Scotch College, Melbourne

Founded in 1851, Scotch College has been educating boys for over 160 years. Located in the heart of suburban Melbourne, our beautiful single campus, spanning 27 hectares and flanked by the Yarra River, provides a home for the Scotch Family of boys, staff, parents and Old Boys. Scotch is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of  Victoria and Christian teachings underpin all that we do. The school years are a one-off journey delivering opportunities and experiences which resonate throughout a lifetime.

At Scotch we achieve outstanding success in those things societies like to measure whilst valuing a full school life that sets the same expectations when pursuing academic goals, pulling on a football jumper, tuning a cello, learning lines for a play or heading off to camp.

We believe in establishing sound foundations while lighting the fires for future growth. Strong traditions breed values of integrity, tolerance and service, while educational research delivers an innovative curriculum promoting curiosity and self-worth. We are fortunate with our extensive grounds, exceptional facilities and staff of real commitment who, in building relationships of trust and intimacy, create the space for boys to question, initiate and lead.

We value each boy’s time with us. It is a journey based on Christian principles; one full of energy and diversity; one that unearths interests and talents; and one we believe leaves boys in great shape for the next leg in a challenging, exciting world.

The factors which contribute to the making of a great school are rich and varied, so how do we ensure this one-off journey through the school years delivers opportunities, experiences and outcomes which resonate throughout a lifetime?

We need to consider the school we are, have been, and will become, and the roads along which we will travel.

Scotch College exists for educational purposes in connection with the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. In our Memorandum and Articles of Association is the requirement for the College to provide for its students, an education of a humane, scientific and general nature consistent with the teachings of Christianity’ and ‘to encourage each student to achieve the highest standard of which he is capable in all his activities and the full development of the personality and sense of responsibility of each student and respect for others and capacity to work with them so as to promote the development of Christian ideals of citizenship, personal character and a spirit of reverence in the entire life and work of the College.’

Scotch will be:

• A school which sits at the heart of its community; a place of belonging;
• A school which offers a distinctive brand of education built on the traditions of our past, our Christian belief, our strong academic focus and our confidence in embracing innovation and progress;
• Respected as a leader in education on local, national and world stages;
• A school which produces leaders in communities, enterprises and governments;
• A school where each boy and each member of staff is known and valued.

We will deliver an education, which, for each boy:

• Improves opportunity to discover interests and talents, so that, in finding a peg on which to hang his hat, he comes to realise the world has many pegs for his many hats;
• Improves outcomes, both in those things which are measured, and those for which these are formative years: his sense of self; interaction and dealings with others; engagement with family and with communities near and far;
• Nurtures an appreciation of how the world has evolved and could be made to evolve, and promotes curiosity, individuality and independence of thought, while inculcating a strong sense of compassion, community, service and belonging;
• Empowers him to challenge those things which need challenging and support those which need supporting in service to the greater good.