Ballarat Clarendon College is a school where learning comes first. The school has achieved a fine academic record over the last ten years. It is a coeducational school associated with the Uniting Church in Australia, enrolling students from Early Learning to Year 12. Clarendon has a Junior (ELC to Year 4) campus in Mair Street Ballarat, a Years 5 to 9 Middle School and Years 10 to 12 Senior School in Sturt Street Ballarat and a campus on King Island where Year 9 students spend part of their year.
Most students live in Ballarat and surrounding districts and attend as day students. However, there are 150 boarding places which are filled by students from regional Victoria and southern New South Wales, supplemented by a small number from overseas.
In addition to the focus on academic studies, students are encouraged to engage in the wide-ranging programs offered in sport, the performing arts and service.