Brighton Grammar School

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Brighton Grammar School
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Address
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90 Outer Crescent

Brighton
,
Victoria
3186

Australia
Coordinates37°54′18″S 144°59′45″E / 37.90500°S 144.99583°E / -37.90500; 144.99583Coordinates: 37°54′18″S 144°59′45″E / 37.90500°S 144.99583°E / -37.90500; 144.99583
Information
TypeIndependent, day
MottoLatin: Meliora Sequamur
(Let us keep pursuing better things)
DenominationAnglican
Established1882[1]
FounderDr George Henry Crowther
Sister schoolFirbank Grammar School
ChairpersonPeter Ickeringill
HeadmasterRoss F Featherston
ChaplainFr Chester Lord
Employees250[3]
Key peopleSimon Angus (Head of Secondary School)
Peter Tellefson (Head of Junior School)
Dr Ray Swann (Head of Crowther Centre)
Sam Flockart (2021 Captain of School)
Ethan Davis (2021 Captain of Junior School)
Years offeredK-12
GenderBoys
Enrolment1,400
Campus sizesingle campus, 3 hectares (7.4 acres)[2]
Colour(s)Red and blue   
SloganTransforming the way to teach boys
AffiliationAssociated Public Schools of Victoria
Websitewww.brightongrammar.vic.edu.au

Brighton Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day school for boys, located in Brighton, a south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Founded in 1882 by George Henry Crowther, Brighton Grammar has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 1,400 students from the Early Learning Centre (ELC) to Year 12.[3] The majority of students are drawn from the City of Bayside and surrounding suburbs of Brighton, East Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton, Sandringham, Beaumaris and Black Rock.

The school is affiliated with a number of associations including the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,[4] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[5] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[6] the Australian Anglican Schools Network,[7] and the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS).[8]

History[]

Brighton Grammar School was founded on 14 February 1882, with eight male students. By 1890, 160 boys were in attendance. During the depression of the 1890s, students numbers declined rapidly. The school founder, George Henry Crowther was headmaster until his death in 1918. His son, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Arnold A. Crowther, subsequently assumed the role. Crowther retired in 1924, when Herbert E. Dixon took over. Dixon expanded the school until his retirement in 1938. Geoffrey G. Green was headmaster until 1942. His successor was Phillip St. John Wilson.

In 1958, Brighton Grammar joined the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS), and soon after purchased grounds on the former Brighton Gas Company site, where "Wilson House", now the Junior School, was to be built to accommodate the growing student numbers. The number of boys reached 800 during the 1960s. From 1967 to 1995, Robert Lancelot Rofe was headmaster. He oversaw a period where some new buildings were erected.

Michael Spencer Urwin was appointed headmaster at the beginning of 1996. He had previously held the position of deputy headmaster at Brisbane Grammar School, and began his term by implementing a curriculum review, a pastoral care system, and a program of modernisation. This also included community education opportunities in out of school hours in order to make the school more inclusive and less parochial. A new senior school library and resource centre, and specialist classroom facilities have been built to upgrade facilities in the senior school as well as the middle school later on.

Affiliations[]

Brighton Grammar School has a close sister school relationship with Firbank Girls' Grammar School, an independent Anglican school for girls. Students of the two schools participate in a range of co-educational activities together.[9] The school also maintains a close relationship with St Andrew's Anglican Church, Brighton.

Crowther Centre for Learning and Innovation[]

The Crowther Centre for Learning and Innovation is an organisation run under the auspices of Brighton Grammar School to provide support services for the educational community.[10][11] The Crowther Centre is part think-tank and research arm overseeing the collection and analysis of data to provide improved and informed decision-making processes.[12] The Head of the Crowther Centre is Dr Ray Swann.[13]

House system[]

Brighton Grammar School has six houses: Armstrong (white), Crowther (yellow), Dixon (blue), Hancock (green), Rofe (purple) and School (red). In the 1930s the houses were: Chichester, Ireland, Marshall, Pelham, Smith and Willett, of which Marshall was exclusively for boarders.[citation needed]

Curriculum[]

Brighton Grammar offers its senior students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).

Brighton Grammar School VCE Results 2012-2020[14]
Year Rank Median Study Score Scores of 40+ (%) Cohort Size
2012 61 33 17.1 262
2013 52 34 16.4 265
2014 56 34 15.3 234
2015 62 33 15.8 227
2016 45 34 22.3 217
2017 45 34 20.8 218
2018 46 34 18.3 218
2019 59 33 18.0 223
2020 21 35 25.1 211

Extracurricular activities[]

Sport[]

Brighton Grammar is a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS), and partakes in various sporting competitions against its other members. Students from year 7-12 participate in sports on Saturday with training during the week. These sports include rowing, sailing, basketball, ALF, rugby, touch rugby, diving

APS Premierships[]

Brighton Grammar has won the following APS premierships:[15]

  • Badminton - 2002
  • Cricket (6) - 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 2000, 2005
  • Cross Country (2) - 1996, 1997
  • Football (5) - 1975, 1992, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Hockey - 1998
  • Rowing (2) - 1983, 2021
  • Soccer (4) - 1999, 2003, 2004, 2013
  • Tennis (2) - 2000, 2001

STEM[]

Formula 1 in Schools[]

Brighton Grammar participates in the Formula 1 in Schools challenge annually. They have advanced to the National Final for this competition four times, with the following teams:

  • 2015 - Team Aus Racing (Professional Class)
  • 2017 - Blue Tongue Racing (Development Class)
  • 2020 - Tasman 6 (the first F1 in Schools partner team between Australia and New Zealand) (Professional Class)
  • 2021 - Constellation Racing (Professional Class)

iDesign[]

Brighton Grammar School runs the iDesign program in Year 8, a competition where students are encouraged to design and pitch new products to the cohort. There are finalists and a winner chosen from the competitors, with the most recent being:

  • 2020 - James Tan - Vision Impared Rubik's Cube
  • 2019 - Jenson Galvin - Digest'a Bowls
  • 2018 - Jordan Secatore - Mindfullness Pod

Music[]

Brighton Grammar has a rich music program, with several orchestras and choirs, including:

  • Senior Symphony Orchestra
  • Senior Big Band
  • Corelli String Orchestra
  • Senior Choir
  • Senior Guitar Orchestra
  • Cello Choir
  • Flute Ensemble
  • Middle Years Choir
  • Ten Tonners

(List incomplete)

Notable alumni[]

Alumni of Brighton Grammar School are commonly referred to as Old Boys or Old Grammarians and may elect to join the schools' alumni association, the Old Brighton Grammarians' Society (OBGS).[16] Some notable Old Brighton Grammarians include:


Architecture, engineering and technology
Business
Entertainment, media and the arts
Medical
Military
  • William Grant CMG, DSO and Bar, VD – Soldier and commander of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at the Battle of Beersheba
  • Lt. Col C. T. C. de Crespigny,[21] later distinguished medico
  • Major, later Air Vice Marshal H. V. C. de Crespigny CB, DFC, MC, Croix de Guerre
Politics, public service and the law
Religion
Sport

See also[]

  • List of schools in Victoria

References[]

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  5. ^ "Professional Development". Victorian Branch. Junior School Heads Association of Australia. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  6. ^ "Victoria". AHISA Schools. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
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  8. ^ "Conclusions and further research" (PDF). Publications. The Australian Political Studies Association. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
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  17. ^ "John Robertson Duigan 1882-1951 Reginald Charles Duigan 1889-1966". Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via Monash University.
  18. ^ "Reginald Charles Duigan, Pioneering Aviator & Inventor (1888-1966)". 16 June 1917. Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via Museums Victoria.
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  20. ^ Jones, Philip (30 October 2003). "Bush lover and a law unto himself". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  21. ^ "About Local People". Brighton Southern Cross. Victoria, Australia. 16 June 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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