Sydney Grammar School

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Sydney Grammar School
'Big School'
Location
Darlinghurst, Edgecliff and St Ives, Sydney , New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°52′29″S 151°12′47″E / 33.87472°S 151.21306°E / -33.87472; 151.21306
Information
Type	Independent, day school
Motto	Latin: Laus Deo (Praise be to God)
Religious affiliation(s)	None
Established	1857; 167 years ago (1857)[1]
Founder	Laurence Hynes Halloran
Chairman	Richard Henry AM[2]
Headmaster	R. B. Malpass
Staff	63 (Darlinghurst),[3] 15 (Edgecliff),[3] 21 (St Ives)[3]
Teaching staff	153 (Darlinghurst),[3] 52 (Edgecliff),[3] 47 (St Ives)[3]
Gender	Boys
Enrolment	1,152 (Darlinghurst),[3] 306 (Edgecliff),[3] 413 (St Ives)[3] (2011)
Colour(s)	Black and gold
Athletics	AAGPS
Former pupils	Old Sydneians
School song	Carmen Sydneiense
Website	www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au

Sydney Grammar School (SGS, known colloquially as Grammar)^[4] is an independent, fee-paying, non-denominational day school for boys, located in Sydney, Australia.

Incorporated in 1854 by Act of Parliament^[5] and opened in 1857, the school claims to offer a "classical" or "grammar" school education thought of as liberal, humane, pre-vocational pedagogy.^[4]

As of 2006, Sydney Grammar School had an enrolment of approximately 1,841 students from kindergarten to Year 12, over three campuses.^[6] The two preparatory schools (K to 6), are located at Edgecliff in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs,^[7] and St Ives, on the Upper North Shore.^[8] The College Street campus caters for students from Forms I to VI (Years 7–12), and is located in Darlinghurst.

The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),^[9] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[10] the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,^[11] and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).^[12]

As of 2019, it was ranked the 3rd most expensive school in Australia with an average annual school fee of $36,615 per student.^[13]