Bellarine Secondary College is the local school on the Bellarine Peninsula and enjoys a long history of serving the community.
Celebrated for its diverse and engaging learning program, the college provides students with learning that is embedded in the Victorian curriculum, with the essential learning in years 7 to 10 building a foundation for success in the later years.
The Ocean Grove campus provides the perfect transition into secondary school with students sharing the campus with similar aged students before transitioning to the larger Drysdale campus for years 9 to 12.
The college’s learning program is diverse and provides for individual pathways as students progress into the later years and pathways in the VCE and the new VCE-Vocational Major.
The college’s VCE results in 2022 were exemplary with the College Dux achieving at ATAR of 98.6 and 10 per cent of students achieving an ATAR in 90s, 20 per cent achieved an ATAR greater than 80, 45 per cent of students achieved an ATAR of greater than 70 and the Median ATAR in 2022 was 66.05.
“Highlights of the college’s learning program include studies in VET Music, outdoor education, the performing and visual arts, agriculture and horticulture, equine studies and a diversity of theme-based studies in science, humanities, health and physical education and technology,” principal Wayne Johannsen said.
“The study of Indonesian is a core subject until the end of year 9 and English and mathematics and student literacy and numeracy a college priority.”
The college enjoys modern facilities and award-winning grounds.
The junior campus enjoys use of the Bellarine Sports and Aquatic Centre, excellent oval, modern and well-maintained classrooms.
The senior campus is expansive and includes a three court gymnasium, use of the Potato Shed Performing Arts Centre and partnerships with Farm My School and Landcare adding to the engaging classroom curriculum.
The Yani-Iny-ngitj centre provides state of art learning classrooms that foster independent and collaborative learning while the partnership with Farm My School is unique to the college and the first of its kind in Australia.
The college’s well being program supports students to be ready to learn, healthy and well adjusted.
