Unlike most public schools, Urrbrae is not part of the zonal system, and does not accept students based on where they live.

Urrbrae also has a swimming pool, a rock climbing wall, new tennis courts and large playing fields.

Activities include grooming and caring for the animals, preparing them for shows, and making butter, olive oil, and dried fruit from the school orchard and vineyard.

Students also make vegetable gardens (silver-beet, carrots, cabbages, beetroot, broccoli, olive trees, cauliflower, etc.)

There are many lunch time clubs for students, with one for nearly every enterprise on the farm, including poultry, horses, plants and bee-keeping.