Philip Barr BA DipEd(Syd) is a member of the Admissions team of the College whose principal responsibility is interviewing candidates for admission to the undergraduate College. Philip is an alumnus of St Paul’s (1973-1976) and in his final year served as Honorary Secretary of the Students’ Club and Director of Mummers.

Philip has enjoyed a distinguished career in secondary education in Australia and the UK. He joined the staff of Sydney Grammar School in 1977 to teach English, Art/Art History and French, and officially retired some 39 years later. In the mid-1990s, he took leave to teach at Oundle, a large co-educational boarding school in Northamptonshire, UK. At Grammar, Philip’s principle appointments included Rowing Master, House Master and, ultimately, Master of the Lower School. As Master of the Lower School he deputised for the Headmaster, interviewed all candidates for admission and scholarships, and was responsible for the general welfare and pastoral care of all boys in their first year at the School.

Despite having ‘retired’ from Grammar in 2016, Philip was called back to the School as Acting Headmaster in Terms III and IV, 2025. He resumed his role at Paul’s in 2026.