Yarra Valley Grammar
Yarra Valley Grammar (YVG) is an Anglican independent, co-educational grammar school, located in Ringwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Yarra Valley was founded as an all boys Anglican day school in 1966 before transitioning to accept girls as a co-educational school in 1978. Yarra Valley Grammar is a member of AGSV (Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria), and has been periodically ranked amongst the top 50 schools in the state according to ATAR and VCE results. History. The idea of a new school for boys in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs was conceived in 1963 by  a group of locals who recognised the need for a school closer to home for their sons. One of these locals was Robin Clarke who noticed that the nearest preparatory school that would accept his son was in Kew. This prompted Clarke to establish the School Formative Committee with 16 prominent local businessmen and community leaders to outline the idea and premise for a new school in the east. On 31 July 1963 the committee adopted the name "Formative Committee for a School in the Yarra Valley," and John Harper was elected committee president. After the founding the committee immediately  embarked on plans to organise a fundraisers to garner money to purchase a plot of land. Tom Plummer, a founding member of the committee, formed a sub-committee for education and building, and on 2 October presented a comprehensive plan for the construction of buildings, facilities and roads as well as a plan for pupil intake over the course of a 6-year period. On 13 January 1964 the formative committee finalised the purchase of the 71 acre Larkin property set between Wonga Park Road and Wonga Road (now Plymouth Road and Kalinda Road). By early September a "master plan