Brighton Grammar School

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Brighton Grammar School

Motto: Meliora Sequamur 'Let's keep striving for better'
Established	1882
Type	Independent single sex boys secondary; primary
Headmaster	Michael S. Urwin (1996-)
Founder	Dr George Henry Crowther
Grades	Preschool-12
Location	Brighton, VIC Australia
Campus	Urban
Colours	Red & Blue
Publications	Meliora Sequamur
Yearbook	The Grammarian
Website	www.brightongrammar.vic.edu.au/

Brighton Grammar School is an independent boys' schools located in Brighton - a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is also one of the oldest, founded in 1882 by Dr George Henry Crowther.

1 History
2 Affiliations
3 Income
4 Headmasters
5 Brighton Grammar School Concert
6 Notable alumni
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] History

On the first day, eight boys came to the school. The number of students kept on growing and by 1890, 160 boys were enrolled. During the depression of the 1890s the school lost a lot of pupils. Dr Crowther held the role of Headmaster until his death in 1918. His son, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold Crowther who was in active service in France assumed the role of headmaster. Mr Herbert Dixon became headmaster of the school on Crowther's retirement in 1924. He helped expand the school and retired in 1938. After this retirement, Geoffrey Green became headmaster until his retirement in 1942.

The man who took over the job was Rev. Phillip St. John Wilson. The number of enrolled boys reached 800 during the 1950s and with constantly growing numbers the school had to expand, so the current Senior School was built. In the late 1950s Brighton Grammar joined the APS. The school bought grounds on which the former Brighton Gas Company was and Wilson House, now the Junior School was built there.

In 1967 Robert Rofe took over the control of the school. Many buildings went up during his time as headmaster. Such buildings include a new classroom block in Wilson House, the Creative Arts Centre in the Senior School and the performance hall in the school's middle school, Rosstrevor.

[edit] Affiliations

Brighton is an Anglican school, associated with the Anglican Church of Australia, and particularly affiliated with neighbouring St Andrew's Church who have representation on the School Council.

It is a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria, the Australian Anglican Schools Network, and the British Schools and Universities Foundation

While it is a boys' school, it has very close ties with its sister school, Firbank Grammar School, a girls' school; students of the two schools participate in a number of co-educational activities together.The majority of students come from the affluent bayside suburbs of Brighton, East Brighton, Hampton and Sandringham.

[edit] Income

The school has an annual income of $16.6 million, and a surplus of about $500,000. Just under 11 per cent of that annual income comes from the Federal Government, which has increased funding at the school by 132 per cent in the past four years.

[edit] Headmasters

The current Headmaster is Michael Spencer Urwin who became Headmaster in 1996 upon the retirement of Robert Lancelot Rofe.

[edit] Brighton Grammar School Concert

On the 23rd August 2006 Brighton Grammar School had a school concert held at the Hamer Hall it takes place every second year. In the years it isn't held a combined concert with sister school Firbank Grammar School is held, which also takes place at the Hamer Hall in Melbourne. Nearly 1000 Brighton Grammarians, from year 4 boys through to year 12 boys participated in this major event, by either playing an instrument or singing in a large choir.