Sunshine Coast Grammar School
| Sunshine Coast Grammar School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| , Australia | |
| Coordinates | 26°41′2″S 153°0′26″E / 26.68389°S 153.00722°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, co-educational, day school |
| Motto | Strength of Purpose |
| Denomination | Presbyterian and Methodist |
| Established | 1997 |
| Principal | Anna Owen |
| Enrolment | ~1,220 (P–12) |
| Colour(s) | Gold, maroon, navy blue and green |
| Website | www.scgs.qld.edu.au |
The Sunshine Coast Grammar School is a private Christian school located in Forest Glen, a town on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
The school has a student body of over 1200, from prep to grade 12. The school was established in 1997. It is owned by Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association, which operates several other schools in Queensland.
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 "Sunshine Coast 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 permits Sunshine Coast Grammar School to retain its name.