Toowoomba Preparatory School

at , Toowoomba , 4350 Australia

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Toowoomba Anglican College and Preparatory School is a private co-educational primary and secondary school located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Until 2013 the school was a Preparatory School only and has an average enrollment of approximately 500 students. The school is an Anglican school, and a member of the Brisbane Anglican Diocese. The school's legal entity is the Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane. It was founded in 1911 and celebrated its centenary in 2011.The school has a small village atmosphere at its 12-acre campus on the edge of the Dividing Range, and has developed a variety of facilities on its East Toowoomba location. These include three sporting ovals, an outdoor 25m swimming pool, a multipurpose court, and the St Aidans School Chapel. It also has a large multi-purpose venue with bleacher seating called the Millennium Centre, where assemblies and other sporting events are held such as volleyball, basketball and netball.In 2012 the school's enrolment was expanded to include a pre-school kindergarten for the first time.HistoryThe school was founded in 1911 by one of the masters from Toowoomba Grammar School, Mr Ernest Gill. As an interim measure when the school was founded, the school "borrowed" the name, colours, and crest of Toowoomba Grammar School and was known as the Toowoomba Grammar Preparatory School during this time. This interim measure in fact lasted several years, at which time the school changed identity to Church of England Boys Preparatory School and aligned itself with the Brisbane synod of the Church of England. The school then changed its name to the Toowoomba Preparatory School, which has remained its name since.Original enrolment comprised 17 boys. The school was founded and grew with a boarding focus to service the geographically isolated areas of Southern and Western Queensland. The focus on boarding has remained through the school's history. By 1958, under the extensive stewardship of the third Headmaster Mr Norman Connal, the enrollment had expanded to include 160 boarders and 83 day boys. The number of boarders at the school was for many years significantly larger than the day student population. The current ratio is approximately one third boarders, and the school remains the largest preparatory school boarding establishment in Australia.

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Toowoomba Preparatory School is Toowoomba based place and this enity listed in School category. 4350.