Bacchus Marsh Grammar School

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Bacchus Marsh Grammar School
Location
Bacchus Marsh Grammar School
Bacchus Marsh
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates 37°41′27″S144°25′54.4″E / 37.69083°S 144.431778°E / -37.69083; 144.431778
Information
Type Private school, co-educational, primary and secondary, day
Motto Latin: Doctrina Vitae
(Education for Life)
Denomination Ecumenical
Established1988
PrincipalDebra Ogston [1]
GradesK–12
Enrolment~2,500 (2018)
ColoursDark 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.

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History

Bacchus Marsh Grammar School opened in February 1988. [2]

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". [3] The student transferred to a public school with gender-neutral bathrooms to complete high school. [4]

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. [5]

In 2025, Debra Ogston succeeded Andrew Neal as the school's principal. [1]

Locations

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. [6] In 2019, it opened a new campus for middle school students in Aintree. [7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 https://www.bmg.vic.edu.au/our-school/principals-welcome/
  2. ↑ https://www.bmg.vic.edu.au/our-school/school-history/
  3. ↑ Cook, Henrietta (17 September 2015). "Transgender students: the struggle to fit in at school". The Age. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Odysseus Patrick, A (18 June 2016). "Transgender Australians can choose any bathroom they want. Some aren't pleased". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Tuohy, Wendy (11 June 2024). "Fifty Bacchus Marsh Grammar girls targeted with AI fake nudes". The Age. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Our Campuses – Maddingley" . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Woodlea wraps up 2019" . Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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