Scots College (Sydney)

The Scots College
The Scots College, as viewed from Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill
Location
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Australia
Coordinates33°52′30″S 151°15′11″E / 33.875012°S 151.252961°E / -33.875012; 151.252961
Information
MottoLatin: Utinam Patribus Nostris Digni Simus
(O that we may be worthy of our forefathers[1])
DenominationPresbyterianism
Established1893; 131 years ago (1893)[2]
ChairmanRev Glen Pather
PrincipalDr Ian Lambert
ChaplainRev Conrad Nixon
Employeesc. 300[3]
YearsK–12
GenderMale
Enrolmentc. 1,800[3] (2007)
Campuses
Colour(s)Gold and blue
NicknameScots
AlumniOld Boys of the Scots College
Websitewww.scots.college

The Scots College is an independent primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, predominantly located in Bellevue Hill, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Australia.

Established in 1893 at Brighton-Le-Sands,[1] Scots has a non-selective enrolment policy[4] and currently caters for approximately 1,800 students aged from three to eighteen, including 250 boarders.[5][2] Students attend Scots from all regions of New South Wales.

The college is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia,[6] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia,[7] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,[2] the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,[8] and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales.[9]

  1. ^ a b "History of the College". The College. The Scots College. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b c "The Scots College". New South Wales Schools. Australian Boarding Schools Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Annual School Report 2006" (PDF). The College. The Scots College. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  4. ^ "The Scots College". New South Wales. School Choice. 2007. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  5. ^ "Early Learning Centre". The Scots College. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  6. ^ "AHISA Schools: New South Wales". Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  7. ^ "JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members". Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  8. ^ "International Members". HMC Schools. The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  9. ^ "AAGPS History". Info. Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales. 2007. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2007.