The School was originally started as a non-denominational educational institute, by the founding headmaster John Burgess.[citation needed]
The Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association purchased the school from Burgess after he was forced to relinquish financial possession of the school.[2] Nigel Fairbairn took over from the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association's Dr Evans.
On 1 July 2006 the school officially opened its Early Learning Centre for children 6 weeks old to school age. This added to the size of the school area-wise.
On 2 June 2008, the school flooded after an overnight deluge of rain. The overnight rain came on top of the rain from the prior week. No major incidents were reported, although one car was caught in a creek at the school. The Maxwell Foley Centre for Excellence was built in 2013 and named after the former student's contributions to the Grammar School's community.[3]
Motto
Sunshine Coast Grammar School's motto is "Where Passion Meets Purpose".[4]
Academia
Sunshine Coast Grammar School separates its student body into four parts: Early Learning, Junior, Middle and Senior. They cover the traditional school years of kindergarten to preschool, year 1 to year 6, year 7 to year 9 and year 12[5] In the Senior School, Year 10 students face a difficult curriculum, to prepare them to meet the state-regulated "Senior Education and Training Plan", which leads students to set their direction, i.e., choose a career area.
In 2003, students in year 4 won awards for Creative Writing at the Ekka[6]
OP results
At the end of 2006, there were nine Overall Position (OP) 1s and seven OP 2s awarded to the Year 12s with 33% of the students getting OP 5 or better. These were the top results of any school on the Sunshine Coast.[7][8]
Both the first XV rugby team and the first XI cricket team have become state champions, by competing in the Ballymore Cup[9] and Australia Post cricket competition[10] respectively.
