Our School

As an Anglican Diocesan school, we offer our local communities affordable, high-quality, independent education, in a caring and inclusive Christian environment.

We want to inspire in our students a love of learning, and through a rigorous and rounded educational experience, to provide them with the means to achieve a fulfilling life.

Our History

Now in its 16th year, Hume Anglican Grammar has witnessed progress which has been nothing short of phenomenal. This is a great testimony to the vision and passion of the community that has built this exceptional school.

Hume Anglican Grammar was established in 2008 by St Peter’s Church and a group of passionate local parents who saw a need for an additional school in the area. Initially, the School commenced on a property owned by the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne on a small plot of land on Dorchester Street, Craigieburn. Opening its doors with just 37 students and 7 staff, by the end of its first year enrolled some 70 students from Prep to Year 7. By the end of 2009 the number had grown to 150 students, so it was quickly outgrowing this temporary location. Having secured a new site on top of Mount Ridley, Mickleham, its move planned for 2010 was delayed. At the commencement of 2010, the school had 230 students. For 2010 and Term 1 2011, it occupied temporary location in Sunbury’s Victoria University Campus while preparations were underway for the move to the Mt Ridley campus.

In Easter 2011, the school opened its doors on the Mt Ridley site with 491 students on a picturesque 10-hectare location. Since, commencing at its new home, the campus has enjoyed considerable growth. A total of fourteen new buildings have been established plus two playing fields and several playgrounds and ancillary structures. The School has also wherever possible prudently managed the site to utilise some existing buildings. Administration, maintenance/facilities, storage, and staff offices have all been established by renovating and adapting these existing facilities. Most notably the heritage listed Homestead and Coach house built in the 1880s.

Since establishing its permanent home at Mt Ridley, student enrolments have grown steadily. 2012 – 649, 2013 - 709, 2014 - 776, 2015 - 844, 2016 - 902, 2017 - 1,018, 2018 - 1,123. To cater for this considerable growth, the School opened its new campus off Donnybrook Rd in 2019, some 10kms northeast and a 10-minute drive from Mt Ridley and a third, Primary campus this year in Kalkallo. As the school approaches maximum enrolment at Mt Ridley, the new campuses will enable places to be offered to more families who wish for a Hume education, with the Primary campus also acting as a feeder for the others. The three-campus model will allow the School to grow beyond its current limit by replicating the ‘Hume educational experience’ at other close locations.

The new Kalkallo campus is on a 3-hectare site midpoint to the Mt Ridley and Donnybrook campuses, which will enable Hume to extend its catchment area so increase its educational offering to more families. It has commenced with 8 classes from Prep to Year 3 and each year a new year level will be offered. Two of these 8 starting classes were added ahead of the plan due to strong enrolment demand. Again, next year, an additional Year 3 and 4 class will be added supplementing the 3 Prep classes. Ultimately, the Kalkallo campus will have an enrolment of some 588 students from Prep through to Year 6.

Currently, Hume Anglican Grammar has a total student enrolment of 2,287 students - 1,400 at its Mt Ridley campus, 672 at its Donnybrook campus and a further 215 at its new Kalkallo campus. The growth of the school is managed to ensure facilities and organisational sophistication grow at a comparative rate.

The 8-hectare Donnybrook, and 3-hectare Kalkallo sites are close enough to Mt Ridley to allow easy movement between campuses. In addition, both are embedded within developing estates in areas that will in coming years see many thousands of new residents. Like Donnybrook, the site in Kalkallo is adjacent to a large public open active space. It is expected that the new Kalkallo campus will draw upon the immediate surrounding community, as Hume does now at Mt Ridley.