Located in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Oxford Falls Grammar is a co-educational school with an inspiring and dynamic Christian foundation for children from Kindergarten through to Year 12. With 1,200 students and over 30 years of educating young lives, we continue to enjoy outstanding results in academia, sports, visual and performing arts.
Our Ethos
For Greatness
For Excellence
For Christ
Our Vision
To develop in each child their unique qualities, equipping them to enjoy a successful, Christ-centred life.
Our Crest

Our school crest embodies the ethos of Oxford Falls Grammar; For Greatness, For Excellence, For Christ. Three symbolic images are encased within circles. Circles are ever present within the letters of our ethos and school name. The circle represents wholeness and totality. It connects our new crest with the old, the first and original shape of the Northside Christian School emblem.
- The Crown – Greatness, The Star – Excellence, The Cross – Christ
- The shield symbolises protection and strength.
- The vertical lines represent the Falls, the waterfall is a key visual landmark of the area and significant as it is our school’s name.
- The colours of navy and red signify the strong emotional connection many families have made with our school since 1984, a seamless integration that provides a unified identity.
Principal
Dr Peter Downey’s desire is to see our students learn to “do life well”; to lead the staff in guiding our students to stretch academically and grow in Christian character as they navigate the complexities of life in the evolving 21st Century.
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Dr Downey holds the degrees of Bachelor of Education, Master of Arts in Education, Master of Educational Leadership, Diploma of Biblical Studies and Doctorate in Education. He is committed to developing and building on the strong foundations Oxford Falls Grammar already has in academic excellence, pastoral care and co-curricular opportunity.
Dr Downey brings a wealth of knowledge, strong and steady leadership and extensive experience to our school community, and he is proud to lead an exemplary group of professional educators and colleagues at Oxford Falls Grammar.
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Christianity in Action
Through active involvement in a caring and dynamic Christian Faith community, genuine individual experiences are accumulated as students see Christianity ‘lived in practice’ by their peers and teachers.
Under the guidance of our School Community Chaplain, Christian Studies Teacher and Youth Chaplains, students develop into self-aware, respectful, and mindful adults. Our contemporary Christian study program teaches students in an engaging, meaningful and relevant way about God and His love for them. We believe each child should feel valuable and loved, with a sense of purpose and identity.
Outreach program
Our Christian ethos is demonstrated through the OFG Outreach Program. It is a K-12 philanthropic initiative that seeks to raise money for less fortunate children and communities across Australia and Asia. In Year 10 and 11, students have the opportunity to participate in an annual overseas mission trip. OFG fosters a strong culture of generosity. We believe it is important to encourage students to think beyond themselves and to help others around them.

Quality Teaching
Quality Teaching Program
Teacher quality is hugely influential on your child’s educational success. OFG’s Quality Teaching Program drives innovative, professional development for every teacher in a collaborative, supportive environment. This is an exciting initiative with a direct impact on positive student engagement and learning.
Dr Sue Marks, the Director of Teaching and Learning has implemented SaLT (Sharing and Learning Teams), the Quality Teaching Program at OFG. SaLT aims to develop a professional learning community where teachers are encouraged to reflect on and develop their teaching knowledge and practice for improved student outcomes. The program provides teachers with an action model of continuous professional development that is grounded in research, inspires teachers to experiment with engaging approaches and ultimately has a direct impact on how students’ participate in meaningful learning.

3C’s Model
OFG Senior School teachers encourage students to exercise particular behaviours that enable effective learning and improve their academic achievement. The learning behaviours fall into three domains: Cognition, Collaboration and Commitment
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In the Cognition domain, behaviours such as questioning assumptions, imagining and critical reflection engage students in the learning process as creators, rather than consumers of ideas.
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Collaboration instills the importance of working effectively with others, where students demonstrate reliability and empathy with their peers.
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A Commitment to learning is an important part of the model, representing perseverance, self-belief, focus and effective planning so student learning is not shallow and sporadic.
CAFÉ Model
In the Junior School, our literacy focus was ignited through the CAFÉ model an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding vocabulary. Differentiated instruction across these four pillars have fostered a love of reading throughout the Junior School and improved independent learning.

Encouragement – Leadership – Teamwork – Assertiveness – Empathy – Reliability – Listening – Humility
Our Board
Our Board
Mrs Pam O’Flaherty Chair of the Board
Mr Craig Stanmore Deputy Chair of the Board
Mr Clyde Daish Director
Mrs Tracey Berry Director
Mr Paul Macken Director
Mr Ian Harry Director
Ps Phil Pringle President & Founding Member
Our Heritage
Oxford Falls Grammar was founded in 1984 under the vision of Ps Phil Pringle (Senior Minister, C3 Church Oxford Falls) to build a Christian school intentional in its spiritual direction and offering a contemporary, quality education. Today, Ps Phil Pringle is the President and founding member of the School Board and continues to support the progression and development of OFGS as we provide Christ-centred educational excellence.
