The prestigious Anglican private school embroiled in a “strapping” abuse scandal is to be banned from accepting new boarding students until it can prove it complies with child safety standards.

The move by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) comes as Ballarat Grammar School made an official policy to present and former students who were victims of the hazing culture at the school’s boarding houses.

Students as young as 12 at the school are alleged to have been subject to a culture of abuse at the hands of their older schoolmates in the boarding houses, prompting investigations by police and regulatory agencies, after the allegations went public in February.

Parents were told by the school’s management on Friday that the VRQA had found – in light of the nature,

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