Camberwell Grammar School

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Camberwell Grammar School
Address
Camberwell Grammar School
55 Mont Albert Road

3126

Australia
Coordinates 37°48′55″S145°4′2″E / 37.81528°S 145.06722°E / -37.81528; 145.06722
Information
Type Independent, single sex, Anglican primary and secondary day school
Motto Latin: Spectemur Agendo
(By our deeds may we be known)
Denomination Anglican
Established1886;138 years ago (1886)
FounderA. B. Taylor
HeadmasterDr Paul Hicks
ChaplainJanine de Paiva
Gender Boys
Enrolment1,300 (P12)
HousesBridgland, Clifford, Derham, Macneil, Robinson, Schofield, Steven, Summons
Colour(s)Gold, navy blue & pale blue    
PublicationSpectemur, Grammarian, Echo
Affiliation Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria
Alumni Old Camberwell Grammarians
Website cgs.vic.edu.au

Camberwell Grammar School is an independent, single sex, Anglican primary and secondary day school for boys, located in Canterbury, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Camberwell Church of England Grammar School was founded in 1886. In its early years, the school was housed at a number of sites in and around the suburb of Camberwell, Victoria. It has occupied its present site on Mont Albert Road on Canterbury's Golden Mile, since 1935.

The school currently has approximately 1,300 students. The school is divided into three sections; Junior School (pre Prep – Year 5), Middle School (Year 6 – Year 8) and Senior School (Year 9 – Year 12).

Headmasters

There have been a total of nine headmasters of Camberwell Grammar School since the school was established in 1886. The current headmaster of Camberwell Grammar is Dr Paul Hicks (since 2005). [1]

Years servedName
1886–1891A.B. Taylor
1891–1926A.S. Hall
1927–1931 M.A. Buntine
1931–1949H.L. Tonkin
1950–1954M. Searle
1955–1965T.H. Timpson
1966–1987A.D.P. Dyer
1987–2004C.F. Black
2005–presentP.G. Hicks


Curriculum

Camberwell Grammar offers the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) to all of their Year 11 and 12 students, [2] as well as allowing some students to partake in some VCE and VET 1 & 2 units in Year 10 as part of advanced programs.

Camberwell Grammar VCE results (2012-2022) [3]
YearRankMedian study scoreScores of 40+ (%)Cohort size
2012323523.1288
2013323524.9319
2014283524.6299
2015483417.9303
2016263524310
2017303524.5297
2018263523.4301
2019263525.9304
2020423421.4305
2021553317.1318
2022373421.3324

Extra-curricular activities

Music

Alongside having a large variety of stringed, brass and combined ensembles for various different proficiencies and age groups, Camberwell Grammar also has the Music Academy program, which replicates various elements of the Music Conservatorium model in order to support musicians throughout their musical journey during and after school. [7] The school holds a biannual concert at Hamer Hall including several ensembles from the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools.

Sport

Camberwell Grammar is one of the original member schools of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV), [8] and won the organisation's inaugural Athletics competition in November of 1920. [9]

All students enrolled at Camberwell Grammar School participate in physical education classes, which are scheduled weekly. The school also offers students the opportunity to participate in the Sports Academy, [10] in which students with athletic talent are coached in small groups or individually to improve in their skills in their discipline outside of regular sporting activity times.

The school's sporting program requires all students enrolled in grades 7-12 to participate in organised sports, [11] in addition to physical education classes. The sports offered for students to participate in are grouped into Summer, Winter and Spring categories, as fits the AGSV schedule. [12] However, sports which are not organised by the AGSV run on separate timetables. This sees students participating in these activities year-round, whilst being required to be involved in at least two. However, the Spring sports offered are not compulsory like those in summer and winter.

List of sports offered

Summer sports:

  • Archery
  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Cycling
  • Golf
  • Kayaking
  • Lawn Bowls
  • Orienteering
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Taekwondo
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball

Winter sports:

  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Cross Country
  • Fencing
  • Australian Rules Football
  • Hockey
  • Multi Skills Development
  • Real Tennis
  • Snowsports
  • Soccer

Spring sports:

  • Athletics
  • Water Polo

AGSV premierships

Camberwell Grammar has won the following AGSV premierships. [13]

  • Athletics (11) – 1920, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2022, 2023
  • Badminton (22) – 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Basketball (1) 2023
  • Cricket (11) – 1921, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1961, 1977, 1982, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2023
  • Football – 1933
  • Hockey (21) – 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021
  • Squash (2) – 2007, 2023
  • Swimming (5) – 1944, 1961, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Table Tennis (20) – 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
  • Tennis (14) – 1925, 1926, 1930, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1994, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Volleyball – 1991
  • Water Polo – 2022

Old Camberwell Grammarians

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