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Guildford Grammar (Senior) School is a private school in Australia, on the banks of the Swan River. Founded in 1896, it is one of the oldest independent boys' schools in the state of Western Australia. Guildford Grammar is located at East Guildford near Midland, and is roughly fifteen kilometres from Perth. Guildford Grammar has a rich history and is endowed with a very professional archive that maintains excellent record of the school history. With a number of books written about the chapel and the school and compilations of photographs of the school it is well covered for recent history.
Closely modelled on England's public schools, it is a founding member of Western Australia's Private Schools Association (PSA). The school covers K-12, catering to kindergarten, primary and secondary education, and accepts boarders. Boys from landowning and farming families were well-represented in the student body during the 1950s and 1960s, whereas in recent decades wealthier families from overseas and different social groups are more typical. Significant numbers of students were sons and grandsons of earlier students. From 2005 to 2006, Guildford Grammar School is going through a new "Redevelopment Phase" (the One Campus Project). This includes new grounds for the school, new tennis courts, a new main entrance and a major upgrade to the old facility known as the DLD. This is an acronym for the facilities that were named after the headmaster of the 1960s to 1970s, David Lawe-Davies.
HistoryGuildford Grammar School traces its history back to 1896, when Mr. Charles Harper established in his stately home Woodbridge House - a school to cater for his own children and children in the surrounding district. In 1904, the school moved from the Harper family home to its current site, located 15km from the City of Perth on almost 100 hectares. It became a founding member of the Public Schools Association in 1905, along with three other inderpendant private boys schools. Today, Guildford Grammar School is a thriving inderpendant school with enrollment being ~1000, comprising of a junior school with an enrollment of 400, and a senior school with around 600, including 100 boarders. House SystemThe students are currently divided into eight houses. The order in which the houses are listed is used in the School as a definitive list - from the first house to be founded (School) to the last house to be founded (Bennett). As of 2007 the schools new One Campus redevelopment project has also seen a restructuring of the program. This has seen all houses become day boy house, with all boarders now residing in Halls of Residence. Boys residing in these Halls are now members of one of the eight, now day houses.
A ninth house, Malcolm (grey and light blue), also exists for preparatory and year 8 boarders. There is as of school year 2007 no longer independent boarding houses, with old Saint Georges house now being the senior house of residence and the old Henns house now being the Junior house of residence. this was due to a need for a reknewned approach to the boarding system after special international consultation. Each year the houses compete on the sports field, academically and culturally for four prestigious awards.
2007 has seen Stirling House win the Interhouse swimming with a decisive victory over St Georges House in second. The senior debating competition was taken out by Freeth. All other compititions are still in progress. School ChapelMain article: Guildford Grammar School Chapel The Federation Gothic-styled School Chapel (the Chapel of St. Mary and St. George), first suggested by headmaster Canon P.U. Henn (after whom Henns House was named after) and funded by Cecil Oliverson (who now has the school gymnasium named after this generous benefactor). It is heritage listed and contains a large amount of English Oak wood. It currently houses a bible (the Windsor Bible) gifted to the school by Queen Elizabeth II as a replacement for the bible gifted by King George V. ScholarshipsGuildford Grammar School awards many scholarships each year, both sporting and academic.
The D'Arcy Slater Scholarship is awarded annually to a student entering Year 8 in memory of D'Arcy Slater, a student of the School who tragically died in 1991. The student that receives the award must be a good all-rounder. This scholarship provides all tuition fees for the student.
Candidates must be under the age of 13 on the first day of January following the examination. This scholarship is tenable for between 25 to 50% of five years' worth of tuition fees.
This scholarship is awarded to a number of students entering Year 8 of the WA schooling course, following an examination and an interview with the Headmaster. These scholarships are worth 25% of tuition fees for five years.
This scholarship is awarded every two years to day boy candidates from government schools in the vicinity of Guildford. It is worth 50% of tuition fees from years 8 to 12.
A number of scholarships are awarded each year to boys of great academic ability, discovered through an examination with ACER.
Awarded to boys in Year 7 at Guildford Grammar Preparatory School to those who plan to continue in the Senior School as boarders.[2] Notable AlumniAlumni of Guildford Grammar School are called Old Guildfordians.
Note on nameGuildford Grammar School is the original name of the school, changing to Guildford Church of England Grammar School in 1909; eventually becoming Guildford Grammar School again in 1985. References
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