Annual Report 2020 Toowoomba Grammar School
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TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT 2020 TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2020 ANNUAL REPORT to the Minister for Education, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Racing Public Availability: A copy of the report is available on our webpage at: http://www.twgs.qld.edu.au/our-school/governance/ Information on consultancies and overseas travel is available on the Queensland Government Open Data website at: https://data.qld.gov.au Copies of the report are available in paper form on request to: Toowoomba Grammar School PO Box 2900 Toowoomba Qld 4350 Telephone: (07) 4687 2500 Facsimile: (07) 4687 2580 E-mail: [email protected] © (Board of Trustees of the Toowoomba Grammar School) 2021 ISSN 1837-848X 26 February 2021 The Honourable Grace Grace MP Minister for Education, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Racing PO Box 15033 CITY EAST QLD 4002 Dear Minister I am pleased to submit for presentation to the Parliament the 2020 Annual Report and financial statements for the Board of Trustees of the Toowoomba Grammar School. I certify that this Annual Report complies with: • The prescribed requirements of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and Financial and Performance Management Standard 2019; and • The detailed requirements set out in the Annual Report requirements Queensland Government agencies. A Checklist outlining the annual reporting requirements can be accessed at: www.twgs.qld.edu.au/our-school/governance/ or on Page 51 of this Annual Report. Yours sincerely Brendan Baulch Chairman Board of Trustees of the Toowoomba Grammar School ~ TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 PAGE 1 Table of Contents About the School 3 2020 in Review 4 Enrolments 4 Academic 5 Pastoral Care & Wellbeing 6 Boarding 7 Co-Curricular 8 Junior School 9 Community Engagement & Alliances 10 Human Resources 10 Facilities - Infrastructure 11 Facilities - Information Technology 12 Financial Performance 12 Legislative Requirement 13 Board of Trustees 14 Executive Management 16 Organisational Chart 16 Risk Management & External Scrutiny 17 Information Systems & Recordkeeping 17 Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2020 18 Independent Auditor’s Report 47 Appendices Appendix 1 - Glossary 50 Appendix 2 - Compliance Checklist 51 ~ PAGE 2 TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 About the School Fidelis in Omnibus Faithful in all Things MISSION Toowoomba Grammar School provides a quality education designed for boys and strives to produce well-rounded young men who are honest, respectful, hard working and humble. Toowoomba Grammar School was Our School is committed to promoting Our students and staff operate within a founded in 1875 and is one of the original high achievement in all areas. We have community which has strong traditions, Grammar Schools of Queensland. It is also an excellent academic reputation, with dating back to 1875. Working and living one of the nine member schools of The the majority of Year 12 leavers proceeding together, we all aim to be considerate, Great Public Schools (GPS) Association to university in Queensland, interstate or polite, honest, loyal, supportive and of Queensland Inc. It is located in the overseas. We also have an exceptional respectful in all of our dealings. City of Toowoomba, Queensland which program of vocational education and We seek and applaud the following ten is one of Australia’s largest inland regional school-based traineeships. values: cities with a population of approximately Our school environment is achievement 160,000. • Integrity oriented, purposeful, happy and relaxed Toowoomba Grammar School is a but in a structured and, as required, • Resilience specialist provider of an education formal setting. The boys are eager to • Persistence designed for boys and has students be fully involved in the academic and • Respect from the Preparatory Grade to Year 12. co-curricular programs and they are Approximately one-third of the Senior expected to work hard, be well-behaved • Courage School (Years 7-12) enrolment are and respectful of others. We teach our • Compassion boarders from throughout Queensland, students to be polite, responsible, • Humility northern New South Wales, South self-disciplined, humble, friendly and Australia, the Northern Territory and service oriented, encouraging them to • Service overseas. Our boarding enrolment assist others less fortunate in the wider • Loyalty represents one of the largest for a boys’ community. boarding school in Australia. • Enthusiasm ~ TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 PAGE 3 2020 in Review The year 2020 will be one everyone will regulations initially approved only ten Despite the challenges that 2020 remember given the unprecedented boys to be on a sports oval at any given presented, it was a successful year for circumstances surrounding the time and with no physical contact and the School particularly in terms of the coronavirus COVID-19. On the first day no handling of any sporting equipment academic outcomes for the boys. It of the new school year, Monday, 27 including balls. No excursions as part of was also a year in which we farewelled January 2020, the Australian Government the school curriculum were permitted. Headmaster Peter Hauser who provided instructed all people who had travelled The TGS Parents and Friends Art Show the School with 18 years of excellent through China (including Hong Kong) went ‘virtual’ and this initiative led to leadership. During that time. the School in the last fourteen days to isolate. On the second highest dollar value of sales has seen increased enrolments and a Wednesday of the same week, seven of recorded in the history of this event. significant program of infrastructure the School’s international students were expansion. Terms Three and Four saw a return to a transferred into isolation in one of the more typical school term with all boys School's residences. The calendar year for back in the classroom and all boarders in the School then took on an appearance residence. All co-curricular activities also Enrolments unlike any other in the School’s history. were offered with the exception of Cadets The School commenced the year with During the year numerous activities were in Term Three under instruction from the a total student enrolment of 1,206 cancelled numerous school activities Australian Army Cadets. Excursions were comprising 930 in the Senior School (280 cancelled including scheduled overseas still restricted. Meetings with the School’s boarders and 650 dayboys) and a Junior tours and cultural excursions. The Senior Board of Trustees occurred but in an online School enrolment of 276 (2 boarders and School’s Outdoor Pursuits and Activities environment. Regarding GPS sport, it was 274 dayboys). This was higher than the Week scheduled for the last five days quite remarkable that all fixtures were not 2019 enrolments of 1,167. The School’s of Term One was cancelled. With this disrupted or cancelled. What was even international student enrolment also cancellation, all students in the School more remarkable was that because Term increased from 9 to 13. remained at home (both dayboys and Two had no GPS sport whatsoever, in The School is anticipating a small boarders) and engaged in on-line Term Three the GPS Association organised decrease in enrolment numbers at the lessons. This continued for the first five all Term Two and Term Three sports to commencement of 2021 with a large weeks of Term Two as experienced by occur concurrently i.e. football (soccer), departing Year 12 from 2020 combined all schools nationwide. By the fourth rugby, tennis, basketball, chess and cross with a smaller intake in Year 7 in 2021. week of Term Two the State Government country running. permitted students from the Prep Year and Years 1, 11 and 12 to return to the School to attend classroom lessons. Initially the School was not permitted 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 to accommodate any more than 25 per cent of the usual occupancy rate in the Junior School 303 291 285 256 256 276 boarding houses, i.e. 70 boarders from the usual 280 boarders. This was later relaxed to allow for one-half of the boarders to Senior School 952 964 949 927 903 930 return to boarding during the latter part Total of Term Two but the remaining one- 1255 1255 1234 1183 1159 1206 half of the boarding cohort was still not Enrolments permitted to return to the School for the duration of this term. Teachers became very proficient with Microsoft Teams to conduct their on-line lessons over the Boarders 295 301 299 296 284 282 first five weeks of Term Two. Assemblies and pastoral care meetings were not Day Boys 960 954 935 887 875 924 conducted in a physical sense but were delivered on-line throughout the term. Total 1255 1255 1234 1183 1159 1206 Boarders were not permitted to have Enrolments visitors or go on leave. No GPS sports training or GPS sporting competition was allowed in Term Two and the Government ~ PAGE 4 TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL | ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Academic be widely recognised for the quality on a male focussed curriculum. In Years of students’ academic performance. 7 and 8, boys experience: Toowoomba Grammar School: Whilst the preceding sentence refers • The Arts (Art, Drama and Music) to the highest academic standards, • Technologies • identifies the importance of we acknowledge that this will only be developing well designed achieved when there has been a genuine • Humanities educational and pastoral commitment made by the boys to work • Languages (French and Japanese) programmes to assist boys reach • Health and Physical Education their potential and maximise as diligently as possible and to aim high their wellbeing. in their studies. This has been developed • Agribusiness over considerable time at the School • English • will continue the pursuit of the by maintaining an academic focus highest academic standards and • Mathematics whereby we publicly and privately affirm seek to maintain its reputation • Science as the premier academic school the importance of working hard.