Kilvington Grammar School
| Kilvington Grammar School | |
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Ormond, Victoria Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°53′57″S 145°2′29″E / 37.89917°S 145.04139°ECoordinates: 37°53′57″S 145°2′29″E / 37.89917°S 145.04139°E |
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational |
| Motto |
Latin: Non Nobis Sed Omnibus (Not for our own but others' good) |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Established | 1923 |
| Founder | Caroline & Constance Barrett (Founders) |
| Chairman | Jayashri Kulkarni |
| Principal | Jon Charlton |
| Enrolment | 800 (ELC-12) |
| Colour(s) | Magenta, Royal Blue & Gold |
| Website | www.kilvington.vic.edu.au |
Kilvington Grammar School (previously named Kilvington Girls Grammar) is an independent, Baptist, co-educational day school, located in Ormond, a suburb in the Glen Eira region of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1923 by Caroline and Constance Barrett, Kilvington has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 800 students from the Early Learning Centre to Year 12.
The school is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV).
Kilvington Grammar School traces its origins back to 1922 when Mrs Phyllis Fethers employed the services of a young woman called Constance Barrett as a tutor for her children. As more children joined the group, it became apparent that there was a need for a school in the Ormond area. Constance enlisted the experience of her mother, a qualified educationist, and together they established Ormond Girls' School, with thirteen students on 19 June 1923.
Finding a permanent residence for the Ormond School proved difficult, and after several moves the Barrett women decided to purchase a vacant block of land and build. Constance successfully negotiated a sizeable bank loan to fund the new school.
The school was built in Walsh St, close to its current site and was officially opened as Kilvington Girls' Grammar in 1929. The School was named after another of a similar name in England.
Enrolment numbers improved at the new site, and in 1948 the school was sold to the Baptist Union, where it was subsequently renamed Kilvington Baptist Girls' Grammar School. In order to accommodate further growth, Kilvington moved to its much larger current site in 1955.
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