Canberra Girls Grammar School (CGGS) is an independent non-selective Anglican school with an enrolment of approximately 1,600 students.
Spread over two campuses, the School is co-educational from Early Learning to Year 3 and girls only from Years 3 to 12. Boarding facilities are available for girls in Years 7 to 12.
We have grown from a core set of Anglican values. Those values inspire our teaching and learning values, which in turn instil our School Community with the values we express to the world.
Our School Community is a melting-pot of culture and diversity, a place where respect, kindness and fairness forms the very fabric of who we are. Our School is made up of students from thirty-three countries, representing almost thirty different faiths.
With forty different languages spoken by our students, there is a sense of broad-mindedness within the School - if there’s more than one way to say something, there’s certainly more than one way to look at it. This outlook creates empathy and understanding.
We ensure every girl and young woman has the opportunity to play to her strengths, inside and outside the classroom. Alongside four Rhodes Scholars, CGGS has produced Olympians, award-winning lawmakers, a Supreme Court judge, spiritual leaders and an aerospace engineer - just to name a few.
In partnership with our families, we aim to provide an exceptional, holistic education to children and young women. We strive to equip them with the academic learning, emotional intelligence and creative skills to become resilient, compassionate, critical thinking leaders, ready to fulfil their potential as global citizens.
Honouring our strong tradition and heritage, Canberra Girls Grammar is committed to being an exemplary school in the Anglican faith.
To develop children and young women who will become independent, reflective, lifelong learners and confident contributors in a complex and changing world.
To be a school where the young believe anything is possible.
The Canberra Girls Grammar School community is bound by three core values that honour our Anglican tradition and speak to the challenges of today’s world:
Canberra Girls Grammar School (CGGS) is an independent Anglican school founded in 1926. It has an enrolment of approximately 1,400 students across an Early Learning Centre (ELC), a Junior School and a Senior School.
Located in the leafy inner Canberra suburb of Deakin, the School provides students and their families with easy access to the airport, road and rail transportation.
The School campuses cover 10 hectares and include facilities such as an indoor heated swimming centre, gymnasiums, sports courts, playing fields and purpose-built buildings for science, the performing arts, art and textiles and ICT.
Nearby, on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, the School's multi-purpose, flexible learning space - known as Yhuuramulum - sits alongside the Elizabeth McKay Aquatic Centre.
The Senior School's facilities include a 1,000 seat Hall and adjoining Music Centre, Multimedia Theatre, Drama Centre and the Jubilee Sports Centre which incorporates a 25-metre pool and full size indoor sports court. Click here for a map of the Senior School.
The spiritual centre of CGGS, the Chapel of the Annunciation, is also located on the Senior School campus.
The Junior School facilities include Clements Hall, a multipurpose hall which is is used for assemblies and performances and a gymnasium equipped with Click here for a map of the Junior School.
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I had been at Canberra Girls Grammar for 11 and a half years. I started in Year 1 and continued all through to Year 12. My experience at the Junior School was not a happy one. I found all of my teacher were oppressive, because they governed the classroom by fear. Often teachers would speak to students disrespectfully, and cause them to cry. As myself and my peers moved through the school, the words that teachers spoke to us so many years ago still remained fresh in our minds. I remember feeling scared and unhappy all the time. I also did not like the emphasis the staff put on community and participation. Only a certain type of student can feel at home in an environment such as Grammar, those whom don't should be given the option not to participate. When I got into the Senior School I found that staff in positions of considerable power, would not fire teachers whom had displayed their incompetency. In Year 10 I had a teacher for Asian Studies and whom exhibited absolutely disgusting behavior and was not fired. Even though our entire class complained about this teacher. Grammar also expects complete compliance to rules that are trivial and other no explanation for why those rules are in place. Grammar also preaches about the importance of academic excellency, putting unnecessary pressure on their students. For students whom where not as academic and chose to do accredited where subjected to a lot of social shame and snobbery from staff and students. In short my message to all parents out their whom are considering sending their daughter to Canberra Girls Grammar is stay away it is not worth the money.
By Sophie Cheung (Feb, 2021) |
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Canberra Girls Grammar School has been a transformative experience for my daughter; the inspiring staff and rigorous IB curriculum have fostered her growth and confidence in remarkable ways.
By Hyeon-jun Kim (Mar, 2024) |