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and

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day and boarding school , grades = Early learning;

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, educational_authority =

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, slogan = , principal1 = Dr John Collier , principal_label1 = Headmaster , founder = The Rev. Alfred Barry , chairman = B J E Warburton , chaplain = Anthony Benn , location = North Sydney and Northbridge, Lower North Shore,

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, campus_type = , campuses = The Sydney Church of England Grammar School (commonly known as Shore or Shore School) is a dual-campus

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single-sex and

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day and boarding school for boys, located on the Lower North Shore of

, Australia. Established in 1889 by the

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, Shore has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,600 students from Year K to

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, including 200 boarders from

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to Year 12. The school is co-educational from the early learning years to

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, and these students are housed on a separate campus in

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Northbridge. The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the

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(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the

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, and is a founding member of the

(AAGPS).

History

The Sydney Church of England Grammar School was founded on 4 May 1889, and was the

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of Bishop

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of the Sydney Diocese of the

, after the closing of the St James School in 1886. The site of the school was chosen by the first Headmaster to be the

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of the famed

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, a

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migrant who discovered the Holtermann Nugget in the Australian gold fields. He used his new-found wealth to build a magnificent home in North Sydney which is now a boarding house of Shore. His

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s were among the first students enrolled at Shore. The St James' School Compensation Trust Act (1886) provided for the foundation of: The schools colours were drawn from Christs College Cambridge, the college of the first Headmaster along with the schools diagonal stripes. On the crest, the bible and southern cross are placed on the top row, and a shell, representative of the St James School, and the torch, the schools motto on the bottom. The

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, a piece of uniform that has become closely associated with the school, was first encouraged to be worn in 1912, before becoming compulsory in 1924. The school officially has two names, the "Sydney Church of England Grammar School" and the Shore School has long been known by the latter, however it was not until the early 1990s when the name "The Shore School" was officially adopted. The name came about at sporting matches where

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could not chant 'Grammar', as this was already done by the students of

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. Another reason for the name change was that Sydney Church of England Grammar School was shortened to S.C.E.G.S, which sounded similar to S.C.E.G.G.S ( Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School), the

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of Shore. The name comes from the school being located in Sydney's North Shore region.

Campuses

The Sydney Church of England Grammar School is situated on two

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History

Campuses

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North Sydney

Northbridge

Houses

Curriculum

Subjects

Rankings

Co-curriculum

Sport

Performing arts

Publications

Headmasters

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links