Bacchus Marsh Grammar School
| Bacchus Marsh Grammar School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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| , Australia | |
| Coordinates | 37°41′27″S 144°25′54.4″E / 37.69083°S 144.431778°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private school, co-educational, primary and secondary, day |
| Motto | Latin: Doctrina Vitae (Education for Life) |
| Denomination | Ecumenical |
| Established | 1988 |
| Principal | Debra Ogston[1] |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrolment | ~2,500 (2018) |
| Colour(s) | Dark blue, gold, black and white |
| Website | www.bmg.vic.edu.au |
Bacchus Marsh Grammar School is a private, co-educational, primary and secondary day school located in Maddingley, Australia.
History
[edit]Bacchus Marsh Grammar School opened in February 1988. It has grown from three classrooms, to a school of three campuses and more than 2300 pupils from Preparatory to Year 12.
The school is known for its increasingly strong VCE results.[citation needed] The school's highest achieving students have scored ATARs of 99.95, with several students also achieving a perfect study score of 50+ in a variety of subjects.[citation needed]
The school consists of eight houses, which are named after tributaries of the Werribee River, and each have their own colour, animal mascot and a native flora to represent them. Each year, they contest for the House Shield. The houses compete in a number of events including athletics, chess, music, drama, swimming, cross-country and community singing.[2]
| House | Pykes | Lerderderg | Toolern | Pyrites | Djerriwarrh | Kororoit | Parwan | Dale |
| Colour | Light blue | Navy blue | Bright red | Maroon | Purple | Yellow | Bottle Green | Orange |
| Mascot | Growling Grass Frog | Sugar Glider | Pelican | Kangaroo | Platypus | Rosella | Echidna | Wedgetail Eagle |
| Flora | River Bottlebrush | Blackwood | Snow daisy | River Redgum | Silver Wattle | Sheoak | Manna Gum | Peppermint Gum |
In 2015, the school received negative press for its treatment of a transgender student who identified as a boy but staff required him to wear "the girls uniform".[3] The student transferred to a public school with gender-neutral bathrooms to complete high school.[4]
In 2024 a teenage male was arrested after using social media to share deepfaked pornographic images of fifty female Bacchus Marsh students in years 9 to 12.[5]
In 2025, Debra Ogston succeeded Andrew Neal as the school's principal.[1]
Locations
[edit]Bacchus Marsh Grammar School is located in Bacchus Marsh. The campus there was built in 1988, and replaced the original campus located on Hallett's Way.[6] In 2019, it opened a new campus for middle school students in Aintree.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b https://www.bmg.vic.edu.au/our-school/principals-welcome/
- ^ "Bacchus Marsh Grammar School". Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ Cook, Henrietta (17 September 2015). "Transgender students: the struggle to fit in at school". The Age. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Odysseus Patrick, A (18 June 2016). "Transgender Australians can choose any bathroom they want. Some aren't pleased". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Tuohy, Wendy (11 June 2024). "Fifty Bacchus Marsh Grammar girls targeted with AI fake nudes". The Age. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Our Campuses – Maddingley". Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Woodlea wraps up 2019". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
