Founded in 1897 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia, the school caters for approximately 1,900 boys from early learning, through pre-kindergarten to Year 12.

As a branch of the College, Scotch Global primarily offers online education to students of all genders.

[5] The Accelerate stream offers career development for secondary school students and graduates.

[8] She offered David Ross, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Western Australia, £500 to establish Scotch College.

During World War I, 475 boys enlisted to defend the empire as part of the Allied forces.

[11] A roll of honour is present in Collegians House, the current administration building, featuring the names of all past Scotch College boys who had volunteered to fight.

[12] Even before donations were made tax deductible, an appeal to fund a memorial for past boys who served in the Second World War raised £9,000 by 1950.

Despite lack of funds, David Brisbane, a council member since 1945, laid the foundation stone for the hall in early 1957.

[12] The Memorial Hall was opened by Sir Charles Gairdner, Governor of Western Australia at the time, on 19 October 1957, the same year as the school's Diamond Jubilee.

[12] In 1971, after observing the May 1968 French riots, a group of Year 12 boys organised a "schoolboy strike" on the regulations of hair length, after the issue had been simmering for several months.

However, Kallis informed several boys which led to news of the strike quickly spreading around the school.

[12] In 1984, Scotch acquired Moray, the school's outdoor education centre where students would be able to attend camps.

The Parents' Association gave support to the project and the school purchased the 164-acre (0.66 km2) property through a mortgagee sale for $220,000.

The foundation raised $1.1 million within six months to partly fund a new Physical Education Centre.

Designed by Taylor Robinson architects, the new facility marks the completion of the first stage of the school's Master Plan.

A pavilion was erected on the Scotch playing fields, and the School and Pipe Band formed a guard of honour for the Dickinson family members and the funeral cortege as they arrived.

Memorial Hall was refurbished in 2017 with a new Heritage Centre that houses the school's archival collection.

In February 2019, the school's PC Anderson Chapel was refurbished and rededicated with the appointment of two new college chaplains.

[citation needed] This allows students to purchase reading material and academic journals at any time.

The college has an academic support department which provides assistance to students in the classroom and during exams.

To be considered, boys must have several references and nominations from the staff and are required to sit an interview and submit a copy of their resume.

In 2005, a Scotch graduate received the Beazley Medal, which is awarded to the top student in the state, for his TEE results.

[needs update] Scotch offers a comprehensive extracurricular activities program for students.

Activities offered: Cadets, Chess, Debating, Instep, UNYA, Duke of Edinburgh, SMARTS, Prometheans, Drama, Music and Pipe Band.

The pastoral care system is based on a house structure which deals with all matters relating to a student's well-being or curriculum needs.

This includes the larger inter-house events like athletics, cross-country and swimming as well as some smaller competitions like lightning chess and indoor soccer.

Productions have included Bugsy Malone, Grease, A Clockwork Orange, Blood Brothers, Holes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mad Forest, Babe the Sheep Pig, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Great Expectations, The Addams Family, The Wedding Singer, The Government Inspector and We Will Rock You.

Like the poetry prizes, the winning pieces are published in Reporter and the writer presented with an award on speech night.

Scotch gives students the chance to learn instruments during class time in the senior school.

These services along with the initiative provide students in Year 11s and 12 to further their education - by choosing subjects that interest them which may not be offered on campus due to budgetary constraints.