Canberra Girls Grammar Senior School

Can't talk about other parents or kids as everyone has their own experiences. My daughter is in prep and so far out experience has been great. She enjoys going to school and her teachers from ELC to prep have been good for her development. Couldn't ask for more.

a lot of stairs. like a lot of stairs. lots of traffic during drop off and pick up times. a lot of teachers are really nice and funny and the rest are still pretty good. very big school and i got lost many times. lots of smart kids as well.

Taught at this school but had to leave as students were the most disruptive & entitled as I have ever come across in my teaching career!

Canberra Girls Grammar School (CGGS) is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for girls, located in Deakin, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia.Established in 1926 as St Gabriel's School, by the Church of England religious order, the Community of the Sisters of the Church, Canberra Girls Grammar is the oldest private day and boarding school in Canberra. It has a non-selective enrolment policy and caters for approximately 1,600 students, with co-education from Early Learning (preschool) to Year 2, and girls only from Years 3 to Year 12. Boarding facilities are available on the Senior Campus for up to 80 students in Years 7 to 12. CGGS is also licensed to offer the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme and Diploma Programme (for Years 11 and 12).Canberra Girls Grammar School is affiliated with the Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).St Gabriel's School was established with nine students in 1926, as a day and boarding school for girls, by the Church of England religious order, the Community of the Sisters of the Church[4] (the Kilburn Sisters). It catered for the small but growing community in what was designated as the new Federal capital.From 1926 to early 1928, the Old Rectory of St John the Baptist Church, Reid, was leased from the Government by the Kilburn Sisters. The rectory was known as Glebe House, and was close to the city. In May 1927, the day before the opening of Parliament House, the foundation stone of the current site on Melbourne Avenue at Deakin, was laid by Lewis Radford, Bishop of the then Diocese of Goulburn. The school officially moved into its new site in 1928. In 1933, the school was renamed Canberra Church of England Girls Grammar School (CCEGGS).CCEGGS was nearly closed down during the Great Depression, and sold some of its land in order to remain solvent. A boom period in the 1970s saw the school expand, with the Junior School moving to a new Campus in Grey Street, Deakin, to cater for a surge in enrolments. Today the junior school remains on a separate campus within the suburb. In 2001, the school name changed again, this time to its current form Canberra Girls Grammar School (CGGS). In 2004, CGGS opened an Early Learning Centre (preschool) catering for 3- to 5-year-olds on its Junior School campus.Canberra Girls Grammar School is located over two campuses (primary and secondary) in the inner Canberra suburb of Deakin, within view of Australia's Parliament House.[4] Combined, the campuses are 10 hectares (25 acres) in size, and include an indoor heated swimming centre, gymnasia, sports courts, playing fields, an aquatic centre on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, and buildings catering for the performing arts, art and textiles.The School's most recent additions include a music centre with an adjoining 1,000-seat hall. 2006 saw improvements made to the junior school with the opening of six new classrooms, two music rooms and practice rooms and in 2010 the addition of a new multi-purpose hall, administration block, front office and staff offices. In the senior campus a new administration block, drive through and entrance was built in 2011 and a new award-winning science wing completed in 2012.

They wouldnt take my son

It is infested with Rats, I saw a rat running out of the bushes yesterday and have heard of many other rat sightings. There are also many snakes Ifykykyk

Best School Ever............. Thank You Grammar For Accepting Me In This School All Because Of You I Have A Great Job And A Wonderful Life.......... Everyone Send Your Kids To Grammar It's The Best, Kayla

the new teachers are not great, and it's so bad i'm moving in 2020 term 1 to CGS. My tutor is terrible, and they don't offer business or economics in year 8, I don't know how i'm going to survive another term. THE JUNIOR SCHOOL IS AMAZING THOUGH, but the senior school is bad.

i moved schools this year, and may i just say i'm having a much better experience at my new school than i had at cggs. i mean, there are a few good qualities that cggs has, such as decent canteen food (the garlic bread is superior!), all classes apart from science from my experience mark fairly, education is fine and some of the teachers are absolute legends (shout out to mr walker!) as well as very helpful. but a handful of students on the other hand are extremely toxic, and the house i was in treated me really awfully, which explains why my experience wasn't as phenomenal as some other students' are/were. but like i said, there are some great things at the school. my main advice for people choosing to move to cggs is to PLEASE CHOOSE THE RIGHT FRIENDS if you're also looking for a great social life with your education!!

Don't listen to the salty people. CGGS is an amazing school. It has the second best education in Canberra and the uniforms are pretty nice. The only issue you might find are the other students but otherwise I really recommend! :)