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Principal

Welcome, I am Dr Julie Greenhalgh, Principal at The Illawarra Grammar School.

I am delighted that you are interested in learning more about our School. TIGS is the school of choice for families who seek an engaging, rigorous, well-rounded and purposeful learning environment for their child.

Founded in 1959 in the hall of St Mark’s Anglican Church, The Illawarra Grammar School has grown into a school that offers a vast and deep contemporary educational package to its students. The founding commitment to provide an academic and Christian education to the students of the Illawarra remains true.
Based in beautiful grounds that include well-resourced classrooms and modern facilities, The Illawarra Grammar School resounds with joyful echoes throughout the school day. Under the tutelage of a team of excellent educators, the children at the School enjoy learning in a wide range of settings and opportunities, with the classroom remaining our prime focus.
I warmly invite you to visit us in the near future. There is nothing better than hearing from the students themselves, witnessing their love for the School, and seeing their optimistic, respectful and confident manner.

Dr Julie Greenhalgh

BSc. BAppSc. DipEd. DipMgt, MEd. EdD
Dr Greenhalgh commenced as the principal of The Illawarra Grammar School in January 2024 having come from Meriden School in Strathfield where she was the principal for sixteen happy years, and Pymble Ladies’ College where she was the Deputy Principal.
Dr Greenhalgh commenced her career as a Science and Maths teacher, and the fascination for Physics, in particular, has never left her. Her sixteen years as a teacher at Canberra Grammar School, including those as Head of the Science Department, were years of much professional satisfaction.
All Dr Greenhalgh’s career has been spent in the education of young people in NSW and the ACT. She believes that teaching is a most worthy vocation and that schools, as safe places of joy and wonder, are the foundational blocks of community.
An active member of her local Anglican church, Dr Greenhalgh also enjoys spending time with her large family and reading light-hearted fiction such as that involving the antics of Rumpole and Wooster and Jeeves!
Dr Greenhalgh is a member of the Co-Educational Anglican Schools Association (CASA), the Heads of Independent Co-Educational Schools (HICES), and the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA).

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The Colonnade Model

The Colonnade Model explains an “Illawarra Grammar Education”. The diagram of brickwork, clean lines and precision are representative of our colonnades and also represent the strength that is found at a traditional grammar school and, indeed, at our School.
Christian Foundations
Academic Excellence
Cocurricular Opportunities
Character Development
Future Readiness

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