Anglican Church Grammar School
| Anglican Church Grammar School | |||||||||
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| , Australia | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°28′55″S 153°3′14″E / 27.48194°S 153.05389°E | ||||||||
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| Type | Independent, single-sex, day and boarding | ||||||||
| Motto | Latin: Alis Aquilae (On an Eagle's Wings) | ||||||||
| Denomination | Anglican | ||||||||
| Established | 1912 | ||||||||
| Founder | Canon William Perry French Morris | ||||||||
| Headmaster | Alan Campbell | ||||||||
| Chaplain | The Reverend Sharon Mitchell | ||||||||
| Grades | R–12 | ||||||||
| Enrolment | ~1,800 | ||||||||
| Colour(s) | Blue and grey | ||||||||
| Publication | Eagles' Wings (biannually) The Viking (yearly) | ||||||||
| Alumni | Churchie Old Boys | ||||||||
| Website | churchie.com.au | ||||||||
The Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS), formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie, is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Founded in 1912 by Canon William Perry French Morris, Churchie has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,800 students from Reception to Year 12, including 150 boarders from Years 7 to 12. It is owned by the Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane.
Churchie is a founding member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland (GPS), and is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ), the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA). Churchie is also an International Baccalaureate World School offering the Diploma Programme and Primary Years Programme.
Despite its name, the school is not a Grammar School established under either the Grammar Schools Act 1860 or the Grammar School Act 2016, distinguishing it from earlier established Grammar Schools in Brisbane, Ipswich, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, and Townsville. In 2016, the Queensland Parliament defined Grammar Schools to exclude "Anglican Church Grammar School." The legislation forbids a person from "establish[ing] or operat[ing] a non-grammar school under a name that includes the word ‘grammar’" and makes it an offence to "hold out a non-grammar school to be a grammar school." The legislation nevertheless permitted Anglican Church Grammar School to retain its name.
Churchie, widely recognised as one of Australia's most prestigious schools, is among the richest based on earnings and donations from alumni. In 2009, the school raised $30.9 million in fees, charges, parent contributions and other private sources, 26.5 per cent more than any other school in southeast Queensland. In the same year, Churchie also received $7.7 million in donations, primarily from alumni. This figure was the second highest in Australia, surpassed only by the donations to Sydney Grammar School.