Oxford Falls Grammar School
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NSW Australia |
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational, private, Pentecostal, Day |
| Motto | For Greatness. For Excellence. For Christ. |
| Established | 1984 |
| Founder | Dr Phil Pringle |
| Headmaster | Dr Peter Downey |
| Grades | K - 12 |
| Enrolment | 1200 |
| Campus | 6 hectares/10 acres |
| Colour(s) | Junior Navy and Grammar Green |
| Affiliations | Christian City Church, Christian Schools Australia, Combined Independent Schools, Christian Schools Sports Association, Peninsula Independent Schools Association |
| Website | www.ofgs.nsw.edu.au |
Oxford Falls Grammar School is a private, co-educational K - Year 12 non-denominational Christian school in Oxford Falls, Sydney, NSW, Australia. The school is set on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of landscaped grounds on Sydney’s northern beaches. Incorporating a four-stream infants school, three-stream primary school and a triple-stream senior school, the school community comprises approximately 1200 students, from over 600 families, and 120 staff members. The school is a member of Christian Schools Australia and also has membership of the Christian Schools Sporting Association (CSSA) and the Combined Independent Schools (CIS).
The current headmaster of Oxford Falls Grammar is Dr Peter Downey, who took up his post in 2017.
Oxford Falls Grammar School is set in a picturesque, semi-rural local in Sydney's North. Facilities include two full sized ovals, a small oval, an indoor gymnasium and basketball court, a large auditorium, a state of the art theatre with retractable seating, and a Performing Arts Centre incorporating purpose-built Dance and Drama studios, music tuition rooms, a production studio, an acoustic music room, an electronic music studio, and a dedicated concert and stage band rehearsal room and a cafe.
Oxford Falls Grammar School competes in many sports including at state and national levels.
Sports teams at Oxford Falls Grammar include:
Basketball is one of the main sports played in both the Junior and Senior schools. Teams have gone on to reach national levels and have competed at events such as The National Christian Schools Basketball Championships. The school is well represented at local and state Rugby, Soccer and Netball gala days. Aussie rules is a popular sport in the Junior school and Oxford Falls Grammar is very successful in competitions; reaching the 2006 NSW Finals in the Paul Kelly Cup. The school competes in swimming, diving, athletics and cross country events at Metropolitan, CSSA State and CIS State levels. Swimmers have gone on past CSSA State level to the annual National Christian Schools Swimming Championships. In 2005, a number of students competed in the Pacific School Games and brought home a number of Gold medals.
PISA sport is also offered and includes T-ball, senior girls softball, senior boys cricket, boys and girls soccer, girls netball, boys rugby league (mod-league)and mixed AFL.
The School is a member of Combined Independent Schools (CIS) which allows a highly competitive pathway for individuals in a large array of sports.
Oxford Falls Grammar School is highly regarded in NSW as a leading Independent School in the area of Performing Arts. The number of students involved in our extra-curricular Performing Arts Program represents two-thirds of students in the School.
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