Scotch College, Adelaide

Scotch College
Location
Map
Torrens Park
,
South Australia

Australia
Coordinates34°58′55″S 138°36′57″E / 34.98194°S 138.61583°E / -34.98194; 138.61583
Information
TypeIndependent, co-educational, day & boarding
MottoScientia, Humanitas, Religio
DenominationUniting Church (formerly Presbyterian)
Established1919
ChairmanTodd Roberts[2]
PrincipalTrent Driver[2]
Enrolment1030 (P–12)
Colour(s)Blue & gold   
SloganOne School[1]
MascotLion rampant
Affiliation
Websitewww.scotch.sa.edu.au
Reunion marking the 50th anniversary of the wartime use of Birralee and neighbouring Brierly Lodge by Scotch College. (May 1992)

Scotch College is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational, day and boarding school, located on two adjacent campuses in Torrens Park and Mitcham, inner-southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.

Founded in 1919 out of the earlier Kyre College (1902–1918), and incorporated under an Act of Parliament in 1922, Scotch currently caters for approximately 1000 students including more than 100 boarders in Years 7 to 12.[3]

Scotch College is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,[4] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA),[6] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[8] the Independent Schools Sport Association (ISSA) and the Independent Girls' Schools Sport Association (IGSSA).

On 4 September 2014, it was announced that John Newton would become the Principal from January 2015 for 5 years.[9] He was previously headmaster of Taunton School in the UK.[10] In 2021, he announced his upcoming retirement.[11]

  1. ^ Scotch College website – homepage Retrieved 5 June 2014
  2. ^ a b Scotch College > Council of Governors Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Boarding". Scotch College. 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  4. ^ "International Members". HMC Schools. The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  5. ^ "AHISA Schools: South Australia". Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  6. ^ "Scotch College". Association of Independent Schools of South Australia. 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007. [dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Scotch College, SA". Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  8. ^ "JSHAA South Australia Directory of Members". Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  9. ^ Introducing Our Next Principal Archived 5 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Scotch College Adelaide, 4 September 2014.
  10. ^ Taunton School headmaster John Newton leaves to take up new post, Somerset County Gazette, 4 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Principal announces he'll leave elite Adelaide school", The Advertiser, October 2021.