Brisbane Grammar School

Brisbane Grammar School
Location
Map
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Queensland

Australia
Coordinates27°27′33″S 153°1′0″E / 27.45917°S 153.01667°E / -27.45917; 153.01667
Information
TypeIndependent, day & boarding
MottoLatin: Nil Sine Labore
(Nothing Without Labour)
DenominationNon-denominational
Established1868
Employees~120[1]
Grades512
GenderBoys
Enrolment~1,700 (2016[1])
Colour(s)Sporting: Oxford Blue and Cambridge Blue
   
Academic: red and gold[2]
Websitewww.brisbanegrammar.com

Brisbane Grammar School (BGS) is an independent, fee charging, non-denominational, day and boarding school for boys, located in Spring Hill, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the second oldest secondary school in Queensland established after Ipswich Grammar School the oldest secondary school in the state.[1] Some of the Brisbane Grammar School Buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[3]

Established in 1868 under the Grammar Schools Act that was passed by the Government of Queensland in 1860, the school has a non-selective enrollment policy and currently caters for approximately 1500 students from Years 5 to 12,[1] including around 100 boarders.[4]

Brisbane Grammar School is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA),[4] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ),[6] and is a founding member of the Great Public Schools' Association Inc (GPS).[7]

  1. ^ a b c d "2009 Annual Report" (PDF). Staff & Students. Brisbane Grammar School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ Brisbane Grammar School – Grammar History Archived 21 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Brisbane Grammar School (entry 600124)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Brisbane Grammar School". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  5. ^ "AHISA Schools". Queensland. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Brisbane Grammar, School". School Search. Independent Schools Queensland. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  7. ^ "GPS Schools". Sport and Music. Brisbane State High School. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.