St George's Anglican Grammar School is an

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day school, located at 50 William Street, in the

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Students from Years 7 to 12 are accommodated in a middle school (Years 7 to 9) and senior school (Years 10 to 12). St George's Anglican Grammar School is a school of the

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. The school is Western Australia's first vertical schoolone based in a

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building rather than on a traditional

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. St George's Anglican Grammar School opened in January 2015 as the 14th school of the Anglican Schools Commission (ASC). The ASC had acquired the independent Murdoch College, changed its name, and relocated it from the suburb of

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* Anglican Schools Commission Anglican secondary schools in Perth, Western Australia Educational institutions established in 2015 2015 establishments in Australia William Street, Perth Grammar schools in Australia {{WesternAustralia-school-stub

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