Life at Grammar
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Tribute to Form VI
Tribute to Form VI 2019… see some highlights of the year here. We wish the boys well in the HSC and beyond.
Grammarpalooza 2019
Some photgraphic highlights from Grammarpalooza 2019.. celebrating our 13th anniversary. Read More.
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
All My Sons
Arthur Miller’s All My Sons tells the story of a family torn apart by a collision of values.
Be captivated by these intense and moving photographs taken during the senior drama production in May this year. Read Story
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.
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.
Music Overview
The Music Department is very strong, both in terms of the quality of its teaching staff, and the quality of its facilities. We offer a number of music scholarships for outstanding performers.