Scots College (Sydney)
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The Scots College is a multi-campus independent Presbyterian single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, predominantly located in Bellevue Hill, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Scots College | |
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Bellevue Hill, Eastern Suburbs, Sydney Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°52′30″S 151°15′11″E |
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Type | Independent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Utinam Patribus Nostris Digni Simus (O that we may be worthy of our forefathers[1]) |
Denomination | Presbyterianism |
Established | 1893; 131 years ago (1893)[2] |
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Chairman | Rev Glen Pather |
Principal | Dr Ian Lambert |
Chaplain | Rev Conrad Nixon |
Employees | c. 300[3] |
Years | K–12 |
Gender | Male |
Enrolment | c. 1,800[3] (2007) |
Campuses | |
Colour(s) | Gold and blue |
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Athletics | Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales |
Nickname | Scots |
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Website | www |
Established in 1893 at Brighton-Le-Sands,[1] Scots has a non-selective enrolment policy[4] and currently caters for approximately 1,800 students from the Early Learning Centre[5] (EYC) providing long day care to 3 and 4 year old boys, through to Year 12, including 250 boarders from Year 7 to Year 12.[2] Students attend Scots from all regions of the greater metropolitan area and New South Wales country regions.
The college is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[6] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[7] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[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 (AAGPS).[9]