Bacchus Marsh Grammar School
| Bacchus Marsh Grammar School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| , 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
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. 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.
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
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
- ^ 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.