Life at Scotch College

Founded in 1851, Scotch College has been educating boys for 169 years. Located in the heart of suburban Melbourne, our beautiful single campus, spanning 27 hectares is flanked by the Yarra River.

Scotch is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, and Christian teachings underpin all that we do.

Scotch is home to 160 boarders, from Year 7 to 12. Boys reside in one of three boarding houses and in this environment they learn to share their lives with others from a wide range of backgrounds.

Boarding at Scotch provides boys with access to the school’s outstanding facilities, in the one 27-hectare location.

In addition to the five main ovals, two multipurpose playing fields (including 26 tennis courts), indoor swimming pool and gymnasium, and rowing facilities, there is the state of the art music and drama centre, (The James Forbes Academy), a new world class science centre, (The Sir Zelman Cowen Centre for Science) and the Spencer Centre for Design and Technology.

The latest development to be undertaken at Scotch is the Keon-Cohen Dining Hall/Cafeteria. The Senior School Precinct, in which the dining hall/cafeteria will be located, will form a marketplace of collision and engagement for boys and staff at the very heart of our school.

It will be a home for the boys, their aspirations, conversations and collaborations. A place of enterprise, where opportunities are identified and explored, and solutions refined and brought to bear for the greater good.

The redeveloped Keon-Cohen Dining Hall/Cafeteria will form the hub of this precinct. Boys and teachers will gather to meet and eat, and share news and ideas, as they take time away from routines and let their minds wander to all that might be possible.

The Keon-Cohen Dining Hall and the Senior School Precinct are being purposely formed to embrace and enhance conversational learning at Scotch. The Senior School House Home Rooms will be located around the precinct to support pastoral care and the development of each boy.

The concept extends the Keon-Cohen Building to the west, allowing for a large dining/casual eating space. It incorporates a canteen kitchen within the existing eastern end of the building, and introduces a part mezzanine.

The project also includes associated landscaping to create an open square where conversations can continue outdoors.

The precinct is scheduled to be operating in April 2020.