Methodist Ladies' College (commonly referred to as MLC) is a non-selective, non-denominational private day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
[9] William Henry Fitchett was secretary of a committee formed in 1879 to start a secondary school for girls.
[10] MLC was founded on its current campus in Kew on 14 February 1882 as a modern school of the first order, with buildings that formed a collegiate institution for girls unsurpassed in the colonies.
[11] In 1991, MLC Marshmead opened, providing Year 9 students with an eight-week residential experience with a focus on outdoor education.
MLC offers a range of VCE and Vocational Education Training (VET) courses, as well as the IB Diploma Programme.
The school's success with the IB Programme is internationally renowned, with students achieving in the top global percentile each year.
Yalari is a not-for-profit organisation that offers secondary education scholarships at leading Australian boarding schools.
MLC holds annual sporting and cultural exchanges with Worowa Aboriginal College at Healesville, Victoria.