The Victorian Government made a commitment to deliver 100 new schools between 2019 and 2026. This includes the new Docklands Primary School that will open in 2021.
The school will help alleviate enrolment pressures for surrounding schools and meet demand from a growing inner-Melbourne population.
The school will include a library, music and arts rooms, administration areas, outdoor learning terraces and a competition-grade indoor sports court for netball and basketball.
Findmyschool.vic.gov.au has been updated to show school zones for 2021. This includes the zone for Docklands Primary School (interim name).
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Principal Appointment
We are pleased to announce that Adam
Bright has been appointed as the first principal of Docklands Primary
School.
This appointment follows a thorough
Department of Education expression of interest process.
School Naming Community Consultation
Help name your
school
We are consulting
with local communities on choosing names for their new schools opening in 2021.
We want your help
to find a name that reflects the school’s unique identity, inspires local pride
and makes the school easily locatable.
To have your say on the names proposed by a
school advisory group from your community, visit Engage Victoria.
Co-located Early Learning
We are building a kindergarten at Docklands Primary School.
It will be on the second level of the school building and include two kindergarten rooms, administration areas and an outdoor learning terrace.
Having the kindergarten and school together will help local children make a smooth transition from pre-school and reduce the number of drop-offs for some parents with kinder and school-aged children.
Enrolments
Enrolments for Docklands Primary School will be opening later this year and are likely to coincide with the opening of enrolments for all our 2021 new schools. We’ll share further information with you as it becomes available.
Findmyschool.vic.gov.au has been updated to show school zones for 2021. This includes the zone for Docklands Primary School.
Policies on enrolment, placement, and admission are available on the Department of Education and Training website.
Provision review
In September 2015, the Department of Education and Training and some specialist consultants assessed the need for primary and secondary schools in Docklands.
The review covered the Docklands and the immediate surrounding suburbs of North Melbourne, West Melbourne, Melbourne, Parkville and Flemington.
Community Engagement
Early in 2017, we asked the local community about their aspirations and ideas for a primary school in Docklands.
Community feedback received during the community engagement stage was collected and given to the architects to incorporate into the school building design.
The Community Engagement Report below provides a summary of these key findings from feedback we gathered online or at community workshops.