Mentone Grammar School


Mentone Grammar is an independent, Anglican co-educational grammar school in Mentone, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

History

Mentone Grammar School was founded in 1923 by a group of Anglicans who had a high profile in the town, supported by the Mentone vicar. Mentone Grammar remained a boys only school until 2006 when the school decided to accept female students. Prior to this, the school hierarchy announced, in July 2005, its co-educational intent after a merger proposal put forth by the Board of Management was rejected by nearby Mentone Girls' Grammar School, its sister school.
The School has adopted a parallel learning approach, where boys and girls are together in coeducational classes from Kindergarten to Year 4, from Year 5-9 the two are separate, and in Year 10, 11 and 12 students are in co-educational classes again. All year levels are coeducational, except the middle years 5–9, when students learn in single gender classes.

Heads

Headmasters

The Mentone Grammar School Army Cadet Unit is an Australian Army Cadets school based unit, founded and operating continuously since 1943. It is part of the 31st Battalion. It once was compulsory in Years 9, 10 and 11, however the emphasis once placed on the cadet unit is no longer fostered. The MTGSACU does not complete the full Recruit Induction Package instead an in-house recruit program and promotion courses are run. This is due to time constraints and frequency of sessions allocated in the school curriculum. Participation remains compulsory for Year 9's. Due to the growth of the school, the Cadet unit once again has a strength of over 400 Cadets. It Currently has 16 Recruit Platoons, 3 Advanced Platoons and a Headquarters Company. This makes it one of the largest cadet units in Australia. It runs training days through out the year with an annual camp once a year at the Puckapunyal Military Area.

Sport

The Year 2010 has seen Mentone lure past star sportsmen back to the school to coach winter sports teams. An initiative developed by the past sports-master Andrew Hayes, the idea has already led to success in the winter sport teams, an area where Mentone have struggled before.

Notable alumni

Administration