One of Australia s most exclusive boys schools could become co-ed in a move designed to change its culture after it was included among other schools in a petition started by young women urging a change to the culture surrounding sexual assault.
Cranbrook School - which has past students including generations of the Packer family, Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, Channel Nine boss David Gyngell and entertainment icon Garry McDonald - has been a boys-only school since its founding in 1918.
Now there is a plan, circulated between principal Nicholas Sampson, senior staff and directors for Cranbrook to admit girls to join its International Baccalaureate Diploma classes from as soon as next year.