For a century, the Canberra Girls Grammar School (CGGS) Boarding House has given girls from regional Australia and overseas a place to learn and live in the nation’s capital.
It remains the only exclusively girls-only boarding house in Canberra and is affectionately known by our students as the BoHo.
Located in the heart of the city, on the foothills of picturesque Red Hill, CGGS sits one kilometre from Parliament House. National galleries, museums and institutions that most schools travel long distances to visit are a short trip from the classroom—meaning learning about government, art or science can be seeing the real thing.
The School has been educating girls in the nation’s capital for a century. With more than 1,300 students, it is large enough to offer genuine breadth and depth in its academic and co-curricular program, yet intentionally small so that staff know every girl by name. The 10-hectare grounds include an indoor heated swimming pool, a strength and conditioning centre, an Olympic-standard sports field and dedicated buildings for science, design and the creative arts.
Beyond the classroom, students choose from more than 100 co-curricular activities through Cygnus at CGGS. In a single term, that can mean a Dance Showcase, a Musical, an Athletics Carnival and debating traditions that stretch back generations. Whatever a girl’s passion, she will find a space to pursue it.
Wellbeing carries the same weight. Research-based Signature Programs support students from Year 3 through to Year 12, and their reach extends beyond the School gates—this term, six Year 10 students joined more than 350 peers from across Australia at a student-led wellbeing conference in Sydney, exploring what it means to lead with empathy.
For families in regional, rural and remote Australia and overseas, the Boarding House offers a home within all of this. Full-time, weekly and temporary boarding are available to suit each family’s circumstances.
Principal Terrie Jones describes boarding at CGGS as a path to independence, built on community. “It’s about living and learning alongside peers—teamwork, responsibility, everyday life skills,” she says. “Our boarders wake up in a home where kindness matters and everyone belongs. Your daughter will feel safe, understood and cared for here.”
To find out more about boarding in the heart of the nation’s capital, visit cggs.act.edu.au/boarding
Founded in 1926, Canberra Girls’ Grammar School (CGGS) is an Independent Anglican School comprising a co-educational Early Learning Centre, a […]