| Bayswater Secondary College | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, Coeducational, Comprehensive, Day school |
| Motto | Tant Qui Je Puis |
| Established | 1961 |
| Principal | Trish Arico |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrolment | 213.3 [1] |
| Campus | Bayswater |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Yellow |
| Website | www.bayswatersc.vic.edu.au |
Bayswater Secondary College is a state secondary college located in the suburb of Bayswater in eastern Melbourne, Australia.
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Programs for senior students include Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), Vocational Education and Training (VET), Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and participation in School Based Apprenticeships. Programs are run through cooperative arrangements with other schools and provision through TAFE. Performing Arts programs are in place as well as a range of camps, excursions, sporting and other special activities and events.[2]
The school is on the list of students from schools which are under-represented at university, so students are eligible to apply for special consideration for entry.[3]
The school is the location of the Department of Education's Leaps and Bounds program. Leaps & Bounds is a Department of Education & Training facility, set up to assist students to bring about a positive change to their lives. The facility is staffed by a team of passionate, committed and experienced educators and enjoys the support of the wider educational community. It consists of 2 mod-5 relocatable classrooms, a lock-up garage for storage of the school mini-bus, as well as a number of garden sheds. Leaps & Bounds also owns and administers the High and Low Challenge Ropes Course. The program focuses on adolescents who have displayed severe social and emotional problems in mainstream schools.[4]
From 2002 - 2005 the school participated in a Celebrating Diversity project which saw the formation of a working party that met twice a term and identified areas that were being managed satisfactorily and those that needed improvement. The project was run by the S.E.A (Same Sex Attracted & Transgender Eastern Action Group) which is a working group made up of workers from youth service providers across the eastern region. S.E.A is committed to enhancing the health and well being of same sex attracted & Transgender young people in the eastern region of Melbourne, Australia. The staff showed interest in training and received some professional development, and positive outcomes have been experienced.[5]