Your gift to the Gawura Scholarship Fund enables First Nations students to embark on a life-changing educational journey, supported from Kindergarten to Year 12.
With a Gawura First Nations Scholarship, students join a coeducational school community where First Nations culture is visible and valued, embedded in the curriculum, and where they enjoy an outstanding education in a close, supportive, learning community in the heart of Sydney.
Being part of a broader independent school, our students have access to all that a St Andrew’s Cathedral School education offers. Such as, outstanding facilities, expert teaching staff, co-curricular activities including visual arts, drama, music and sport, and premium camping and outdoor educational experiences
Starting Kindergarten in the unique Kindergarten to Year 6 Gawura School – an award winning 100% First Nations ‘school within a school’- students learn in small classes, with intensive literacy and numeracy support, and with connection to community and culture deeply woven into daily learning experiences.
In Year 7 to Year 12, students progress to St Andrew’s Cathedral School’s Secondary School, where they enjoy targeted academic support, an enriched cultural curriculum, and supportive mentoring.
We build futures by helping each student find their voice and discover their unique gifts – supporting them to turn these into strengths and opportunities, and equipping them with the wisdom, skills, and confidence to become hope-filled leaders for a more just tomorrow.
Find out the difference a Gawura First Nations Scholarship can make and how you can get involved.
Gawura First Nations Scholarship Kindergarten to Year 6
Students are surrounded by a culturally rich and nurturing environment where culture, belonging and educational excellence work hand in hand.
Kindergarten to Year 6 Scholarship inclusions:
- Tuition at Gawura School
- Small class sizes (6–12 students) with intensive literacy and numeracy support
- Learning spaces that reflect First Nations cultures, languages and Knowledges
- Culturally responsive teachers, Elders and mentors
- Personalised learning plans and targeted learning support
- Rapid literacy and numeracy intervention
- Uniforms, classroom resources and technology
- Cultural learning experiences and selected co-curricular opportunities
Students can also access:
- Specialist teachers in science, art, sport and music
- First Nations staff
- Transition programme from Year 6 to Year 7
- On Country tours from Year 5
- Speech therapy, occupational therapy and wellbeing support
- Camps, drama, art, music, sport and excursions
Gawura First Nations Scholarship Year 7 to Year 12
Students are supported to continue to grow strong in culture and identity, and pursue purposeful futures. The duration of Scholarships in secondary school align with the student’s education goals and aspirations.
Year 7 to Year 12 Scholarship inclusions
- Tuition at St Andrew’s Cathedral Secondary School
- Culturally enhanced curriculum delivered by culturally responsive teachers
- Mentoring, tutoring and learning support with Aboriginal mentors and aides
- Homework Club
- Uniforms, classroom resources and technology
- Selected co-curricular activities
- Wellbeing support
Students can also access:
- Specialist subject teachers across the whole curriculum
- Opportunity to study Aboriginal Studies to Year 12 / HSC
- Cultural learning experiences
- On Country tours
- Camps, excursions and broader co-curricular opportunities
“I love coming back to the School, to see where my journey began, to see the growth in the school and the students. It’s important for me to stay grounded, connected to my beginnings, which I am forever grateful for.”
Gawura First Nations Scholarship alumni