More than 3,500 of the state’s brightest girls and boys from Years 5 to 11 have participated in the NSW da Vinci Decathlon 2017 at Knox Grammar.
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.
Congratulations to this year’s overall winners of the NSW da Vinci Decathlon
Year 5
1st Wollongong Public School (Wollongong)
2nd Sydney Grammar Preparatory School (St Ives)
3rd Santa Sabina College (Strathfield)
Year 6
1st Ascham School (Edgecliff)
2nd Ermington Public School (Ermington)
3rd PLC Sydney (Croydon)
Year 7
1st Pymble Ladies’ College (Pymble)
2nd Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga)
3rd Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills)
Year 8
1st Knox Grammar School (Wahroonga)
2nd Kambala (Rose Bay)
3rd Northern Beaches Secondary College: Manly Campus (North Curl Curl)
Year 9
1st Sydney Girls High School (Surry Hills)
2nd St Andrew’s Cathedral School (Sydney CBD)
3rd Meriden School (Strathfield)
Year 10
1st Abbotsleigh (Wahroonga)
2nd Meriden School (Strathfield)
3rd North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest)
Year 11
1st Pymble Ladies’ College (Pymble)
2nd James Ruse Agricultural High School (Carlingford)
3rd Queenwood School (Mosman)
For more information, please see the da Vinci Decathlon website, www.davincidecathlon.com.
08 October 2026
Year 12 student Nathan represented Australia for the third time in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), travelling to Uzbekistan in Term 3 to compete with hundreds of students from dozens of countries across the globe.
21 September 2026
"When I think about my own time at Knox, I realise just how many different parts of this school have shaped me,” our 2026 School Captain Mani said, as he gave his final speech at the Valedictory Ceremony. “I came here as a Year 7 boy, I had absolutely no idea what the next six years would look like. I picked up a saxophone. I played football. I took up Cadets. I got involved in Social Justice and Service.
18 September 2026
Yesterday, the stands at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre were a sea of Black and Blue as students, parents, coaches, staff and supporters came together to cheer on our CAS Track and Field team, with the Tartan Army leading the charge.
