Toorak College, Mount Eliza

Toorak College, Mount Eliza
Location
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Coordinates38°10′20″S 145°5′35″E / 38.17222°S 145.09306°E / -38.17222; 145.09306
Information
TypeIndependent, day and boarding
MottoLatin: In Labore Quies
(In work lies rest)
DenominationNon-denominational
Established1874
ChairmanPeter Wickenden
PrincipalKristy Kendall
Employees~237
Years offeredELC–12
GenderCo-educational (ELC–4)
Girls (5–12)
Enrolment~861 (P–12)
Colour(s)Red, gold and blue
     
AffiliationGirls Sport Victoria
Websitewww.toorakcollege.vic.edu.au

Toorak College is an independent, inter-denominational, boarding and day school for girls in grades 5–12 and for boys and girls from pre-school through grade four. The school is located on the Mornington Peninsula, above Port Phillip Bay in Mount Eliza, a town approximately forty kilometres south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

In 2005, the school enrolled approximately 925 students from Kindergarten through the 12th grade, including 70 boarders for grades 7 through 12. Toorak's co-educational Early Learning Centre and junior school (years K–6) is an IB World School, and offers the IB Primary Years Programme.

Toorak College is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia, the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), the Australian Boarding Schools Association, and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria.