Catering to some 1,800 students from Prep to Year 12, the School has a strong tradition of academic excellence and offers comprehensive learning and leadership opportunities, allowing students to grow and achieve within a strong and supportive community.
Their junior school, Grimwade House, is located in Caulfield and caters to boys and girls from Prep to Year 6.Their middle school, Wadhurst, is for boys in Years 7 and 8 and is located in South Yarra alongside their Senior School, which is for boys in Years 9 to 12. Boys from Years 7 to 12 can attend as day students or boarders.
Melbourne Grammar School is distinguished by an involved and vital community, with parents encouraged to participate in many aspects of School life. The importance of community is reflected in the School’s culture of philanthropy, with the legacy of past generations allowing the School to grow and advance.
Founded in 1858 by the first Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne Grammar School is an Anglican school in the tradition of the Church of England. While they embrace a Christian philosophy, they warmly welcome families from a diverse range of religious and cultural backgrounds and actively promote tolerance and compassion. As part of providing a meaningful and holistic education, the School values the examination of religious, moral and ethical issues and encourages students to explore and share their beliefs.
VISION:
Melbourne Grammar School aims to develop fully within its students the ‘whole person’: intellectually, physically, emotionally, psychologically, and socially and spirituality.
They seek to connect to a global learning environment; one which provides a broad range of opportunities for our students and the wider community.
VALUES:
Their values convey the beliefs that positively influence their behaviour and the way they interact with individuals, groups and communities.
They represent the deepest beliefs and sentiments to which they can aspire, they shape their School community.
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-Learning
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-Diversity
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-Integrity
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-Excellence
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-A Sense of Community
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-Spirituality
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-Leadership
VISIONARY GOALS:
Melbourne Grammar School believes that education is fundamental to making positive change for individuals, groups, communities and society as a whole. Successful lives are ones which are grounded in high-quality, positive human relationships, steered by knowledge, understanding and a strong sense of moral purpose.
They will;
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-Provide the best possible learning environment for each student and member of staff
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-Provide the best possible caring environment for each student and member of staff
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-Craft an innovative learning experience for every student that encourages creative thinking in a collaborative, technology-rich environment
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-Provide a rich and varied experience in the co-curriculum
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-Develop leaders at all levels and in all facets of School life
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-Be an influential, responsive and responsible member of a broader community
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-Adopt a flexible and dynamic approach to enrolment and School structure
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-Establish a culture in which Council, students and staff develop a belief in, and practise, ethical and morally courageous behaviour
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-Promote spiritual exploration in an Anglican school
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-Gather and utilise the best possible human, physical and financial resources for the creation of an ongoing teaching and learning community.
LEARNING
Melbourne Grammar School is committed to being one of the world’s leading teaching and learning institutions by offering students the finest education. This vision acts as a guiding light in all areas of the School’s operations, underpinning their behaviours, plans, programmes and monitoring procedures.
