Camberwell Grammar School


Camberwell Grammar School is an independent, single sex, Anglican primary and secondary day school for boys, located in Canterbury, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Camberwell Church of England Grammar School was founded on Prospect Hill in 1886. In July 1891 it was re-opened by William A. Gosman and Alfred S. Hall, as co-principals. In its early years, the school was housed at a number of sites in and around the suburb of Camberwell, Victoria. It occupied the site on Mont Albert Road on Canterbury's Golden Mile from 1935.
The school currently has approximately 1,300 students. The school is divided into three sections; Junior School, Middle School and Senior School.

Headmasters and principals

There have been a total of ten headmasters at Camberwell Grammar School since the school was established in 1886. The current headmaster or now, principal of Camberwell Grammar is Ben Jeacocke.
Years servedName
1886–1891A. B. Taylor
1891–1897W. A Gosman
A. S. Hall
1898–1926A. S. Hall
1927–1931M. A. Buntine
1931–1949H. L. Tonkin
1950–1954M. Searle
1955–1965T. H. Timpson
1966–1987A. D. P. Dyer
1987–2004C. F. Black
2005–2024P. G. Hicks
2025–presentB. Jeacocke

Curriculum

Camberwell Grammar offers the Victorian Certificate of Education to all of their Year 11 and 12 students, as well as allowing some students to partake in some VCE and VET 1 & 2 units in Year 10 as part of advanced programs.
YearRankMedian study scoreScores of 40+ Cohort size
2012323523.1288
2013323524.9319
2014283524.6299
2015483417.9303
2016263524310
2017303524.5297
2018263523.4301
2019263525.9304
2020423421.4305
2021553317.1318
2022373421.3324
2023293521311
2024383421.3331

Extra-curricular activities

  • Australian Army Cadets: The Camberwell Grammar School Army Cadet Unit was established in 1888 and celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2018.
  • DAV Interschool Debating
  • Rotary Interact Club
  • Towards2050, school sustainability group
  • STEM Racing
  • Chess Club
  • VEX IQ Robotics Club

    Music

Alongside having a large variety of stringed, brass and combined ensembles for various different proficiencies and age groups, Camberwell Grammar also has the Music Academy program, which replicates various elements of the Music Conservatorium model in order to support musicians throughout their musical journey during and after school. The school holds a biannual concert at Hamer Hall including several ensembles from the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools.

Sport

Camberwell Grammar is one of the original member schools of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria, and won the organisation's inaugural Athletics competition in November of 1920.
All students enrolled at Camberwell Grammar School participate in physical education classes, which are scheduled weekly. The school also offers students the opportunity to participate in the Sports Academy, in which students with athletic talent are coached in small groups or individually to improve in their skills in their discipline outside of regular sporting activity times.
The school's sporting program requires all students enrolled in grades 7-12 to participate in organised sports, in addition to physical education classes. The sports offered for students to participate in are grouped into summer, winter and spring categories, as fits the AGSV schedule. However, sports which are not organised by the AGSV run on separate timetables. This sees students participating in these activities year-round, whilst being required to be involved in at least two. However, the Spring sports offered are not compulsory like those in summer and winter.

AGSV premierships

Camberwell Grammar has won the following AGSV premierships.