Westbourne Grammar School

Westbourne Grammar School is an Australian independent co-educational day school in Truganina, a western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. Westbourne has two campuses. The larger campus, opened in 1978, is located on Sayers Road in Truganina and offers classes for students at all levels, kindergarten to the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). A smaller campus is situated in nearby Williamstown and provides education for students up to and including Year 4. Amici ELC provides childcare and kindergarten at the Truganina campus.

The total enrolment is approximately 2,200 students, with 1,200 at secondary level (Years 7 to 12). Most students come from suburbs in the west of Melbourne, from Werribee and Hoppers Crossing, to Newport and Williamstown, to Sydenham and St Albans, to Footscray and Maribyrnong. The school has a specially designed facility dedicated for international students and a comprehensive English as a Second Language program. It hosts many international students each year. The school has established sporting facilities including a Sports and Aquatic Centre (25mtr and learn to swim pools, dance studio and gym) two full sized football ovals, all weather soccer fields, and tennis courts. It has in excess of 350 teachers, support staff and office workers. The principal of Westbourne is Adrian Camm. He has held the position since 2022 and is the fourth principal of the school.

In 2017, the school celebrated its 150th anniversary. Throughout the year the school hosted many events to celebrate its sesquicentenary year, including a school fete and marking the beginning for the construction of the swimming pool. The sesquicentenary year also included rebranding of the school logo.

House system
The house system impacts most of school life. Each house has its own locker pod and office. Four major inter-house events (swimming, athletics, cross-country and singing) form the main part of this competition. A shield is awarded to the house with the most points based on their performance throughout the year in these major events as well as other minor events such as badminton, chess, monologue and debating.

Houses
Senior school houses with house mascots and colours:
 * Derrimut House ("Derrimut Tigers") – orange
 * Flinders House ("Flinders Falcons") – blue
 * Hudson House ("Hudson Dragons") – green
 * Molland House ("Molland Bulls") – red
 * Pascoe House ("Pascoe Pythons") – yellow/gold
 * Strathmore House ("Strathmore Sharks") – purple

The Westbourne Grammar School Junior School houses are for Years 3 to 6. The inter-house sports that the junior school include three major carnival events (swimming, athletics and cross-country running) form the main part of this competition. A trophy is awarded to the house with the most points over the course of the year.

Junior school houses with colours:
 * Gerity House (blue)
 * Miller House (green)
 * Price House (red)
 * Steedman House (white)

Sport
Westbourne participates in the Association of Co-Educational Schools (ACS) in the senior school, where they play in weekly sport as well as carnivals (swimming, athletics, cross country, public speaking, chess and girls' football). All sport is conducted during the school week, no weekend competitions.

ACS Championships
Westbourne has won the following ACS premierships since 1998.

Sport Carnivals:

Athletics (6) – 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023

Cross Country (5) – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023

ACS Premierships
Summer Season Overall Champion (17) – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Winter Season Overall Champion (21) – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Combined:


 * Badminton (14) – 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
 * Touch Football (3) – 2009, 2019, 2020

Boys:


 * Basketball (2) – 1999, 2018
 * Cricket (4) – 2001, 2010, 2013, 2018
 * Football (5) – 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019
 * Futsal (3) – 2014, 2017, 2020
 * Hockey (7) – 1999, 2001, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
 * Soccer (11) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016
 * Softball (8) – 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019
 * Table Tennis (10) – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
 * Tennis (15) – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
 * Volleyball (9) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2019

Girls:


 * Basketball – 2014
 * Futsal – 2018
 * Hockey (4) – 1999, 2005, 2009, 2010
 * Netball (2) – 1998, 2000
 * Soccer (6) – 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015
 * Softball (8) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2020
 * Table Tennis (22) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
 * Tennis (12) – 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
 * Volleyball (5) – 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019

Summer

 * Cricket (boys)
 * Futsal (boys)
 * Hockey (boys)
 * Netball (girls)
 * Soccer (girls)
 * Softball (girls and boys)
 * Table Tennis (boys)
 * Tennis (girls)
 * Touch Rugby (mixed)
 * Volleyball (girls)

Winter

 * Australian Rules Football (boys)
 * Australian Rules Football (girls)
 * Badminton (mixed)
 * Basketball (girls)
 * Beach Volleyball (mixed)
 * Futsal (girls)
 * Hockey (girls)
 * Netball (girls)
 * Soccer (boys)
 * Softball (boys)
 * Table Tennis (girls)
 * Tennis (boys)
 * Volleyball (boys)

Summer

 * Softball (girls)
 * Basketball (boys)
 * Cricket (boys)
 * Hockey (boys)
 * Soccer (girls)
 * Softball (boys)
 * Table Tennis (boys)
 * Tennis (girls)
 * Volleyball (girls)

Winter

 * Australian Rules Football

Junior school sports (5–6)
In the junior school, Westbourne participate in the Coeducational Independent Primary Schools Sports Association (CIPPSA), with weekly sport matches. All teams also have the opportunity to participate in the summer and winter lightning premierships. They also compete in the South Yarra District Schools Association where they compete against other schools in carnivals such as swimming, athletics and cross country and can progress to the Beachside Division and onto regionals and state level.

Sport teams are mixed gendered and play through the summer and winter seasons some sports include football, soccer, futsal, handball, sofcrosse, softball, hockey, table tennis, tennis, netball and cricket.

Notable alumni

 * Shannon Corcoran – AFL footballer
 * Lydia Lassila – Winter Olympics gold medal winner
 * Bella Paige – runner up of the Voice Kids Australia 2014, Australian entrant to Junior Eurovision 2015 and runner up of The Voice Australia 2018