Clyde Grammar has announced that it will transition to a Foundation to Year 12 school.
The school will welcome the first Year 7 students in 2027.
“This marks a significant milestone in our journey. We have always had a vision to provide a comprehensive and high-quality education for students from the early years through to Year 12. That vision is being realised,” principal Leanne Evans said.
“Our current Year 4 students will be the inaugural students in our Senior School and by the end of 2032, we will celebrate another special milestone and another important step in our journey when our first cohort of students will graduate from Year 12.
“I am sure that parents today are feeling happy and relieved. Many of them enrolled in Clyde Grammar with the hope that their children would be able to be with us for their primary and senior school years. I know the parents of our current Year 4 students have certainly been eagerly awaiting this wonderful news.”
The school has recently been awarded $3.6 million from the Victorian Government’s Building Fund for Non-Government Schools to build the next stage of a $11 million Collaborative Learning Centre.
The fund supports independent schools to build and upgrade facilities.
“This funding is extremely important for the future of Clyde Grammar,” Ms Evans said.
“Without the classrooms and facilities that this funding will support, we would not have been able to expand our year levels and bring to life our vision of offering a Senior School to our students.”
When completed, the Centre will include four classrooms, a sessional music room, a full-size basketball court, an assembly hall with retractable seating and a before and after-school care area.
The Centre will also incorporate student change rooms, storage areas, and staff office and amenities.
Work on constructing the Collaborative Learning Centre will begin later this year and it will be completed and ready for the start of the 2026 school year.
Ms Evans said the Collaborative Learning Centre was another part of Clyde Grammar’s continuing journey.
“This is an important time in the evolution of Clyde Grammar and being able to share this news with our learning community is very exciting,” she said.
“As the founding principal of the school, it was always my dream to see our 2020 Foundation students naturally progress into their senior school education with us. I am very excited that the majority of our 2020 Foundation students will have the opportunity to be our first students to graduate Year 12 at the end of 2032.”
“The dedication, commitment and vision of our students, staff, families and wider school community have enabled this to happen and have supported our school to grow and thrive. Everyone who has been part of this journey should be very proud of what we have achieved together.”
