Scotch Oakburn College

Scotch Oakburn College
Location
Map
Launceston
,
Tasmania

Australia
Coordinates41°26′57.4″S 147°10′07.5″E / 41.449278°S 147.168750°E / -41.449278; 147.168750
Information
TypeIndependent, co-educational, day and boarding
MottoLatin: Ad Superiora Viam Inveniam
(I will find a way to higher things.)
Denominationin association with the Uniting Church[1]
Established1886 (MLC)
1901 (Scotch)
1979 (Amalgamation)
ChairpersonDavid Finnigan
PrincipalRoss Patterson
Enrolment~1,100 (ELC–12)[2]
Colour(s)Maroon, blue and gold    
SloganCreating the future[citation needed]
AffiliationSports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools
Websitewww.soc.tas.edu.au

Scotch Oakburn College is an independent, open-entry, Early Learning to Year 12, coeducational, day and boarding school in Launceston, Tasmania, in association with the Uniting Church in Australia.

Although founded in 1886, the present school was established in 1979 with the amalgamation of the historically boys' Scotch College and girls' Oakburn College (formerly the Methodist Ladies' College, based in East Launceston). The school currently caters for approximately 1,100 students from Early Learning (3 years old) to Year 12 (18 years old), including more than 70 boarders from Years 6 to 12.[2]

Scotch Oakburn is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[4] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,[5] and the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools.

The College is a full member of the Round Square association, an international association spreading across five continents and over 100 schools around the world. Scotch Oakburn College is the first member of Round Square in Tasmania.[6] In 2015, former Scotch Oakburn principal Andrew Barr resigned as principal of Geelong college after being caught watching pornography in his office by a student.[7]

  1. ^ "Associated Schools" https://victas.uca.org.au/community-learning/uniting-church-schools/
  2. ^ a b "Educational and Financial Report 2006" (PDF). Scotch Oakburn College. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  3. ^ "AHISA Schools: Tasmania". Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. April 2007. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  4. ^ "JSHAA Tasmania Directory of Members". Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  5. ^ "Schools: Scotch Oakburn College". Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  6. ^ "Member Schools". Round Square. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  7. ^ "Former Scotch principal snapped watching porn". 10 April 2015.