All Hallows School

All Hallows may refer to:

All Hallows Catholic School, Weybourne, Surrey, England

All Hallows Catholic High School, Penwortham, Lancashire, England

All Hallows High School, South Bronx, New York, United States

All Hallows Roman Catholic High School, Salford, Greater Manchester, England

All Hallows' School, Brisbane, Australia

All Hallows Preparatory School, East Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England

All Hallows' School

All Hallows' School is a heritage-listed Catholic day school for girls, located in Fortitude Valley, close to the central business district of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Founded in 1861, the school follows in the tradition of the Irish Sisters of Mercy, and caters for over 1,400 girls from Years five to 12. The school was the first permanent home of the Sisters of Mercy in Queensland, and is the oldest surviving secondary school in Brisbane.

All Hallows' is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australia, and the Australasian Mercy Secondary Schools Association.

The school's motto is in French, Dieu et Devoir (English: "God and Duty"). This motto was formulated in 1911, 50 years after the school opened. The French language was chosen for the motto on the basis of the strong French influence in the school's early years.

History

19th century

The story of the foundation of All Hallows' School must be set against the rudimentary "pioneer" education system and bitter sectarian disputes in Queensland education during the 1850s and early 1860s. According to Johnston, until 1860 "secondary education tended to receive a fairly low priority in state thinking – which was not surprising since the provision of a primary level was so difficult, to difficult to manage". He continues: "There were no state initiatives to provide its own system until 1912. Secondary education, seen as a perquisite of middle-class life, suitable for the children of business and professional men and established pastoralists, was allowed to be offered by private and church bodies."