Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales

Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales
Formation1892[1]
HeadquartersSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Membership
The King's School
Sydney Grammar School
Newington College
Saint Ignatius' College
St Joseph's College
Sydney Boys High School
Sydney Church of England Grammar School
The Scots College
The Armidale School[2]
Official language
English
Secretary General
President: Robert Grant AO
Chairman: Michael Curran
Grammar
Hon Secretary: Mark Gainford
High
Hon Treasurer: Peter Phipps King's[3]
Websiteaagps.nsw.edu.au

The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) is a sporting association of boys' schools in New South Wales, Australia that contest sporting events among themselves. The AAGPS was formed on 30 March 1892,[1] and today has nine members – eight Sydney schools and one northern NSW country school.[2] The descriptor 'Public School' references the historical usage of the term and the model of the British public school; all except Sydney Boys High School are in modern parlance private schools.

AAGPS representative sports sides are selected typically for matches against representative sides of the Combined Associated Schools (CAS), Independent Schools Association (ISA) and Combined High Schools (CHS).

Of the 130 Rhodes Scholars from 1904 to 2006 and from New South Wales, 85 attended a GPS School and of the 12 Australian Prime Ministers that attended school in Sydney from 1902 to 2023, 6 attended a GPS school specifically Sydney Grammar School, Sydney Boys High, Shore School or St Ignatius College (Riverview). [4]

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  3. ^ "AAGPS Convenors". Info. Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  4. ^ "NSW Rhodes Scholars" Archived September 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 29 June 2006)