Mentone Grammar School

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Mentone Grammar is an independent, Anglican co-educational grammar school in Mentone, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

History

Mentone Grammar was founded on 3 March 1923 by a group of Anglicans who had a high profile in the town, supported by the local Mentone Anglican vicar.[1]

The school is renowned for its 'Together-Apart-Together' learning model, where classes are co-educational from ELC – Year 4 and from Years 10 – 12, with students learning in single-gender classes through Years 5 – 9.[2]

As of 2025, annual fees for a Year 12 student studying at Mentone Grammar were slightly over $35,000.[3]

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Headmasters/Principals

There have been a total of nine Principals (formerly Headmasters) of Mentone Grammar since the school was founded in 1923. The current Principal is Andy Müller (since 2024).[4]

Years served Name
1923–1931 Henry Lycett Tonkin
1931–1932 Royce Mayne
1933–1939 Charles Campbell Thorold
1939–1960 John Jeffery Thorold
1961–1987 Keith William Jones
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2003–2006 Timothy Warren Argall
2007–2023 Malcolm Jack Cater
2024–present Andy Müller

Houses

The school has 10 houses as of 2025. Every student is put into a house group when they join, which becomes their homeroom class from year 10 - 12. Generally, siblings go in the same house. Houses have a house shirt, and used to have a house tie until the uniform redesign in 2023.

House Main Color Accent Color Year Founded Notes
Anderson Army Red Black 1923
Jones Jaguars Navy blue None 1923
Were Warriors Light Blue None 1949
Finlay Anderson Falcons Yellow None 1983
White Wolves Blue Yellow 1983
Lionel Large Lions Green Yellow 1990
Deighton Devils Black Red 1990
Drinan Dragons Green White 1957 Formerly 'School House' until 2000
Johnston Jets Orange None 2023
Clark Crusaders Purple None 2023

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Cadet Unit

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Leadership is highly valued in the Unit and being part of the MGACU provides opportunities for Senior students to develop leadership skills, together with expertise in the areas of fieldcraft, first aid and navigation. All Year 9 students join the Cadets for one year then have the option to continue on in Years 10 (As Corporal or Advanced Cadet), 11 (As Sargent) and 12 (As CUO, RSM, and other roles) to further develop their skills, training and leadership of incoming recruits.

The cadet unit is split into numerous platoons (26 PLTs in 2025) which each typically consist of 6 - 20 Cadets, 3 - 4 Corporals, 1 Sargent and 1 CUO. The platoons generally only have people in the same school house.

Sport

Former AFL player and coach, Brenton Sanderson commenced as the school's Director of Sport in 2023. Their sequential sports program provides opportunities for students of all abilities to benefit from elite coaching programs, established through partnerships with highly credentialled coaches, talent pathway programs and professional sporting clubs.

Saturday sport is compulsory for all students in Years 7–12, with boys competing in the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) competition and girls in the combined AGSV / Associated Public Schools (APS) competition in both Summer and Winter sports.

On Saturday 29 January 2022, Mentone Grammar's 2022 Head Prefect, Evie Stansby made Mentone Grammar sporting history by becoming the first female to earn a place on their First XI cricket team.[6]

AGSV and AGSV/APS premierships

Mentone Grammar has won the following AGSV and AGSV/APS premierships.[7]

Boys:

  • Athletics (6) – 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1996
  • Cricket (12) – 1965, 1966, 1975, 1984, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017
  • Golf – 2005
  • Soccer – 1993
  • Squash (2) – 2001, 2002
  • Swimming (36) – 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Table Tennis (4) – 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Tennis (19) – 1961, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2016
  • Volleyball (5) – 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023

Girls:

  • Athletics (4) – 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Cross Country (6) – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Swimming (7) – 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
  • Touch Football (8) – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Notable alumni and staff

Administration

Business

Entertainment

Military

Sport

See also

References

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