Eltham College of Education (commonly shortened to just Eltham College) is a private early years, junior and high school with an enrolment of approximately 1,200 students. It is situated in Research, an outer suburb north east of Melbourne, Australia. The current principal is Dr. David Warner. The school is currently divided up into two campuses. One is based in Research on the same ground as the administration offices and focuses on years from kindergarten through to Year 12. Only some of Year 9 is completed in the Research campus. The other campus is based in King Street in the Melbourne Central Business District. It focuses purely around Year 9 students and preparing them for life in the city should the students career path be based there. Eltham College of Education is known for being one of the few schools with its own restaurant across the road, better known as "Swiper's Gully". This restaurant is predominantly student run, functioning during most days as a café, and most nights as a restaurant. Employees can either work in the kitchen, making the meals (back of house), or can serve the meals (front of house) as part of their VET in the VCE qualification for hospitality.