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| Ipswich Grammar School | |
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Darling Street , , 4305 | |
| Coordinates | 27°36′46″S 152°45′7″E / 27.61278°S 152.75194°E |
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| Type | Independent, single-sex, day & boarding |
| Motto | Latin: Labore et Honore (Hard Work and with Honour) |
| Denomination | Non-denominational[1] |
| Established | 1863 |
| Principal | Adam Foresyth (Headmaster) |
| Employees | ~90[2] |
| Enrolment | ~1,700 (P–12)[2] |
| Colour(s) | Red & white (sports) Maroon & white (academic) |
| Website | www |
Ipswich Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for boys, located in Ipswich, a local government region of Brisbane situated on the Bremer River in South East Queensland, Australia. The school is sited on the eponymous historical Grammar School Hill, with its original buildings occupying the crown of the hill. Some of the Ipswich Grammar School Buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[3]
Founded in 1863, Ipswich Grammar was the first secondary school established in the British colony of Queensland under the Grammar Schools Act 1860, but a small number of other schools were already offering secondary education in Queensland.[4] Today the school operates a P to 12 educational model, offering preparatory, primary and secondary education to approximately 1,700 students,[2] including approximately 250 boarders from all across the country and the world.[5]
Ipswich Grammar School is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA),[5] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[6] Independent Schools Queensland (AISQ),[7] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[8] and is a founding member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc. An extremely prominent sporting association in Queensland (GPS).[9]
- ^ "Boarding Schools Regional Queensland". Regional Australia - Boarding Schools. Regional Living Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ a b c "Commonwealth & State Reporting Requirements 2006" (PDF). Media. Ipswich Grammar School. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ "Ipswich Grammar School (entry 600601)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "The grammar schools era 1860–1912". Education History. Queensland Government. 2007. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ a b "Ipswich Grammar School". Queensland Schools. Australian Boarding Schools Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ "JSHAA Queensland Directory of Members". Queensland Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ "ISQ Member Schools" (PDF). School Lists. Independent Schools Queensland. 2007. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ "Queensland". AHISA Schools. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ "GPS Code of Behaviour". Sport. St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace. 2005. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.