Those opposed to exclusive Sydney private school admitting girls from 2026 suffer loss in NSW supreme court
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A student from a $40,000-a-year private school in Sydney has lost his battle to keep girls out of the school, with a legal challenge against the decision to go coed failing.
The student, who remains anonymous and was only known as student A, had challenged the transition in the NSW supreme court on the basis that a trust deed written for Sydney’s Newington college in 1873 stated the school was set up to educate “youth”. They argued at the time the term referred to boys.
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