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Scotch College (informally known as Scotch or SC) is an independent school for boys, situated in Swanbourne, Western Australia, Australia. The school is a member of the Public Schools Association (PSA) and is now a Uniting Church school, although it was founded in 1897 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia. Scotch College owes its foundations to Mrs. Jane Alexander, wife of Hon. William Alexander, MLC, who complained that there was an absence of a Presbyterian school for boys in Perth. She offered Rev. David Ross, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Western Australia, £500 to establish Scotch College.

Scotch has a large campus in Swanbourne and an outdoor education centre in Dwellingup. The campus in Swanbourne consists of a high school for Years 8 to 12, a junior school for Pre-Primary to Grade 7, sports grounds, and boarding facilities for 140 students. Scotch offers a wide range of subjects in its academic curriculum. The school has undertaken the International Baccalaureate's Primary Years and Middle Years programmes since 2003. All students in Years 8 to 10 study one language other than English — either French or Indonesian — through the International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Programme (MYP). Scotch also offers extracurricular activities in sport, music and the Arts.