Sydney Church of England Grammar School

Sydney Church of England Grammar School
The Shore School, c. 2017
Location
North Sydney and Northbridge, Lower North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°50′22″S 151°12′19″E / 33.83944°S 151.20528°E / -33.83944; 151.20528
Information
Other names	SHORE Shore School
Type	Independent single-sex and co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school
Motto	Latin: Vitai Lampada Tradunt (Lucretius, De Rerum Natura) (They hand on the torch of life[1])
Religious affiliation(s)	Anglican Diocese of Sydney
Denomination	Anglicanism
Established	1889; 135 years ago (1889)[2]
Founder	The Rev. Alfred Barry
Sister school	SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Educational authority	New South Wales Education Standards Authority
Chairman	B J E Warburton
Headmaster	Dr John Collier
Chaplain	Anthony Benn[3]
Years	Early learning and K–12
Gender	Co-educational (Early learning to Year 2) Boys only (Year 3 to Year 12)
Enrolment	~1,600 (K–12)[4]
Education system	Higher School Certificate
Campuses	Northbridge: Early learning to Year 2 North Sydney: Year 3 to Year 12
Campus type	Urban: North Sydney Suburban: Northbridge
Colour(s)	Navy blue and white
Athletics	Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales
Affiliations	Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia Junior School Heads Association of Australia Australian Boarding Schools' Association Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Website	www.shore.nsw.edu.au

The Sydney Church of England Grammar School (commonly known as Shore or Shore School) is a dual-campus independent Anglican single-sex and co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, located on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1889 by the Church of England,^[1] Shore has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,600 students from Year K to Year 12, including 200 boarders from Year 6 to Year 12.^[4] The school is co-educational from the early learning years to Year 2, and these students are housed on a separate campus in suburban Northbridge.^[2]

The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),^[5] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[6] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),^[4] the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,^[7] and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).^[8]