Ivanhoe Grammar School is a private, co-educational, Anglican, day school, located in Ivanhoe (Buckley House and The Ridgeway Campus) and Doreen (Plenty Campus),[3] both located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Founded in 1915 as St James' Grammar School for boys, Ivanhoe Grammar is a school of the Anglican Church of Australia, and caters for approximately 2,200 students from the Early Learning Centre to Year 12, across four campuses.
Locksley House opened in 1924; it is located on the far south of Ridgeway Campus and today it is utilised for teaching English to ESL students, music and performing and fine art.
[citation needed] In 1977, after 62 years, Ivanhoe cancelled its boarding program and Locksley House became the middle school for year 7 and 8 students and Sherwood, whose membership was formerly exclusive to boarders, becomes the fourth day house.
Watts Building open at the Ridgeway Secondary Campus, with a new school library.
Also in 2007, Ivanhoe Grammar School established an equestrian training centre at Mernda Campus.
[citation needed] In June 2015, Ivanhoe Grammar teacher Graeme Harder pleaded guilty to multiple sex offences against a male between the ages of 10 and 16.
In May 2020, Ivanhoe narrowly avoided an appearance before the Fair Work Commission following staff layoffs in response to funding difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[citation needed] Also located in Ivanhoe, the Memorial Junior School was opened in 1955, and was built using the donations from the families of old boys who died in the Second World War.
Buckley House is Ivanhoe's primary school, accepting students from ELC 3 to Year 6, and is located on the north side of the Ridgeway Campus.