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Associated Public Schools of Victoria
Formation	1900
Headquarters	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Membership	11 member schools
Official languages	English
Secretary General	Dr Pauline Turner (The Geelong College)

The Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) are a group of eleven independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales in New South Wales, Australia. Since 1900 the schools have been competing in sporting competitions, including the Head of the River rowing regattas, the APS Combined Swimming & Diving Championships and the APS Athletics Championships. The headquarters of the APS is situated on Morrison Street, Hawthorn, Victoria.

Contents 1 Association with Girls Sport Victoria (GSV) 2 Schools 3 Sports 4 Carnivals 5 APS/AGSV Sport Competition 5.1 Current member schools 5.2 Sports 6 Head of the River Regatta 7 Famous athletes 8 See also

In 1999, Christine Briggs, Principal of Melbourne Girls Grammar School hosted a historic meeting of Principals of girls’ schools at the Lyceum Club. She was impelled to call the meeting after receiving a letter of invitation from the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) inviting her to put Melbourne Girls Grammar’s sporting fortunes with this group. Many (APS) boys’ schools had introduced coeducation and were finding it a challenge to provide strong interschool sports experiences for their girls. As the oldest schools association, the (APS) felt it was in a strong position to attract girls’ schools to its ranks. Christine was concerned that the (APS) saw girls’ schools as the solution to their sports needs, but saw that girls’ schools sports were fragmented into so many associations, that the (APS) would think their approach might be successful. Out of this encounter, GSV was formed separate to the APS.

School	Location	Enrolment	Founded	Denomination	Boys/Girls	Day/Boarding	Year Entered Competition	School Colours
Brighton Grammar School	Brighton	1200	1882	Anglican	Boys	Day	1958
Carey Baptist Grammar School	Kew	2250	1923	Baptist	Boys & Girls	Day	1958
Caulfield Grammar School	Caulfield	2800	1881	Anglican	Boys & Girls	Day & Boarding	1958
The Geelong College	Geelong	1200	1861	Uniting Church	Boys & Girls	Day & Boarding	1908
Geelong Grammar School	Geelong	1500	1855	Anglican	Boys & Girls	Day & Boarding	1900
Haileybury	Brighton, Berwick, Keysborough	3200	1892	Uniting Church	Boys & Girls	Day & Boarding	1958
Melbourne Grammar School	Melbourne	1800	1858	Anglican	Boys & Girls	Day & Boarding	1900
St Kevin's College	Toorak	1600	1918	Catholic	Boys	Day	1958
Scotch College	Hawthorn	2000	1851	Presbyterian	Boys	Day & Boarding	1900
Wesley College	Melbourne	3000	1866	Uniting Church	Boys & Girls	Day	1900
Xavier College	Kew	2000	1878	Catholic	Boys & Girls	Day & Boarding	1900

Students from the associations member schools participate in a number of carnivals during the year including Athletics and Swimming & Diving.

From 1968 to 1999 Tennis was the only sport played between the Associated Public Schools of Victoria and the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria. In 2000 a full range of Summer and Winter Combined matches at Firsts level commenced.

School
Brighton Grammar School
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Caulfield Grammar School
The Geelong College
Geelong Grammar School
Haileybury
Wesley College

• Badminton
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Cross Country
• Football
• Hockey
• Netball
• Soccer
• Softball
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Volleyball

Further information: Head of the River (Australia)

The following is a list of people who attended APS schools, and who are notable as sportspeople:^{[citation needed]}

• Guy O'Keefe - AFL Footballer, Western Bulldogs (Geelong Grammar School)
• Easton Wood - AFL Footballer, Western Bulldogs (Geelong Grammar School)
• Robert Tarrant - AFL Footballer, North Kangaroos (Xavier College)
• Cyril Ryoli - AFL Footballer, Hawthorn Hawks (Scotch College)
• Lachlan Henderson - AFL Footballer, Brisbane Lions (The Geelong College)
• Will Schofield - AFL Footballer, West Coast Eagles (The Geelong College)

• List of schools in Victoria

v • d • e Members of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria, Australia
Brighton Grammar • Carey Grammar • Caulfield Grammar • Geelong Grammar • Haileybury • Melbourne Grammar • Scotch • St. Kevin's • The Geelong College • Wesley • Xavier