Kinross Wolaroi School

Kinross Wolaroi School
Stanley G. Brown Memorial Entrance
Location
Orange, New South Wales
Information
Former name	Wolaroi Methodist Boys College
Type	Independent co-educational early learning, primary, and secondary day and boarding school
Motto	Latin: Scientia, Amicitias, Integritas (Knowledge, Friendship, Integrity)
Denomination	Uniting Church[1]
Established	1886; 138 years ago (1886) (as Wolaroi College) 1928; 96 years ago (1928) (as Presbyterian Ladies' College, Orange) 1975; 49 years ago (1975) (as Kinross Wolaroi School)
Founder	Thomas Richards
Chairman	Rev. A. Cunningham
Headmaster	Dr Andrew Parry
Employees	320
Years	Early learning and K–12
Enrolment	c. 1,100 (2020)
Campus type	Regional
Colour(s)	Two Blues
Rival	St Stanislaus' College
Yearbook	The Tower
Affiliations	Independent Schools Association Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia Junior School Heads Association of Australia Australian Boarding Schools' Association Association of Independent Co-Educational Schools Western Associated Schools NSW Combined Independent Schools Round Square
Alumni name	Wolarovians
Website	www.kws.nsw.edu.au

Kinross Wolaroi School is an independent Uniting Church co-educational early learning, primary, and secondary day and boarding school, located in Orange, a rural city 260 kilometres (160 mi) west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1886 it is the oldest school in Orange and is situated across two campuses.

The school was originally established in 1886 as Wolaroi Methodist Boys College, also known as Wolaroi College Orange. The modern school however was formed in 1975 with the merger between Wolaroi Methodist Boys College and The Kinross School, which was also known as Presbyterian Ladies' College, Orange (PLC). Kinross Wolaroi is a non-selective school and currently caters for approximately 1,110 students from early learning, through Kindergarten to Year 12, including 350 boarders.^[2] They do this through the three separate areas of the school that operate. Those being the; Pre-Preparatory School; The Preparatory School; and The Senior School. As of 2007^[update], classes and boys boarding occur at the former Wolaroi site on Bathurst Road, while girl boarders live at the former PLC site on Coronation Drive.^[1]

With the merger of the schools the previous Latin mottos were abandoned and in 2008, the school adopted the new Latin motto of Scientia, Amicitias, Integritas (Knowledge, Friendship, Integrity).^[3] The school's five core values are Courage, Respect, Inclusiveness, Resilience and Commitment.^[4]