Scotch College is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational, day and boarding school, located on two adjacent campuses in Torrens Park and Mitcham, inner-southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1919, and incorporated under an Act of Parliament in 1922, Scotch currently caters for approximately 850 students from pre-school to year 13, including up to 80 boarders in years 7 to 12. Scotch College is affiliaed with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Independent Schools Sport Association (ISSA) and the Independent Girls' Schools Sport Association (IGSSA). An endearing myth associated with the College is that it was founded in the memory of the "Sons of Scotland who fought and died in The Great War of 1914-1918".