Toowoomba Preparatory School is a private co-educational primary school located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, known locally and colloquially as "Prep". It has an average enrolment of approximately 500 students, and has a mixed non-selective enrolment of day and boarding students encompassing Kindergarten to Grade 7. The school is an Anglican school, and a member of the Brisbane Anglican Diocese. The school's legal entity is the Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane. It was founded in 1911 and celebrated its centenary in 2011.The school has a small village atmosphere at its 12 acre campus on the edge of the Dividing Range, and has developed a variety of facilities on its East Toowoomba location. These include three sporting ovals, an outdoor 25m swimming pool, a multipurpose court, and the St Aidans School Chapel. It also has a large multi-purpose venue with bleacher seating called the Millennium Centre, where assemblies and other sporting events are held such as Volley Ball, Basket Ball and Netball.In 2012 the school's enrolment was expanded to include a pre-school Kindergarten for the first time.HistoryThe school was founded in 1911 by one of the masters from Toowoomba Grammar School, Mr Ernest Gill. As an interim measure when the school was founded, the school "borrowed" the name, colours, and crest of Toowoomba Grammar School and was known as the Toowoomba Grammar Preparatory School during this time. This interim measure in fact lasted several years, at which time the school changed identity to Church of England Boys Preparatory School and aligned itself with the Brisbane synod of the Church of England. The school then changed its name to the Toowoomba Preparatory School, which has remained its name since.
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