St Michael's Grammar School

St Michael's Grammar School is an Australian co-educational independent day school located in St Kilda, Victoria.The school was founded in 1895 by the Community of the Sisters of the Church and remains in its original location on a single campus. The school is a member of the Association of Coeducational Schools (ACS) and is associated with the Anglican Church of Australia.The school provides a comprehensive education from kindergarten to the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). All Year 12 students study for the VCE as the VCAL and IB Diploma Programme are not offered.HistoryFoundationIn 1870, Mother Emily Ayckbowm founded a new Anglican religious order in England - the Community of the Sisters of the Church. The order had been invited to Australia to further educational work for girls and St Michael's was one of six schools established in different parts of Australia. They also founded schools in England, New Zealand and Canada. On 23 April 1895, the sisters opened St Michael's in a converted 1870s mansion.Twentieth centuryIn 1972, the sisters transferred the management of St Michael's to a school council and the school was incorporated. In the early 1980s the school was close to bankruptcy. With the appointment of a new headmaster, Anthony Hewison, the decision was taken to admit boys to all levels of the school, thus making it fully coeducational, and to embark on modernising the school.