Our learning community is united in its ethos and expectation that every student will achieve their academic potential and experience a balanced education in an industrious and supportive environment. Established in 1985, Central Coast Grammar School is a non-selective, independent day school for girls and boys from Kindergarten to Year 12, at the heart of our community at Erina Heights on the Central Coast. We're governed by a Board of nine expert volunteers and guided by our strategic plan, Next Generation Teaching and Learning 2015-2020.
We've been educating tomorrow's thought leaders, creators, and community achievers since 1985, now under the leadership of our third Headmaster Bill Low since 2008. This is our aspiration for our graduates: ‘Our graduates will be mature and articulate global citizens. They will have maximized their potential and have been exposed to a wide variety of co-curricular activities. They will have developed into confident, caring, and well-balanced young adults. Our graduates will be able to thrive in a rapidly changing world through their collaborative skills, technological competence, enterprising spirit, and capacity for innovation.’
We’re a truly independent, not-for-profit institution, offering a values-rich education within a Christian ethos. So what does our school believe in? This is a community of respect: self-respect, respect for others, and respect for the school. The most essential standard of behavior is that all members of the community will treat one another with kindness, honor, and respect in all situations and this is reflected in our core values:
- The care of others
- Generosity and selflessness
- Personal integrity
- Love and loyalty
- Respect and forgiveness
- Responsibility and self-discipline
- Compassion and friendship
- Courage and perseverance
- Truthfulness and honesty
Mission Central Coast Grammar School’s Founding Charter was ‘to be a place of honest endeavor, striving to meet the individual needs of its pupils, and drawing out from them their best efforts in the varied fields in which their talents lie’. Today we’ve earned our reputation as the flagship educational institution within the Central Coast region. Our mission remains the same: ‘Striving for excellence in all endeavors in a happy, caring, and supportive environment.
We attract and develop expert teachers. We work hard on the professional relationships between students, teachers, and parents so that every student can find their place and enjoy learning in a dynamic, orderly, and safe environment. Our learning community is united in our goal for every student to reach their personal and academic potential.
An energizing Junior curriculum delivered by specialist teachers inspires curiosity at every step. A wide choice of electives and HSC courses motivate Seniors to explore and extend. Support and extension are on hand from our well-resourced K-12 Learning Support team so every student can achieve their personal best.
We empower students by focusing on the process of learning rather than merely the acquisition of knowledge, through our learning platform Teaching for Understanding, developed by Project Zero (Harvard Graduate School of Education.)
