Tintern Schools is an independent, Anglican day school for girls and boys located in Ringwood East, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Established in 1877 by Emma Bartlet Cook, Tintern has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 1,150 students, from pre-prep through to Year 12, including 40 boarders.At the Tintern campus girls are educated in single-sex environments from Prep - Year 9, while the boys study at the Southwood campus from Prep - Year 9. In Years 10 - 12 boys and girls learn together in a co-educational classes.The school is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne , the Australian Boarding Schools' Association , the Junior School Heads Association of Australia , the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia , and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia .HistoryTintern was founded in 1877 by Emma Cook. Not satisfied with any of the established schools in Hawthorn, Cook felt she need to start "an excellent school" for her four youngest daughters and the youngest of her five sons. It was not long before neighbours asked Cook to allow their children to enrol, and as word spread about the achievements of the school, many country families also sent their children to attend.The Church of England Trust purchased the school in 1918, and what was initially a co-educational school, became a school for girls. Continued growth meant to the need for larger and more modern facilities, and subsequently the school moved to its current campus of just over 50 acres (20 ha), at Ringwood East in 1953. This site had been purchased in June 1946 for £3,113.