The school is affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia and provides an education from preschool to Year 12 for boys and girls.

[5] The foundation stone was laid on 4 December 1928 by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce.

[7] The school has educated one Australian prime minister, Gough Whitlam, and has a long list of notable alumni.

Previous productions have included: Grease (2021), Chess (2020-cancelled due to Covid), The Pirates of Penzance (2018) Barnum (2015) and Guys and Dolls (2013).

Houses form the basis of much of the inter-school competition that occurs throughout the academic calendar.

Dr Garrick, head of the school, responded by saying "that as a private school, Canberra Grammar has an obligation to their community to maintain an operating surplus to ensure their economic viability into the future.