Scots College, Wellington

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Scots College

Motto	Virtutem paret doctrina / Let education make the all round man.
Type	Private Composite (Year 1-13) Single Sex, Boys, with Boarding Facilities
Year established	1916
Address	Monorgan Road, Strathmore, Wellington
Principal	Mr Graeme Yule
School roll	602
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	10
Ministry of Education Institution no.	281
Website	www.scotscollege.school.nz

Scots College is a private (independent) boys' primary and secondary school located in Wellington, New Zealand.

It was founded as a Presbyterian boys' college in 1916 by Rev Dr James Gibb and the Hon John Aitken. Dr Gibb's vision was the creation of a Christian college that would be independent of the secular state system.

The college has a proud tradition, and its Scottish heritage is reflected in its ceremonies (official ones involve a piper leading a procession into its hall) and school song. School prefects wear kilts on official occasions and at chapel, held every Friday.

The school tartan is that of the Clan Fergusson. Permission to wear the tartan was granted by the late Governor General Sir Charles Fergusson.

The College includes both primary and secondary institutions. The primary school is referred to as the Preparatory School and has its own Principal and staff.

Students at the secondary school are organized into six (formerly four) "houses", identified by colour, that compete in swimming, cross-country, music, athletics, and other events. The six houses are Aitken (Blue), Fergusson (Green), Glasgow (Red), MacKenzie (Yellow), Plimmer (Sky Blue) and Uttley (Black).

At the Preparatory school there are four houses: Potatau (Blue), Bedding (Green), MacArthur (Red) and McKelvie (Yellow). These four houses used to correspond to the houses of the secondary school, but were changed so that the Prep school could have its own unique house system.

Currently Scots College is enjoying a revival in its musical groups. The college now boasts a revived choir, a senior orchestra, jazz band, and chamber choir. These perform at various events throughout the college year. Scots has also seen its senior debating teams have success in the regional finals, with 2006 being possibly the strongest debating year ever. It maintains state-of-the-art facilities, the newest of them being the science block, opened in 2006 by Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse.