Bacchus Marsh Grammar School

Bacchus Marsh Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Christian, primary and secondary day school located in Maddingley, Australia.

Bacchus Marsh Grammar School
Location
Bacchus Marsh
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates37°41′27″S 144°25′54.4″E
Information
TypeIndependent, co-educational, Christian, primary and secondary, day
MottoLatin: Doctrina Vitae
(Education for Life)
DenominationEcumenical
Established1988
PrincipalAndrew Neal
GradesK-12
Enrolment~2,500 (2018)
Colour(s)Dark blue, gold, black and white     
Websitewww.bmg.vic.edu.au

History

Bacchus Marsh Grammar School opened in February 1988. It has grown from three classrooms, to a school of three campuses and more than 2300 pupils from Preparatory to Year 12.

The school is known for its increasingly strong VCE results . The school's highest achieving students have scored ATARs of 99.95, with several students also achieving a perfect study score of 50+ in a variety of subjects.

The school consists of four houses, Bacchus (blue), Braeside (white), Hilton (gold) and Pentland (black), who contest the House Shield each year. The houses compete in a number of events including athletics, chess, music, drama, swimming, cross-country and community singing.[1]

In 2015 Bacchus Marsh Grammar received negative press for its treatment of a transgender student Erik Ly. Erik claims he told staff he was transgender but still had to wear "the girls uniform". Erik says he plans to lodge a complaint about the independent schools with the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission when he has finished his VCE[2] Ly moved to a public school that has gender-neutral bathrooms to complete High school.[3]

Locations

Bacchus Marsh Grammar School is located in Bacchus Marsh. The campus there was built in 1988, and replaced the original campus located on Hallett's Way.[4] In 2019, Bacchus Marsh grammar opened up a new campus for middle school students in Aintree.[5]

References
  1. www.bmg.vic.edu.au http://www.bmg.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 11 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Cook, Henrietta (17 September 2015). "Transgender students: the struggle to fit in at school". The Age. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. Odysseus Patrick, A (18 June 2016). "Transgender Australians can choose any bathroom they want. Some aren't pleased". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Our Campuses - Maddingley". Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. "Woodlea wraps up 2019". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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