Tintern Girls Grammar School

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Tintern Girls Grammar School

Factis Non Verbis By deeds not words
Established	1877
School type	Independent
Principal/ Headmaster	Jenny Collins
Location	Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Campus	Ringwood
Enrollment	approx 1200
School colours	Green, Navy and White
Homepage	[1]

Tintern Girls Grammar School, previously known as Tintern Church of England Girls Grammar School, and Tintern Anglican Girls Grammar School, is an independent girls' school located in Ringwood East, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The school currently enrolls over 1,150 students, from junior school (starting in reception) through to Year 12.

It offers both the International Baccalaureate, which is also available to boys at the brother campus, Southwood Boys' Grammar School, and the Victorian Certificate of Education.

The school boasts a farm, and students are encouraged to take part in a "Young Farmers" program, in which they regularly enter in agricultural competitions. The farm has been operational since the opening of the Ringwood campus of the school.

The current principal is Jenny Collins, who was appointed in 2006. Previous principals have included:

Emma Cook (1877 - 1910)
Agnes Cross (1911 - 1918)
Hilda Ball (1918 - 1928)
Anne Peterson (1929 - 1933)
Ethel Colebrook (1933 - 1939)
Constance Wood (1939 - 1968)
Margaret Hamilton (1969 - 1982)
Sylvia Walton (1982 - 2005).

A house was named after Agnes Cross, and buildings after Ethel Colebrook (the Colebrook Hall), Constance Wood (The C. M. Wood Center) and Margarent Hamilton (The Hamilton Building).