Location Profile Westall Secondary College is located in the southeast of Melbourne. It is 30 minutes from the Melbourne Central Business District and five minutes from Monash Universitys Clayton campus. The school currently has 750 students drawn from the local area and the international community. The College is a well-established, co-educational, government school which enrols students from Year 7 to 12. The College achieves excellent results for local and international students. The Westall area is undergoing significant change and growth in the next 5-10 years. We have received planning money from the State Government to plan and redevelop both Westall Primary School and Westall Secondary College. This is an incredibly exciting time in the journey and growth of Westall Secondary College. Academic Excellence Our programs at Westall Secondary College are designed to encourage the highest standard of achievement in everything our students undertake. The College is committed to excellence through a personalised approach to teaching and learning. The College emphasis in junior years is on core competencies of literacy and numeracy across all subjects in the curriculum. Extensive course and career counselling in Year 10 so that informed choices can be made for VCE or VCAL and beyond. Academic rigour, initiative and self-discipline are central to life in the school with a shared goal of achievement between staff and students, inspiring the whole college. Your Child- Our Student Helping our students to feel happy, secure and confident is an important priority for all Westall Staff. The friendly and supportive atmosphere at Westall is underpinned by a strong code of conduct, a distinctive uniform policy, firm structures and clear expectations. Student development embraces academic progress, the building of character, self-worth and sense of community. We celebrate our top VCE results, but what really matters to us at Westall is that all of our students graduate as confident, well-educated young adults, well prepared to take charge of their future. An International Perspective Westall College is proud to be an accredited provider of education for International students. The College values its harmonious diversity of cultures, which enriches the life of the whole school community. The College has a federally funded English Language Centre on site which provides intensive EAL (English as an additional Language) to newly arrived students. This program caters for refugees, migrants and International fee paying students. Selection Criteria
