Hornsby Girls High School class of 2024 secured a 100 per cent success rate in this year’s HSC results with every student at the school awarded at least one Band 6 – the highest level a student can achieve.

Principal Dr Justin Briggs was so proud of this year’s success, he yelled, “go Hornsby!” when he heard the results.

“To be the best-performing girls' school in the state is quite an honour,” he said.

There were 123 students who sat the HSC exams this year at Hornsby Girls High School and all of them appear on the Distinguished Achievers list, which recognises when a student achieves a band 6 result in one or more subjects. Band 6 is the highest possible band.

Amaaya Chowdhury, Rachel Crandell and Aditi Kelvekar achieved Band 6 results in seven subjects. Chloe Li came 4th in the state for Ancient History and Rachel Crandell came 15th in Legal Studies.

Dr Briggs congratulated all the Year 12s and said success meant a lot for the entire school community.

The strong results reflected a true love of learning, he said.

“The students really understood that having a love for your subject area rather than trying to 'chase marks' was always the best way to improve your subject knowledge, and that was supported by our teachers who inspired the students with their knowledge and skills and love of their subject area,” Dr Briggs said.

With an emphasis on teamwork, Dr Briggs said his teachers focused on building strong relationships with students, and using positive education and humour to remind students that learning was fun.

“A big thank-you to all of our teachers who always work incredibly hard for the students.”

Dr Briggs also singled out the school’s two new deputy principals Amanda Wallwork and Vanessa Gilmore for looking for new ways to improve teaching and learning and wellbeing strategies, and for their encouragement of Year 12, the Year Adviser Richard Truong who inspired the students.

He also paid tribute to school captain Rosanna Mar-Young and vice-captain Liz Vizor who showed great leadership of the student body.