Sydney Church of England Grammar School | |
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![]() The Shore School, c. 2017 | |
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Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°50′22″S 151°12′19″E / 33.83944°S 151.20528°E |
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Type | Independent single-sex and co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Vitai Lampada Tradunt (Lucretius, De Rerum Natura) (They hand on the torch of life[1]) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican Diocese of Sydney |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Established | 1889[2] |
Founder | The Rev. Alfred Barry |
Sister school | SCEGGS Darlinghurst |
Educational authority | New South Wales Education Standards Authority |
Chairman | B J E Warburton |
Headmaster | Dr John Collier |
Chaplain | Anthony Benn[3] |
Years | Early learning and K–12 |
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Enrolment | ~1,600 (K–12)[4] |
Education system | Higher School Certificate |
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Colour(s) | Navy blue and white |
Athletics | Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales |
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Alumni | Shore Old Boys |
Website | www |
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The Sydney Church of England Grammar School (commonly known as Shore or Shore School) is a dual-campus independent Anglican single-sex and co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, located on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1889 by the Church of England,[1] Shore has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,600 students from Year K to Year 12, including 200 boarders from Year 6 to Year 12.[4] The school is co-educational from the early learning years to Year 2, and these students are housed on a separate campus in suburban Northbridge.[2]
The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[6] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[4] the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,[7] and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).[8]