Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Location
Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Keilor Park & Keilor East, Victoria Australia
Coordinates	37°43′52″S 144°52′12″E / 37.73111°S 144.87000°E / -37.73111; 144.87000
Information
Type	Independent comprehensive co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school
Mottoes	Essendon: Latin: Sapienter ac Viriliter Penleigh: Latin: Ad Altiora (Essendon: Strength through knowledge; Penleigh: To higher things)
Denomination	in association with the Uniting Church [1]
Established	1871; 153 years ago (1871) (as Penleigh Ladies College) 1872; 152 years ago (1872) (as Essendon Grammar) 1977; 47 years ago (1977) (Amalgamated schools)[2]
Principal	Kate Dullard
Employees	~300
Years	P–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	c. 2,587
Campuses	Essendon Moonee Ponds Keilor East
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Navy, maroon, pale blue, bottle green and gold
Nickname	PEGS
Affiliation	Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria
Website	www.pegs.vic.edu.au

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (abbreviated as PEGS) is a multi-campus independent Uniting Church comprehensive co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, with three campuses located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school is the product of an amalgamation of two schools, Penleigh Presbyterian Ladies' College and Essendon Grammar School, which was completed in 1977. Uniforms were different for boys and girls until term 3 2020 when a new combined school uniform was launched. The school's campuses are located in Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Keilor East.

The school is a member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria and competes against the other member schools in a range of sports.