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Scotch College

Hawthorn, VIC 3122

IndependentBoysPrimary & SecondaryunitingYears ELC-12
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Fee from
$42,500
Median VCE study score
34(2025)
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Year levels
ELC-12

At a glance

Pros

  • 1 scholarship pathway on file
  • One school from primary through to Year 12

Worth checking

  • Tuition fees apply (from $42,500/yr)

Scotch College is a boys independent school (primary & secondary) in Hawthorn, VIC, teaching years ELC-12, with a uniting affiliation.

History

Founded 1851

Established in 1851 as The Melbourne Academy by the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, opening on 6 October 1851 in Spring Street, Melbourne, with Robert Lawson as first principal. It is the oldest extant secondary school in Victoria and moved to its Hawthorn campus between 1916 and 1926.

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