Welcome to St Patrick’s College, a Catholic secondary school for boys located in Ballarat, Victoria. The College’s teachings are based upon the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the charism of Edmund Rice, founder of the Christian Brothers. This charism is reflected in the current practices of the College. From an initial intake of 35 students in 1893 the College has grown to be recognised as one of the premier Catholic day and boarding schools for boys in Australia, today catering for the educational needs of over 1420 boys.
Details on how your son can become of our vibrant catholic educational community can be found in this section of our new website. If you have any further questions about the enrolment process please contact the College or phone (03) 5331 1688. College tours can be organised at any time to provide students and parents with a first-hand experience of the environment in which fine boys are raised to the status of great men.
Headmaster John Crowley delivered the following address to the 2019 Academic Assembly: Good morning to everyone here this morning in the Br W.T. O’Malley Sports Centre. In offering a very warm welcome to all of our invited guests, parents, carers, Old Collegians and, most importantly, our students we acknowledge the traditional custodians of th
Each year St Patrick's College provides the opportunity for Year 10 students to spend term 4 on exchange in Japan. Those fortunate enough to be chosen to attend spend the term studying at Linden Hall College in Fukuoka, constantly improving their Japanese skills and learning a new culture and way of life. In 2018, two SPC students, Nigel Koot and
The 2020 Year 7, 10 and 11 Scholarship program is now open. Scholarships are available for Academic, Performing Arts, Music, Art, Sport and General Excellence. The Academic component will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at the College from 9am until 12 noon. Interested families are to apply via the link at http://www.stpats.vic.edu.au/en/pro
During the 2018 Easter school holidays St Patrick’s College, for the first time, toured 40 students and five staff through the battlefields and memorials of the Western Front to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. This historic and emotional pilgrimage then spent its final days in the German cities of Dortmund and Dusseld
As St Patrick’s College celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2018, we felt it was a crucial time to revisit and redefine our mission to “raise fine boys to the status of great men”. We asked ourselves, what is a great man? How do we define greatness? To answer these challenging questions the College embarked upon a deep, 12-month community consult
Dear Old Collegians of St Patrick’s College, It is with much excitement that I write with final confirmation that the planned construction of our new boarding precinct will proceed in 2017. This week, the board of Edmund Rice Education Australia (our College’s governing body) met to formally approve our planned $5.3m development which will secure