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St Paul's Grammar School

St Paul's Grammar School

Christian private school

St Paul's Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational Christian, co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school. Located in Cranebrook, an outer western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1983. St. Paul's Grammar School has approximately 860 students, from early learning through kindergarten to year 12.

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The school is a member of the Independent Schools Association,[1] [2]the Australian Heads of Independent Schools Association,[3] and HICES.

Curriculum

The school offers the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) courses from Kindergarten to Year 12. In addition to NESA courses, the school offers the International Baccalaureate educational programme from Kindergarten to Year 12. In the Junior and Middle Schools, the IB Programmes are integrated with the NSW NESA courses. The IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) is taught in conjunction with the NESA curriculum to approximately 300 students from preschool to Year 6. The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) is taught in conjunction with NESA curriculum to approximately 300 students from Year 7 to Year 10. Students graduating from Year 10 achieve the International Baccalaureate IB Middle Years Programme Certificate; students also received the former Board of Studies School Certificate before it was scrapped in 2011.

Facilities

The school's sporting facilities include an athletics oval, several smaller sports fields, 5 outdoor tennis courts, 4 soccer pitch, 1 cricket pitch, 4 outdoor basketball courts and an archery field.

The school has a sports centre with two indoor basketball courts and a small amount of spectator seating above them. This building is also used for major school functions with room for seating for 2,500 people. It also has a Science Block, a Technology Block and a Performing Arts block, in addition to regular classrooms.

Co-curricular

Co-curricular activities offered by the school include music groups, dance classes, the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme, chess and Bible study groups, and a New South Wales Rural Fire Service Cadets program.[4]

Sports

Sports offered by the school include: athletics (track and field – carnivals), cross country running, basketball, cricket, indoor soccer, netball, soccer, tennis, and touch football. Equestrian events are also offered to students, including dressage, eventing and show jumping.

Notable alumni

References

  1. [1]
    "ISA – Independent Sporting Association : Member Schools". Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Creese, Nigel Arthur Holloway, (born 4 June 1927), Executive Officer, Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, 1989–95 (Chairman, 1985–87)", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, retrieved 4 December 2023
  3. [3]
    "Schools | AHISA". Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Co-Curricular at St Paul's". St Paul's Grammar School. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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