Bacchus Marsh Grammar School | |
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Location | |
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, Australia | |
Coordinates | 37°41′27″S144°25′54.4″E / 37.69083°S 144.431778°E |
Information | |
Type | Private school, co-educational, primary and secondary, day |
Motto | Latin: Doctrina Vitae (Education for Life) |
Denomination | Ecumenical |
Established | 1988 |
Principal | Debra Ogston [1] |
Grades | K–12 |
Enrolment | ~2,500 (2018) |
Colour(s) | Dark blue, gold, black and white |
Website | www.bmg.vic.edu.au |
Bacchus Marsh Grammar School is a private, co-educational, primary and secondary day school located in Maddingley, Australia.
Bacchus Marsh Grammar School opened in February 1988.[ citation needed ]
In 2015, the school received negative press for its treatment of a transgender student who identified as a boy but staff required him to wear "the girls uniform". [2] The student transferred to a public school with gender-neutral bathrooms to complete high school. [3]
In 2024 a teenage male was arrested after using social media to share deepfaked pornographic images of fifty female Bacchus Marsh students in years 9 to 12. [4]
In 2025, Debra Ogston succeeded Andrew Neal as the school's principal. [1]
Bacchus Marsh Grammar School is located in Bacchus Marsh. The campus there was built in 1988, and replaced the original campus located on Hallett's Way. [5] In 2019, it opened a new campus for middle school students in Aintree. [6]