Location Profile Mount Martha Primary School has serviced the Mount Martha community since opening in 1982. Our vision is to strive to empower students to be active learners who make a positive impact in a changing world. The school's values of Knowledge, Respect, Integrity, and Collaboration are implemented daily to provide an excellent, high quality learning environment. In 2024 the total enrolment is 613 students organized into twenty-seven classes from Prep to Year 6. Most students are enrolled from within the local neighbourhood area. The school's Student Family Occupation and Education Index of 0.1777 indicated an overall high Socio-Economic profile. A small percentage of students came from a background where English is not the main language spoken at home. In 2024 Mount Martha Primary School has 1.0 Principal, 1.0 Assistant Principal, 39.0 teaching staff and 21.0 Education Support Staff. This is a combination of fulltime and parttime staff. There are 6 specialist areas of Physical Education, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Digital Technologies, Science and Japanese, four teachers working in Learning Boost Programs. The educational support staff working across office, classroom support, ICT support, grounds, and Out of School Hours Care. The school had 5.0 Learning Specialists- English, Mathematics, Social and Emotional Learning, PLC and Digital Technologies. The staff profile is weighted toward the experienced range across both Teaching and Educational Support personnel, and they bring a variety of skills and attributes to the task of improving student outcomes. The school enjoys excellent relationships with its own and the broader community. Mount Martha¿s strong reputation in the community continues to be built on the success of its students in the academic, sporting and performing arts areas and co curricula program. Our parents are encouraged to be involved in their child¿s education by assisting in the classroom, on camps, excursions, and sporting events and through School Events Committee and School Council activities. Over recent years the school has completed grounds and building improvements. In addition to DET funding, a focus for local community fundraising has been to continuously improve areas of the school for students. We have strived to provide play spaces and classrooms that are inviting and stimulating. Classrooms are a mix of flexible teaching spaces and more traditional classroom configurations with the specialist program taught in dedicated spaces. Consistency of teaching practice, curriculum programs and assessment to monitor achievement and inform next steps in learning remained key approaches to meet individual student needs and improve learning. Our students continued to benefit from a learning environment which was calm and focused thereby allowing students to engage in their learning and to develop positive relationships.
