New School
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Start
Q2 2022
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Planning
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Design
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Construction
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Finish
Q1 2024
About the project
We’re building a new primary school in Brookfield. It will open day one of Term 1 in 2024 and help the growing local population get a great education close to home. It will be able to enrol up to 575 students, including approximately 50 places for young people with specialist needs, when the school is complete.
The school will open for enrolments for students in Prep to Grade 6. The 2024 school zones are available at . For enrolment queries, please email vsba@education.vic.gov.au.
Brookfield Primary School (interim name) is a supported inclusion school, which is a mainstream school with additional professional capabilities and facilities designed to cater for a higher than usual proportion of students with disability. Students with disability will receive enhanced support and high-quality, evidence-based educational provision alongside mainstream students to the greatest extent possible in a safe, accessible and supportive environment.
The community will be able to help choose the new school’s name via the Engage website. Following consultation, the school’s name will be announced in Term 3, 2023.
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In the 2022–23 State Budget, the school shared in $527.233 million allocated for new schools.
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Jean Bentley has been appointed as principal of the new school.
Jean has worked in the government education system for over 25 years. Most recently she was the principal of Albion North Primary School. Jean feels privileged to be the foundation principal of Brookfield Primary School (interim name) and looks forward to building connections with the community. She's excited to create a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students.
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When the school opens in Term 1, 2024, it will include:
- an administration and library building
- 3 learning neighbourhoods
- a community hub with indoor multi-use court, canteen and arts/music spaces
- hard courts
- a sports field
- a carpark.
Students will have great modern learning areas with air conditioning and heating. Outside, they will have shade sails for sun protection. We have designed the school to be environmentally sustainable and easy to manage.
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Supported inclusion schools are mainstream schools designed to support a higher number of students with a disability than typical mainstream schools. We equip the schools so all students can learn and play together in the same areas as much as possible.
This gives students with a disability greater access to mainstream education and allows some to attend a school closer to home.
Supported inclusion schools support and enhance learning with additional features such as:
- acoustics and lighting designed for the needs of students with particular disabilities
- wider corridors where wheelchairs can pass
- fitness rooms for physical education and therapy
- enhanced accessible toilets fitted with hoists
- smaller multipurpose spaces suitable for consultations, 1:1, or small group learning
- additional provisions for student pick-up/drop-off
- covered walkways
- kitchen facilities for students with special dietary or medication requirements.
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Across late 2021 and during early–mid 2022, we consulted with local Traditional Owners, represented by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation to endorse the design of this new school.
We sought feedback and advice on:
- local Indigenous plantings
- cultural stories and histories
- translations of Indigenous words
- design elements that could enhance cultural education and understanding
Brookfield Primary School (interim name) - indicative site plan
Reviewed 11 May 2023