Sydney Church of England Grammar School (also known as the Shore School, SCEGS or simply SHORE) is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1889 by the Church of England, Shore has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1600 students from kindergarten to year 12, including 200 boarders from years 6 to 12. The school is co-educational from Early Learning Centre to year 2, and these students are housed on separate campus in suburban Northbridge.
The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked the Sydney Church of England Grammar School seventh in Australia's top 10 boys' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).
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