Life at Grammar
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New Beginnings
Sydney Grammar School was founded by Act of Parliament in 1854, after Sir Henry Parkes, the Father of Australian Federation, tabled a petition from a group of citizens concerned that the fledgling University of Sydney should have a 'nursery' to provide it with well prepared undergraduates. Learn More
Does the way we look at things matter?
Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons (2018 Australian of the Year, Director of the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, and Sydney Grammar School Trustee) was the guest speaker at the College Street Speech Day on 6 December 2018. Read Story
Reflecting...
As the School year draws to a close, we farewell Form VI with our best wishes, prepare to welcome new boys and reflect on 2018 at Sydney Grammar School.
Grammar results in HSC 2018
The Grammar cohort in the 2018 Higher School Certificate achieved record results. In NESA’s published merit lists , Grammar boys are prominently featured. Ten boys achieved a total of 11 First in Course results. Read more...
Founded by an Act of Parliament in 1854 Sydney Grammar School was officially opened in 1857.
The modern College Street has around eleven hundred boys, St Ives over four hundred, and Edgecliff three hundred. Our boys now proceed from the School to a variety of Universities in New South Wales and beyond, but the basic purpose of Grammar as set out in the Act – ‘to confer on all classes and denominations of Her Majesty’s subjects resident in the Colony of New South Wales, without any distinction whatsoever, the advantages of a regular and liberal course of education’ – remains the same.
Since its foundation, the School and its old boys (called ‘Old Sydneians’) have played an important part in the history of this country.
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Our Locations
The secondary school (7–12) is located in College Street in the city of Sydney.
There are two preparatory schools, one in Paddington (K–Year 6) and one in St Ives (Preschool–Year 6).
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Research the Archives
The School Archives were established in 1981 to facilitate research into the School's history.
Explore our Library
The library is named after AB 'Banjo' Paterson, one of the School's most famous Old Boys (1875-1881). It contains seating for 200 pupils in a variety of areas.
