Tintern Grammar
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Ringwood East, Victoria Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°48′56″S 145°15′34″E / 37.81556°S 145.25944°ECoordinates: 37°48′56″S 145°15′34″E / 37.81556°S 145.25944°E |
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational |
| Motto |
Latin: Factis Non Verbis (By deeds not words) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1877 |
| Headmaster | Brad Fry |
| Grades | P-12 |
| Enrolment | ~890 (2015) |
| Colour(s) | Green, Navy and White |
| Website | www.tintern.vic.edu.au |
Tintern Grammar (also known as Tintern) is an independent, Anglican day school for girls and boys located in Ringwood East, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1877 by Emma Bartlet Cook, Tintern has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 890 students, from ELC through to Year 12, including international students.
Located on one site in Ringwood East, the Early Learning Centre is co-educational, whilst girls and boys are educated in single-sex environments from Prep - Year 9. In Years 10 - 12 boys and girls learn together in a co-educational classes.
The school is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne (EISM), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA).
Tintern was founded in 1877 by Emma Cook. Not satisfied with any of the established schools in Hawthorn, Cook felt she needed to start "an excellent school" for her four youngest daughters and the youngest of her five sons. It was not long before neighbours asked Cook to allow their children to enrol, and as word spread about the achievements of the school, many country families also sent their children to attend.
The Church of England Trust purchased the school in 1918, and what was initially a co-educational school, became a school for girls. Continued growth meant to the need for larger and more modern facilities, and subsequently the school moved to its current campus of just over 50 acres (20 ha), at Ringwood East in 1953. This site had been purchased in June 1946 for £3,113.
In 1999, under the principalship of Sylvia Walton (1982–2005), the School returned to Cook's founding wish of educating the whole family, with the establishment of Tintern's brother school, Southwood, located at Ringwood.
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