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The Grammar cohort in the 2020 Higher School Certificate achieved outstanding results. Read More
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. Read More
Jason Zhu He put together a video capturing all the hard work done at the Boatshed in preparation for the Head of the River Regatta. Read More
Form VI 2020 tribute… 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.
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).
College Street, Darlinghurst
NSW 2010 Australia
Phone: (02) 9332 5800
Fax: (02) 9331 5164
Alma Street, Paddington
NSW 2021 Australia
Phone: (02) 9366 0100
Fax: (02) 9361 5759
Ayres Rd, St Ives
NSW 2075 Australia
Phone: (02) 8302 5200
Fax: (02) 9449 9875