Cranbrook School, Sydney
Cranbrook School is an independent Anglican single-sex male early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school, with two campuses located in Bellevue Hill and Rose Bay, both eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school was founded in 1918 with the Rev'd Frederick Thomas Perkins as the first headmaster. Cranbrook has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,680 students from early learning (4 years old) to Year 12 (18 years old), including 97 boarders from Years 7 to 12. The school is currently single-sex, but plans to be fully co-educational by 2029, with the first enrollment of female students planned for 2026 Cranbrook is affiliated with the International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. It is a founding member of the Combined Associated Schools (CAS).
Cranbrook School | |
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Bellevue Hill and Rose Bay, New South Wales Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°52′15″S 151°15′9″E |
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Type | Independent early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem to be) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Established | 1918 |
Founder | Frederick T. Perkins |
President of Council | Vacant |
Headmaster (Acting) | Michele Marquet |
Deputy Headmaster/Head of Senior School | Bob Meakin |
Head of Junior School | Michele Marquet |
Director of Students/Deputy Head of Senior School | Peter Young |
Chaplain | Roderick Farraway |
Employees | c. 187 |
Years | Early learning and K–12 |
Gender | Boys (Co-Ed from 2026) |
Enrolment | c. 1,680 (2021) |
Colour(s) | Red, white and blue |
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Website | www |