ABOUT MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL

Melbourne High School is one of Australia’s great schools. Its academic results are consistently high. Its performances in the sporting field are outstanding. Its breadth of co-curricular activities, especially music, is quite phenomenal.

The School is a selective entry school for boys in Years 9 to 12. There are 1365 students in equal numbers across these four year levels. Despite its size and its emphasis upon excellence in all areas of endeavour, it is a School that shows compassion for its students, encouraging them to be themselves while striving to bring out their potential in all areas of learning. As the students are generally strongly self-motivated, almost all energies can be focused on productive and inspirational teaching and positive learning.

Melbourne High School has strong and relevant traditions, a well-established ethos and educational programmes that are current and effective. Boys who pass through this great institution express their love of the School and their appreciation of the life skills that it has imbued. Melbourne High Boys expect to become leaders in their chosen areas of endeavour and actively demonstrate their responsibility to society.

  • The School traces its origins back to the National Model School established in 1854

  • The School became a boys’ School in 1927 when a magnificent brand new building was built on Forrest Hill in South Yarra

  • In the 2005 VCE results, the School attained a median ENTER score of 94.7.
    Therefore 50% of the Year 12 class were ranked academically in the top 5.3% of Australian students

  • A compulsory School uniform, with blazer, is worn proudly by the boys

  • Music and massed singing are particular strengths of the School programme

  • Army and Air Force Cadets are among a very wide range of cocurricular offerings that students are expected to choose from

  • Sport is compulsory and the range of sports is huge

  • There is a very strong emphasis upon welfare and positive student monitoring

  • Humour, self-expression and intellectual debate are strongly encouraged in an atmosphere of learning and excitement.