Xavier College

Xavier College first opened in 1878 and has a proud history as an Australian educational institution. We have three campuses – the Senior Campus in Kew (Years 9-12), Burke Hall in Kew (K-8), and Kostka Hall in Brighton (K-8) – educating 125 girls from Kindergarten to Year 4 and 1960 boys from Kindergarten to Year 12.

As a Catholic school within the spiritual tradition of St Ignatius Loyola, Xavier College belongs to a worldwide network of Jesuit schools whose origins lie in a vision he formulated four-and-a-half centuries ago.

A Jesuit education has a clear purpose: the development of a well-rounded Christian person of competence, conscience and compassion who will be of service in the world and has the generosity to make a contribution.

Xavier College is owned by The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). The Provincial of the Society appoints a College Council to develop policy and assist the Principal and the Rector in the overall management of the school. Each Campus has a Director who is responsible for the day-to-day management of that campus.

Xavier is a welcoming and close-knit Christian community. The three Xavier campuses are well integrated despite their geographic separation. From the early years at Burke Hall and Kostka Hall, through to the final years at the Senior Campus, Xavier’s 2080 students and 400 full and part-time staff all feel a strong sense of belonging to a unified school community with the same unambiguous set of Christian values and a consistent underlying philosophy of education.

New students settle in very quickly at Xavier. Because boarders have extra adjustments to make, their families are given special attention as they hand their sons over to the care of the school.

At all campuses, staff members are extremely approachable and interactions between staff, students and parents, as well as between the students themselves, are friendly, respectful and co-operative.