Associated Public Schools of Victoria

The Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) are a group of eleven independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales in New South Wales and the Public Schools Association in Western Australia. The descriptor 'Public School' references the historical usage of the term and the model of the British public school.

Associated Public Schools of Victoria
AbbreviationAPS
Formation1908
HeadquartersAPS House
Hawthorn, Victoria
Location
Membership
11 member schools
Official language
English
Chair
Mr. Derek Scott
Haileybury
(2021 - 2023)
Websitewww.apssport.org.au

The Association was established in 1908[1] so that students of the member schools may compete against each other on the sporting fields, the original competition sports were Australian Rules Football, Athletics, Rowing and Cricket. Students now compete in a variety of sports, which are split into three seasons, Summer, Winter and Spring. Students in Year 7 and above compete on Saturdays and students in primary year levels compete on Wednesday afternoons. Major annual competitions include the APS Head of the River Rowing Regattas, the APS Combined Swimming & Diving Championships and the APS Combined Athletics Championships.

In March 2005, the APS member schools formed a set of guidelines regarding the awarding of sporting scholarships to students, following criticism of recruiting practices employed by some schools.[2] The headquarters of the APS is known as APS House and is located on Church Street in Hawthorn, Victoria.[3]

Schools

Current member schools
School Location Enrolment Founded Denomination Boys/girls Day/boarding Year entered
competition		 School colours
Brighton Grammar School Brighton 1,301 1882 Anglican Boys Day 1958   
Carey Baptist Grammar School Kew, Donvale 2,375 1923 Baptist Boys & girls Day 1958    
Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield, Malvern, Wheelers Hill, Yarra Junction, Nanjing 3,171 1881 Anglican Boys & girls Day & boarding 1958   
The Geelong College Geelong 1,313 1861 Uniting Church Boys & girls Day & boarding 1908    
Geelong Grammar School Geelong 1,463 1855 Anglican Boys & girls Day & boarding 1900  
Haileybury Brighton, Berwick, Keysborough, City, Tianjin, Darwin 4,054 1892 Uniting Church Boys & girls Day & boarding 1958    
Melbourne Grammar School Melbourne 1,795 1858 Anglican Boys (K-12) & girls (K-6) Day & boarding 1900  
St Kevin's College Toorak 2,079 1918 Roman Catholic Boys Day 1958    
Scotch College Hawthorn 1,875 1851 Presbyterian Boys Day & boarding 1900    
Wesley College Melbourne, Glen Waverley, Elsternwick 3,145 1866 Uniting Church Boys & girls Day & boarding (GW)[4] 1900   
Xavier College Kew, Brighton 5,008 1872 Roman Catholic Boys (K-12) & girls (K-4) Day & boarding 1900   

Founding member schools

The APS was founded by the following member schools:

  • GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL
  • MELBOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
  • SCOTCH COLLEGE
  • THE GEELONG COLLEGE
  • WESLEY COLLEGE
  • XAVIER COLLEGE

Sports

Combined Sports

Students from the Association's member schools participate in a number of Combined Sports (Championship Carnivals) during the year including Swimming, Diving, Rowing and Athletics.

The APS Regatta (Heads of the River)
Further information: Head of the River (Victoria) and Head of the Schoolgirls (Victoria)

The Victorian Head of the River race is contested between the 11 APS schools, the race is usually the last race of the official APS rowing season and has recently been rowed on Lake Nagambie which is a full buoyed international standard course allowing six boat finals. Girls from the APS also participate in the Head of the Schoolgirls regatta, where they compete with schools from the Girls Sport Victoria (GSV) group.

See also

References
  1. "Associated Public Schools of Victoria, Celebrating 100 Years" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  2. Leung, Chee Chee (29 March 2005). "Top schools pledge to play fair". The Age.
  3. "Associated Public Schools of Victoria". APS Sports. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. http://www.wesleycollege.net/Admissions/Boarding-returns-to-Wesley.aspx
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