The Geelong College is a Uniting Church coeducational school, with approximately 1, 450 students from Early Learning to Year 12, and boarders from Year 7.
Since 1861 we have challenged our students to Be of Courage through their actions, thoughts and words, to work hard and to make a difference in some way every day.
We inspire students to learn how to learn, to choose innovation and to flourish in a future where their skills and abilities can be truly harnessed by the world.
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The college is one of Victoria’s finest schools and is highly respected interstate and overseas for its student academic achievements, its broad and innovative learning opportunities, and its experienced, committed and dynamic teachers.
This open and inclusive learning community serves the needs of young people and their families through a diverse range of pathways and experiences. Each student is encouraged to achieve their best, and to explore their passions which helps them to prepare for a changing future. The college is passionately co-educational and believes that girls and boys learn and lead best together.
The College Vision for Learning identifies and integrates a series of capabilities into all learning experiences, projects and co-curricular opportunities. Identity, Creating, Communicating, Enterprise, Thinking and Contributing are the capabilities young people need to develop to become independent and informed global citizens. This underpins everything we do.
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Diverse, challenging and nurturing programs at all levels of the school encourage and inspire our learners to be positive contributors to the world. From the Reggio Emilia inspired Junior School, the Middle School, which includes the Enviro Garden immersion in Year 4, the Year 5 Designing the future program and the Year 6 Media program, and at the Senior School, with approximately 40 VCE subjects available and a rich co-curricular program including APS sport, drama, music, expeditions, debating and public speaking opportunities, there is something to inspire everyone.
Find out more at an open day! Meet the principal and teaching staff, and experience our school, classes and activities guided by students.
At The Geelong College, we welcome scholarship applications from students who will both make the most of the opportunities offered at the college, and make a positive contribution to our community.
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Each year we offer Academic, Boarding, General Excellence and Music scholarships from Years 7 to 11 and encourage diversity and excellence at the college through
The fee remission offered to each candidate (other than where stated in the scholarship descriptions) is at the discretion of the principal. Students from regional areas are encouraged to apply for scholarships in addition to Boarding (such as Academic, General Excellence and Music).
Some scholarships are for students who would otherwise not be able to attend the college for financial reasons and are therefore means-tested. If you indicate on the application form that you would like to be considered for a means tested scholarship, you will be asked to provide financial details with your supporting documentation. Please see the Scholarships tab on our profile for more information.
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About | Media coverage | Contact | Bookshop Our sites Good Universities GuideGood MBA GuideGood Schools GuideStudies in Australiaدراسات في استرالياEducar AustraliaUniversitas Australiđại học úcEducacaona AustraliaCoursen Australie澳大利亚的课程Australian Career ServicesGood Careers GuideACIRGEM 360 Virtual ToursThe Geelong College is an Australian indepdt and co-educational, Christian day and boarding school located in Newtown, an inner-western suburb of Geelong, Victoria.
Established in 1861 by Alexander James Campbell, a Presbyterian minister, the Geelong College was formerly a school of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and is now operates in association with the Uniting Church in Australia but is not governed or managed by the church.
The school has a non-selective rolmt policy and currtly caters for over 1, 200 studts from kindergart to Year 12, including around 100 boarding studts from Years 7 to 12.
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The boarding studts are accommodated in two boarding houses at the sior school campus, one for each sex. Boys reside in Mackie House while girls reside in Mossgiel House.
Following the closure of the first Geelong Grammar, Campbell established a committee to found a new Presbyterian school. On 8 July 1861, Geelong College was officially established. The school year later started with an rolmt of 62. George Morrison was appointed the first principal and three years later became the owner of the school. The school moved to its prest location in 1871. The architects Alexander Davidson and George Hderson designed its main building.
In 1908, the college returned to the ownership of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and became a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS). Land was acquired for a new in 1946 but the new preparatory campus did not op until 1960. This particular campus became co-educational in 1974, with co-education being extded to the sior campus in 1975. The college undertook an extsive redevelopmt and refurbishmt of the middle school, which is on the preparatory campus, in 2012. In 2015 Principal Andrew Barr resigned after he was photographed watching pornography in his office.
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A house system operates at both the sior and middle schools. Each house is named after a significant person in the college's history. Sporting and music competitions are held betwe them each year.
At the middle school, there are four houses: Pegasus (white), Bellerophon (blue), Minerva (red) and Helicon (gre), which meet for sporting evts throughout each year. The house model is not used for pastoral care at this campus. The names of these houses originate from Roman mythology.
Secondary studts of the college participate in the summer, winter and spring seasons of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS)/Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) sport competition. Choices offered for summer sports include badminton, cricket (boys only), softball (girls only), tnis and rowing. Winter sports include Australian rules football (boys only), netball (girls only), soccer and basketball. Studts may also participate in a number of local competitions and the college is particularly known for its excellce and achievemt in rowing competitions.
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The Geelong College Challge is a competition run by the college at the preparatory school campus in which governmt schools in the region can ter. The challge started in 1993.
Participating schools sd in an try based on the set theme, and the teams with the 16 best tries are accepted. These schools th form a team of four Year 6 studts (two boys and two girls). On the weekd of the challge, the teams participate in various challges, which include art, music, drama, technology, information technology, physical education and mathematics challges.
Alumni of the school are known as Old Geelong Collegians and may elect to join the alumni association, the Old Geelong Collegians' Association (OGCA).