The Georges River Grammar (abbreviated as GRG) is an

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and secondary

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, located in

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, a south-western suburb of

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, Australia. The school was established in 1984, as a non-selective school and currently caters for approximately 880 students from

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History

Georges River Grammar was founded in 1984, initially as a primary school based at St Paul's Anglican Church in Bankstown. In 1986, a secondary school, Bankstown Grammar School was commenced as a joint venture of the Anglican and Uniting churches in

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. In 1988, the Uniting Church withdrew from the partnership and the Bankstown Grammar School became an independent, coeducational, Anglican school. The name of the school was officially changed in early 2011 from Bankstown Grammar School to Georges River Grammar to reflect the reality that it draws broadly from the Georges River area, and that the school had outgrown its local name and drawing area of Bankstown.Bugg, Laura, and Nicole Gurran. "Urban planning process and discourses in the refusal of Islamic Schools in Sydney, Australia." Australian planner 48, no. 4 (2011): 281-291. It also reflected a unified identity after the amalgamation of St Paul's Choir School and Bankstown Grammar School in 2004. According to researchers, the school's outgrowing of its local area is a pattern common with religious and other independent schools in Australia, as growing enrolment in Australian non-government schools confirm that parental desire to provide the ‘best’ schooling for their children will often override factors such as the school location. The school currently has four

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– Wood, Jackson, Rossiter and Chamberlain – named for the founders of the school. Previously, it had six – Wood, Jackson, Rossiter, Chamberlain, Broughton and Barker. In the mid-1990s, the school participated in a psychological research study conducted on the topic of

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. 395 students participated in the research. In 2009, the school campaigned to discourage unhealthy food and drinks, banning a number of items from school lunch boxes, and hiring a dietician to speak to parents.

Notable alumni

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, ABC journalist

Affiliation

The school is a member of the Sydney Anglican Schools Ministry Association.

References

External links

Georges River Grammar School website

School Facebook page

School Twitter page
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History

Notable alumni

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