Canberra Grammar School

School, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Canberra Grammar School is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located in Red Hill, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia.The school is affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia and provides an education from Pre-school to Year 2 for boys and girls, and from Year 3 to 12 for boys only.The school was founded in 1929, the foundation stone being laid on 4 December 1928 by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce. Initially it was attended by only 63 students, but has grown sharply since the early 1950s to a total of 1,655 students in attendance as of February 2013CurriculumUnlike other schools in the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra Grammar School awards the New South Wales Higher School Certificate (HSC) to its Year 12 students. The curriculum in Years 11 and 12 is thus based on New South Wales HSC courses. Canberra Grammar is an IB World School.

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