Toowoomba Anglican School

The Toowoomba Anglican School is an independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day and boarding school located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The school is a member of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane and is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia.

History

The school was founded in 1911 as The Toowoomba Grammar Preparatory School. Original enrolment comprised 17 boys. The school was founded and grew with a boarding focus to service the geographically isolated areas of Southern and Western Queensland. The focus on boarding has remained through the school's history.
In 1927 the campus was expanded with the purchase of the adjacent Stoneleigh House, which was used for boarding students. In 1942–43 the School grounds were commandeered by the Army as a result of World War II, and the school was evacuated to Southport on the Gold Coast. In 1972 the enrolment was expanded to become co-educational. In 1986 Stoneleigh House was demolished to make room for sporting facilities. The turret was salvaged through the efforts of the Past Students Association, and to this day is sited between the sporting ovals that replaced Stoneleigh.
In 2001 the school's board was subject of a civil case, S v Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane QSC 473, involving sexual offending by a housemaster in the 1990s. The events later formed the basis of the 2017 film Don't Tell.

Heads of school

The following is a lead of heads of the school:

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	School name	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Ernest Albert Gill		The Toowoomba Grammar Preparatory School The Church of England Preparatory School	1911	1926	years
2	Rev. Ernest Aldington Hunt		The Church of England Boys School	1927	1928	years
3	Norman Scott "Boss" Connal	Headmaster	The Church of England Boys School	1929	1958	years
4	Edgar "Blue" White		The Church of England Boys School	1959	1973	years
5	Robert "Bob" Smith		The Church of England Preparatory School	1973	1979	years
6	Robert Brewster		The Toowoomba Preparatory School	1979	1992	years
7	Tim Waley		The Toowoomba Preparatory School	1993	1995	years
8	Bruce Howden		The Toowoomba Preparatory School	1995	2009	years
9	Sandra Hawken		The Toowoomba Preparatory School	2010	2013	years
10	Simon Lees	Head of School	Toowoomba Anglican College and Preparatory School Toowoomba Anglican School	2014	2025	years
11	Nick Johnstone	Principal	Toowoomba Anglican School	2025		current

Houses

The school has a day house system for internal competition, and a different house system for boarding.
There are three-day houses: Gill, Connal and Fairfax.

Sports

Sports offered at the school include AFL, athletics, basketball, cricket, cross country, soccer, rugby union, rugby league, hockey, netball, softball, swimming, tennis, touch football, and volleyball.
Sporting facilities at the school include three junior-sized ovals, four tennis, and netball courts, an outdoor pool, and a gymnasium.

Notable alumni

All previous students are able to join the Past Students Association. Notable alumni include:

Air Vice Marshal Don Bennett
Charles Copeman, Rhodes Scholar 1953; mining industrialist
Sally Kehoe, an Olympic rower
Pippa Savage, a national rower