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Ivanhoe Grammar School

Ivanhoe Grammar School is a private, co-educational, Anglican, day school, with campuses located in Ivanhoe (Buckley House and The Ridgeway Campus), and Doreen (Plenty Campus), both located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Founded in 1915 as St James' Grammar School for boys, Ivanhoe Grammar is a school of the Anglican Church of Australia, and caters for approximately 2,600 students from the Early Learning Centre to Year 12, across four campuses, with the fourth being a university-integrated campus at La Trobe University, named the University Campus.

The school is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, and is a founding member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria. The school is a former member of the G20 Schools Group. Ivanhoe Grammar School is also one of only four Round Square schools in the state of Victoria, and has been an International Baccalaureate World School since December 1994.

In 1915, St James' Grammar School was established in Parish Hall at St James' Church. The school moved to its current site, Ivanhoe House at The Ridgeway, and changed its name to Ivanhoe Grammar School in 1920. Locksley House opened in 1924; it is located on the far south of Ridgeway Campus and today it is utilised for teaching English to ESL students, music and performing and fine art. The headmaster's residence, now the School House Administration Building, was built in 1928. [citation needed]

The first international students arrived at Ivanhoe Grammar School in 1941. In 1942, the school as occupied by the armed forces and the school relocated to Yea and St James' Parish Church. The Memorial Junior School, now Buckley House, opened in 1955. The first cadet unit formed in 1961. In 1964, the entire senior school moved from Locksley House to Ivanhoe House site, with Locksley becoming the boarding school. In 1967, the re-built Buckley Hall opened. [citation needed]

In 1977, after 62 years, Ivanhoe cancelled its boarding program and Locksley House became the middle school for year 7 and 8 students and Sherwood, whose membership was formerly exclusive to boarders, becomes the fourth day house.

In 1978, the Country Centre opened.

In 1985, land was purchased in the Plenty Valley (Mernda).

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