This week we welcomed more than one thousand students from Years 5 to 11 from across New South Wales to participate in the State competition of the da Vinci Decathlon.
The Decathlon, which was created by Knox Grammar in 2005, celebrates the academic gifts of young people by providing a stimulating and challenging competition run in the spirit of an Olympic Decathlon.
From Tuesday to Thursday, and in teams of eight, students competed in ten disciplines based around the theme 'Utopia': engineering, mathematics and chess, code breaking, art and poetry, science, English, ideation, creative producers, cartography and legacy.
In between sessions, the students were kept entertained by Knox musicians and the antics of Leonardo da Vinci himself!
Congratulations to the overall winners of the Decathlon.
YEAR 5
Pymble Ladies' College
Sydney Grammar School St Ives Preparatory
Trinity Grammar Preparatory School
YEAR 6
Knox Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School St Ives Preparatory
Barker College
YEAR 7
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Knox Grammar School
Pymble Ladies' College
YEAR 8
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Pymble Ladies' College
Knox Grammar School
YEAR 9
Meriden School
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Pymble Ladies' College
YEAR 10
Pymble Ladies' College
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Illawarra Christian School
YEAR 11
Abbotsleigh
Pymble Ladies' College
Redlands
The national finals for Years 7-10 will be held at Knox Grammar School on Saturday 29 June. More information is available via the da Vinci website.
01 December 2025
Accelerant student David (Year 10) has been accepted to attend an undergraduate tertiary degree at the highly acclaimed Boston's Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship.
26 November 2025
Knox students embarked on an unforgettable journey through the stunning landscapes of Central Australia, staying on traditional homelands and learning from Aboriginal peoples.
24 November 2025
It is with great sadness that we share the news of Mr Marsden Carr Hordern’s OAM, VRD, DLitt (Hon) (OKG39) passing. Aged 103, Marsden passed away in Sydney on 17 October 2025. Marsden – student 329 – was Knox Grammar School’s oldest known living Old Boy.
