Melbourne Girls Grammar


Melbourne Girls Grammar, is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in South Yarra, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Founded in 1893 by Emily Hensley and Alice Taylor, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and caters for 950 students from Pre-school to Year 12, including 90 boarders. It was originally known as Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School.
Melbourne Girls Grammar is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia, the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria, the Australian Boarding Schools Association, and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria.

History

Melbourne Girls Grammar was founded in 1893, as a private school in Domain Road, South Yarra, by Emily Hensley and Alice Taylor. In 1900, the School moved to its current location in Anderson Street, and in 1903 it became the first girls' school to be owned by the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.
Merton Hall, the senior school of Melbourne Girls Grammar, was named after the house in Cambridge, England, where Newnham College began.
The tenth Headmistress of Melbourne Girls Grammar, Christine Briggs, announced her retirement in 2007. Catherine Misson was appointed to the position of Headmistress in 2008. In 2019, Toni Meath, previously principal at Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, was appointed as her replacement.

Headmistresses/Principals

The Junior Years learning environment is located at the Morris Hall Campus on Caroline Street, while the Early Learning Centre and the Middle Years and Senior Years are located at the Merton Hall Campus, Anderson Street, South Yarra.
The Merton Hall Campus provides a chapel, gymnasium, library, dining hall, specialist Art, Drama and Science Centres, assembly hall, multipurpose sports fields and a rowing facility located nearby on the banks of the Yarra River. The Boarding House and the Enrolments Centre are located on the Merton Hall Campus.
Wildfell, was built in 2011 for the Middle Years Program, which includes an eLearning studio and Learning Studios.
Morris Hall, the Junior Years Campus, incorporates Learning Studios, specialist Art, Music and Science Centres, oval and sustainable gardens.

Buildings and facilities

The school opened its Science Futures Centre in 2005, with a ceremony attended by Sir Gustav Nossal. The Science Futures Centre comprises eight laboratories, three preparation rooms, three laboratory technicians' offices and withdrawal areas.
In 2006, the school re-opened the Nina Crone Library, named after a past Headmistress.

Academics

Melbourne Girls Grammar offers Victorian Certificate of Education for its students at Years 11 to 12, with some students beginning their VCE studies in Year 10.

House system

The Junior, Middle and Senior School houses are:
;Academic
;Community and philanthropy
;Entertainment, media and the arts
;Medicine and science
;Sports
Melbourne Girls Grammar School is the sister school of Melbourne Grammar School with which it has a strong association, as the two stream productions, formals, workshops and concerts together. The student bases also enjoy a strong association throughout the secondary years as many MGGS girls attend Grimwade House.