Christ Church Grammar School is a major Anglican boys school in Perth, Western Australia. It was founded in 1910 and sits on a prime riverside site in Claremont overlooking Freshwater Bay. The school has grown from a nine student preparatory school into one of Western Australia’s largest independent schools with about 1,650 boys from early learning to Year 12, including about one hundred boarders.
Christ Church operates across four sites. The main Claremont campus houses the prep and senior schools and includes rowing and sailing facilities on the Swan River, a large indoor sports precinct, technology and design studios, specialist arts spaces and a fifty metre pool. Its Mount Claremont and St John’s Wood campuses provide extensive playing fields for rugby, cricket, hockey and football. Kooringal, the school’s outdoor education centre near Dwellingup, is used heavily from Years 5 to 11.
The school joined the Public Schools Association in the 1950s and has been a consistent performer in PSA competitions. Christ Church has produced strong results across rowing, swimming, cross country, tennis, hockey and cricket, as well as occasional rugby success. The program is backed by large participation numbers, strong coaching structures and deep facilities.
Christ Church runs a comprehensive outdoor education program. Key elements include Kooringal camps, a ten day Year 10 Venture expedition and a previously used partnership with the Leeuwin sailing program. The school also has a long running cadet unit and a well developed performing arts culture through the Midnite Youth Theatre Company.
Boarding has been part of the school since 1911. Today the Walters Residential Community accommodates about one hundred boys from across Western Australia, interstate and overseas. Boarders are integrated closely with day students.
The school has eight senior houses and four prep houses. The system underpins competitions, pastoral care and academic mentoring. House rivalries are strong in sport, music and cultural events.
Christ Church has produced a large number of prominent Western Australians across business, sport, politics, law, science and the arts, including Andrew Forrest, Ric Charlesworth, Sir William Heseltine, Tim Minchin, Stuart MacGill and many more.