was re-constituted as a wholly independent school.