ABOUT THE SCHOOL

About us

Tintern Grammar is an active and committed learning community that inspires powerful learning. We prepare our learners for their future in a caring and dynamic environment crafted to foster success at school and throughout their lives. For over 145 years Tintern has held a history of excellence in academic learning and achievement.  

Set on over 16 ha of beautifully landscaped grounds, Tintern Grammar has magnificent sporting fields, world-class science facilities, an eight-lane indoor swimming pool, a gymnasium, a STEAM and Robotics Centre and even a working farm, Tinternwood.

Tintern utilises the Parallel Learning model, which sees our classes run on both co-educational and single gender settings according to the student’s age and stage. From Prep to Years 9 our students learn in single gender classes at an age when gender tends to play a greater role in influencing learning styles. This allows us to tailor our teaching methods to create optimal learning and pastoral environments to support each child. Our students feel more confident to be academically courageous and challenge themselves in a supportive and nurturing environment. At the same time, many of our co- and extra-curricular activities are experienced together, so boys and girls are also prepared for the co-educational world of later life. In our Senior College, in Years 10 to 12, students move to wholly co-educational classes, when social development is an important part of their growth and maturation with the move to more inquiry based and independent learning, as they prepare for future study and work pathways.

Having both gender-based and co-educational classes run on a co-educational campus, our Parallel Learning provides the perfect balance. We support the academic and social growth of our students towards the development of young women and men of strong character, who seek excellence and confidently strive to create a better world.

We provide a broad range of subject offerings at the Senior level along with the option to study the VCE and/or VCE/VET qualifications. We also offer accelerated pathways to VCE with the ability to study VCE subjects from as early as Year 10. This enables students to tailor a study program that meets their individual strengths and needs.

Outside of the classroom, there are many co- and extra-curricular opportunities from ELC right through to Year 12 that allow our students to discover hidden talents, connect with our wider community and develop the whole self. We boast vibrant creative communities in technology, music, performing and visual arts. Teamwork and leadership flourish in sporting teams, community, environment and social justice groups. In addition to this our farm and Outdoor Education Centre offers the unique experience of maintaining vegetable gardens, care of animals and the development of a deep understanding of environmental impact.

Tintern is a connected and caring community where our students receive high levels of pastoral care by our dedicated team of teachers, Pastoral Mentors, Heads of House, Year Level Co-ordinators and our Head of Secondary. Small class sizes mean our students are well known and understood.

Our commitment to care is at the core of every aspect of our student experience. We are proud that we prepare students to be collaborative, confident and creative – capable of navigating complexity in a rapidly changing world.