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Ipswich Grammar School | |
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Address | |
Darling Street , , 4305 | |
Coordinates | 27°36′46″S 152°45′7″E / 27.61278°S 152.75194°E |
Information | |
Type | Independent, single-sex, day & boarding |
Motto | Latin: Labore Honore (Work and Honour) |
Denomination | Non-denominational[1] |
Established | 1863 |
Principal | Richard Morrison (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]