Caulfield Grammar School

Caulfield Grammar School is authorised by the International Baccalaureate to deliver the Primary Years Programme, which guides learning from early learning to Year 6, and the Middle Years Programme at Wheelers Hill Campus. Senior students study the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), with VCE units available from Year 10. The school has a long international tradition, including a former campus in Nanjing, China, opened in 1998, and an Internationalism programme with overseas tours in sport and the arts.

English is the language of instruction. Mandarin Chinese is taught by specialist teachers from early learning through to VCE, using an immersion approach in the youngest years. In Years 7 and 8 all students take French, Chinese or German, and in Year 9 they continue with the language they chose. The IB framework and the school's long-standing links with China support an international outlook.

Early learning starts with 3-year-old kindergarten at the Malvern and Wheelers Hill early learning centres, guided by the IB PYP and inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach. The Junior School (Prep to Year 6) runs at Malvern and Wheelers Hill, and from 2027 at Shelford. The Middle School (Years 7-9) and Senior School (Years 10-12) operate at Caulfield and Wheelers Hill, with Year 10 students able to start VCE units and Year 12 ending with the Victorian Certificate of Education.

Caulfield Grammar offers co-educational boarding for students in Years 9 to 12 at its Caulfield Campus, with places for up to 90 boarders; the school has taken boarders since 1881. Morcom House is the centre of boarding life, with separate houses for girls and boys and shared dining and recreation areas. Rooms are mostly single, double or triple, and all Year 12 boarders have their own room. Meals are cooked on site, a Health Centre is staffed by nurses, supervised study runs each weekday and boarders use the school's sports facilities at weekends. Boarding scholarships are available.

The school's purpose is to enable quality learning in every experience for every learner, and its vision is to be a leading co-educational school that forms responsible global citizens. Inspired by its Anglican tradition of faith, hope and love, it names five values: pursuing excellence, inspiring creativity, thriving together, embracing diversity and living wholeheartedly. Its 'Mind for Life' strategy links academic learning with emotional wellbeing.

Sport is compulsory from Year 5 to Year 12, with teams in the APS and AGSV competitions and more than 30 sports, including athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, cross country, cycling, diving, football (soccer), futsal, hockey, netball, rowing, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, touch football, volleyball and water polo, plus fencing, golf and snow sports. More than 30 music and drama ensembles cover bands, orchestras, chamber groups and choirs, with a Suzuki strings programme and annual theatre, musical and dance productions. Students also join debating, STEM and robotics activities, community service and outdoor programmes such as the Year 9 Kakadu experience.

Caulfield Campus has a new Senior School building for Years 10-12, a library, the Cripps Centre with a professional theatre and arts spaces, a commercial kitchen for the Year 9 café programme, a gym and weights room, an oval with cricket nets, basketball, netball and tennis courts, and an aquatic centre with a 50-metre indoor pool and diving pool. Wheelers Hill has a 650-seat theatre, an award-winning library, three ovals, a 25-metre pool and a climbing wall. Malvern Campus centres on Valentines Mansion, with a veggie garden and adventure playground, and Yarra Junction hosts outdoor education.

A network of chartered buses serves the Caulfield, Malvern and Wheelers Hill campuses. Wellbeing is organised through the school-wide CaulfieldCARES framework, a House system and pastoral leaders, with Learning Mentors in Years 7 and 8 and a Learning Strategies team for students who need extra support. A Health Centre with nurses operates at Caulfield Campus. Scholarships cover academic, music, sport, arts, humanitarian and Indigenous categories, and active Parents & Friends groups run at each campus.