Ipswich Grammar School Buildings, heritage-listed school buildings in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Ipswich Grammar School Buildings form a heritage-listed group on Woodend Road, Woodend, in Ipswich, Queensland. The original 1863 building, designed by Benjamin Backhouse and built by McLaughlin & Ferguson for £2,890, is a Gothic Revival structure of brick and stone on a western hill overlooking the town. The group, built from 1863 to 1972, includes later additions such as a science building, dormitories and sports facilities.

Founded in 1863, it was the first secondary school built under new laws for grammar schools in Queensland, demonstrating how education grew in the region. The original Gothic main building, designed by Benjamin Backhouse, was later complemented by science buildings in the 1910s-1920s, post-war dormitories, and modern sports facilities to adapt to changing educational needs.

The term grammar school came to Queensland through the colony's Grammar Schools Act 1860, which offered a £1000 government subsidy to any district raising the same sum by donation. Ipswich subscribers reached £1000 by June 1861, and at a public meeting on 28 August 1861 the town voted 281 to 199 to found the school.

The campus sits less than a mile from Ipswich town centre, making it easy to reach for visitors and students. The grounds offer ample parking and a main driveway lined with tall gum trees that provides access to the historic buildings and surrounding facilities.

The Queensland Times reported in September 1863 that the school stood on the western hill overlooking Ipswich, commanding a varied view of the surrounding country. That siting made the building a landmark and a marker of the town's growth as a business and industrial centre. The Governor, Sir George Bowen, presided at the opening on 25 September 1863.