The city of Geelong, Australia, has a number of schools.

History

The first schools in Geelong were established when the town was settled from the 1850s. Many of these schools remain open today, now joined by a number of new schools opened from the 1950s when the population of Geelong grew after World War II.

HRH King Charles III, spent two terms at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in 1966.

The late 1980s and 1990s saw changes to the school system, with new secondary colleges such as Catholic Regional College and Western Heights Secondary College were created from smaller secondary schools. It was also at this time that a number of technical schools were closed, and primary schools were closed by the Kennett State Government.

Tertiary education began with the Gordon Institute of Technology in 1888. Reform of the university sector resulted in the creation of Deakin University in the 1970s.

Today over 40,000 primary and secondary students are enrolled in schools in Geelong, with another 27,000 students a year enrolled in tertiary and further education courses.[1] Western Heights Secondary College will be split from a three-campus school in western Geelong to a single-campus school in Vines Road in the coming years.

Northern Bay P–12 College was formed in 2011 as a result of a merger of nine schools into one multi-campus College. This process of regeneration of the Corio and Norlane government schools began in 2006 and was driven by the nine school communities to ensure young people and their families in the northern suburbs of Geelong had access to high-quality education in world-class facilities.

Primary education

School Suburb Years Coed Founded Enrolment Website
Anakie Primary School Anakie, Victoria
Ashby Primary School Geelong West P–6 Coeducational website
Barwon Heads Primary School Barwon Heads, Victoria
Barwon Valley School (Special School) Highton, Victoria
Bellaire Primary School Highton K–6 Coeducational website
Bell Park North Primary School Bell Park K–6 Coeducational website
Ceres Primary School Ceres, Victoria
Chilwell Primary School Newtown K–6 Coeducational website
Christ the King Primary School Newcomb K–6 Coeducational
Clifton Springs Primary School Clifton Springs P–6 Coeducational website
Drysdale Primary School Drysdale, Victoria
Rollins Primary School Bell Post Hill K–6 Coeducational website
Belmont Primary School Belmont K–6 Coeducational 1856 website
Fyans Park Primary School Newtown K–6 Coeducational website
Freshwater Creek Steiner School Freshwater Creek K–6 Coeducational website
Geelong Baptist College – Junior School Freshwater Creek K–6 Coeducational website
Geelong East Primary School Geelong K–6 Coeducational website
Geelong South Primary School Geelong K–6 Coeducational website
Grovedale Primary School Grovedale K–6 Coeducational website
Grovedale West Primary School Grovedale P–6 Coeducational website
Hamlyn Banks Primary School Hamlyn Heights K–6 Coeducational website
Herne Hill Primary School Geelong K–6 Coeducational website
Highton Primary School Geelong K–6 Coeducational website
Holy Family Primary School Bell Park K–6 Coeducational website
Lara Lake Primary School Lara K–6 Coeducational
Lara Primary School Lara P–6 Coeducational website
Leopold Primary School Leopold, Victoria
Mandama Primary School Grovedale K–6 Coeducational website
Manifold Heights Primary School Manifold Heights K–6 Coeducational website
Moolap Primary School Moolap K–6 Coeducational website
Montpellier Primary School Highton K–6 Coeducational website
Newcomb Park Primary School Newcomb K–6 Coeducational website
Newtown Primary School Newtown P–6 Coeducational website
Northern Bay College – Peacock Campus P–8 Norlane P–8 Coeducational 2011 510 website
Northern Bay College – Tallis Campus P–8 North Shore P–8 Coeducational 2011 180 website
Northern Bay College – Hendy Campus P–8 Corio P–8 Coeducational 2011 280 website
Northern Bay College – Wexford Campus P–8 Corio P–8 Coeducational 1971 660 website
Oberon Primary School Belmont K–6 Coeducational website
Oberon South Primary School Belmont K–6 Coeducational website
Roslyn Primary School Belmont K–6 Coeducational website
Roslyn Primary School Belmont K–6 Coeducational website
St John's Lutheran Primary School Geelong K–6 Coeducational 1962 350 website
Whittington Primary School Whittington K–6 Coeducational website

Secondary education

Public

School Suburb Years Coed Founded Enrolment Website
Belmont High School Belmont 7–12 Coeducational 1955 1200 website
Northern Bay College – Goldsworthy Campus 9–12 Corio 9–12 Coeducational 2011 1000 website
Geelong High School Geelong 7–12 Coeducational 1915 900 website
Grovedale College Grovedale 7–12 Coeducational 1979 700 website
Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College Geelong 7–12 Girls only 1858 1000 website
Lara Secondary College Lara 7–12 Coeducational
Newcomb Secondary College Newcomb 7–12 Coeducational 1969 900 website
North Geelong Secondary College North Geelong 7–12 Coeducational 1968 1000 website
Oberon High School Belmont 7–12 Coeducational 1963 900 website
Western Heights College Hamlyn Heights 10–12 Coeducational, community centre is fee-paying[2] 1984 800 website

Private

School Suburb Years System Coed Founded Enrolment Website
Christian College Geelong K–12 Christian Coeducational 1980 1800 website
Clonard College Herne Hill 7–12 Catholic Girls Only 1956 750 website
Covenant College Bell Post Hill K–12 Independent Coeducational 1979 website
Geelong Baptist College Lovely Banks K–12 Independent Coeducational 2002 340 website
Geelong College Newtown K–12 Independent Coeducational 1861 1200 website
Geelong Grammar School Corio K–12 Independent Coeducational 1855 1500 website
Iona College Geelong Charlemont 7–12 Catholic Coeducational 2020 website
Kardinia International College Bell Post Hill K–12 Independent Coeducational 1995 1500 website
Sacred Heart College, Geelong Newtown 7–12 Catholic Girls only 1860 1350 website
St. Joseph's College, Geelong Newtown 7–12 Catholic Boys only 1935 1540 website
Saint Ignatius College Geelong Drysdale 7–12 Catholic Coeducational 2007 1100 website
Geelong Lutheran College Mount Duneed, Victoria K–10+ Lutheran Coeducational 2009 website

Defunct and merged

  • Catholic Regional College Geelong (into St Ignatius College)
  • Chanel College (Geelong) (closed)
  • North Geelong Primary School (closed)
  • Goold College (into Catholic Regional College)
  • Geelong East Technical School (had changed name to) James Harrison Secondary College (merged into Newcomb Secondary College)
  • Morongo Girls' College (closed)
  • St Mary's Technical School (into Catholic Regional College)
  • The Hermitage (into Geelong Grammar School)
  • Western Heights Secondary College (Barton Campus) (into Western Heights Secondary College Minerva Campus)
  • Flinders Peak Secondary College (into Northern Bay College)
  • Rosewall Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
  • Norlane High School (into Northern Bay College)
  • Corio South Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
  • Corio Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
  • Corio Bay Senior College (formerly Corio Technical School) (into Northern Bay College)
  • North Shore Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
  • Norlane West Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
  • Corio West Primary School (into Northern Bay College in 2011)

Tertiary education

  • Diversitat Institute of Education and Training Australia – Geelong Campus
  • Deakin University – Geelong and Waurn Ponds Campuses
  • Gordon Institute of TAFE
  • Victorian Fitness Academy – Geelong Campus
  • Marcus Oldham Farm Management College
  • Reformed Theological College
  • Diversitat Training

References

  1. ↑ City of Greater Geelong: Top 10 Reasons to Move to Geelong
  2. ↑ "Western Heights College Vine Road Community Centre". Western Heights College. 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2016. VRCC set the prices, engage the volunteers and/or staff the programs
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