Auckland Grammar School (often simplified to Auckland Grammar, or Grammar) is a state, day and boarding secondary school for boys in Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. It was established in 1868. The school was originally situated on Howe Street in Freeman’s Bay, where Auckland Girls Grammar School is now located. It moved to its current site on Mountain Road in Epsom in 1916. As of 2020, it has 2606 students, making it the third largest school in New Zealand. The current headmaster, Tim O’Connor, who was appointed in 2012, received a Blake Leader Award in 2007. History The school was endowed in 1850 by the then Governor-in-Chief, Sir George Grey, and was recognised as an educational establishment in 1868 through the Grammar School Appropriation Act. It officially opened in 1869 in old Immigration Barracks site in Howe Street with 78 boys enrolled. The school was initially privately funded, as New Zealand did not have a state education system until 1877. A growing roll caused the school to move twice in the 1870s, and in 1880, it moved to Symonds Street where it remained for 35 years. The site today houses the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture. The economic impact of the 1880s depression meant girls from Girls High School then joined what was by then called the Auckland College and Grammar School. In 1909, Auckland Girls Grammar School opened on the original Howe Street site and the renamed Auckland Grammar School became an all boys school again. In 1916, the school moved to its current location in Mountain Road, Epsom which was opened by Governor General Arthur Foljambe the Earl of Liverpool. Auckland Grammar School buildings contain two Category I historic places, the school's main block and a war memorial. An obelisk located in front of the school commemorates former students who fought in various wars. The school's main block, built in 1916 in the Spanish Mission style, is used for daily assemblies, exhibitions, and contains classrooms on its two levels. Surrounding the main hall in which students sit for daily assemblies are the school honours boards listing the names of the school's top scholars. In the early 20th Century, inmates from the neighbouring Mount Eden Prison worked at two stone quarries adjacent to the school, and were involved in the construction of the 1916 school building itself. Early prisoners were used as labourers to quarry stone for use in