Headmasters - Sydney Church of England Grammar School

In well over a century the School has seen only nine Headmasters. The steady growth in size of the School and its strong traditions are largely the result of the dedicated service of this small group of scholars and administrators. Their names and years of office are listed below.

Headmaster	Former Positions
E I ROBSON (1889-1900) BA (Cantab), MA (Melbourne)	Formerly Classical Tutor of Ormond College, Melbourne
C H HODGES (1900-1910) MA (Oxon)	Formerly Headmaster, Townsville Grammar School
W A PURVES (1910-1922) MA, (Oxon)	Formerly Headmaster, Toowoomba Grammar School
L C ROBSON (1923-1958) CBE, MC, MA(Oxon), BSc(Sydney)	Formerly Senior Mathematical Master, Geelong Church of England Grammar School
B H TRAVERS (1959-1984) AM, OBE, MA BLitt(Oxon), BA(Sydney) FACE	Formerly Headmaster, Launceston Church Grammar School
R A I GRANT (1984-2002) AM, BEc(Sydney), DipEd(University of New England), BEd(Melbourne), MACE	Formerly Deputy Headmaster, Canberra Grammar School
T A WRIGHT (2003-2019 ) PhD, DipEd, BSc(Hons), FACE, MRACI, CChem	Formerly Headmaster, All Saints College Bathurst, 1993-2002 and Second Master Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill.
T A PETTERSON (2020-2022) BSc(Hons), PhD, MBA, GradDipEd, DipBS, MACE	Formerly Headmaster, St Philip's Christian College Port Stephens, 2013-2019 and Housemaster/Academic Year co-ordinator The King's School 2002-2012.
J COLLIER (2022 - BA, Dip Ed, Dip Bibl St, Ed D, FACE, FACEL	Current Headmaster. Formerly Head of St Andrew’s Cathedral School and Head of St Andrew’s Cathedral Gawura (Indigenous) School for 12 years (2010-2021), Principal of St Paul’s Grammar School, Cranbrook (1997-2009) and Principal of Thomas Reddall High School, Ambarvale (1991-1997).