Canberra Girls' Grammar School
| Canberra Girls Grammar School | |
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| Location | |
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Deakin, Australian Capital Territory Australia |
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| Coordinates | 35°18′59″S 149°6′53″E / 35.31639°S 149.11472°ECoordinates: 35°18′59″S 149°6′53″E / 35.31639°S 149.11472°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Day and Boarding |
| Motto |
Latin: Iuventuti Nil Arduum (To the young nothing is difficult) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1926 |
| Chairman | Belinda Moss |
| Principal | Anne Coutts |
| Chaplain | Rev. Paul Harris |
| Employees | ~205 |
| Gender |
Co-educational – Early Learning to Yr2 Girls – Yrs 3-12 |
| Enrolment | ~1,600 (ELC–12) |
| Colour(s) | Red, Green, Navy Blue and White |
| Slogan | BE YOURSELF |
| Website | www.cggs.act.edu.au |
Canberra Girls Grammar School (CGGS) is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for girls, located in Deakin, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia.
Established in 1926 as St Gabriel's School, by the Church of England religious order, the Community of the Sisters of the Church, Canberra Girls Grammar is the oldest private day and boarding school in Canberra. It has a non-selective enrolment policy and caters for approximately 1,600 students, with co-education from Early Learning (preschool) to Year 2, and girls only from Years 3 to Year 12. Boarding facilities are available on the Senior Campus for up to 95 students in Years 7 to 12. CGGS is also licensed to offer the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme and Diploma Programme (for Years 11 and 12).
Canberra Girls Grammar School is affiliated with the Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).
St Gabriel's School was established with nine students in 1926, as a day and boarding school for girls, by the Church of England religious order, the Community of the Sisters of the Church (the Kilburn Sisters). It catered for the small but growing community in what was designated as the new Federal capital.
From 1926 to early 1928, the Old Rectory of St John the Baptist Church, Reid, was leased from the Government by the Kilburn Sisters. The rectory was known as Glebe House, and was close to the city. In May 1927, the day before the opening of Parliament House, the foundation stone of the current site on Melbourne Avenue at Deakin, was laid by Lewis Radford, Bishop of the then Diocese of Goulburn. The school officially moved into its new site in 1928. In 1933, the school was renamed Canberra Church of England Girls Grammar School (CCEGGS).
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