Anglican Church Grammar School
The Anglican Church Grammar School (Church of England Grammar School) (colloquially known as Churchie and abbreviated ACGS, formerly CEGS), is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Founded in 1912 by Canon William Perry French Morris, Churchie has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,700 students from Reception to Year 12, including 150 boarders from Years 8 to 12. It is owned by the Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane.
The school is affiliated with the Brisbane Boys College and State High, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), and is a founding member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc. (GPS).
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