The Victorian Government made a commitment to deliver 100 new schools between 2019 and 2026. This includes the new Docklands Primary School which finished construction in October 2020. The school will open in 2021 and will help alleviate enrolment pressures for surrounding schools and meet demand from a growing inner-Melbourne population.
Adam Bright has been appointed
as the first principal. Enrolments are now open for Prep to Year 6. For questions about enrolment, please email adam.bright@education.vic.gov.au .
The school includes a library, music and arts rooms, administration areas, outdoor learning terraces and a competition-grade indoor sports court for netball and basketball.
Further information on the school, including enrolment, can be found on its official Facebook page.
Principal Appointment
Adam Bright has
been appointed as the first principal of Docklands Primary School. This appointment follows a
thorough Department of Education recruitment process.
In the video presentation below, Adam Bright answers all your
questions about enrolment, curriculum, wellbeing programs, facilities, uniform,
culture and more.
You can also read more about Adam's plans for the school
in this Frequently Asked Questions document (PDF, Word).
School Name
Docklands Primary School was chosen as the school name following community consultation and discussions with Geographic Names Victoria, with consideration given to factors including public interest, relevance to the local area, and the consideration of local Indigenous languages.
The school is after the
suburb it is located in. This is the first new primary school to be built in
Docklands.
We consulted with local communities for three weeks from Wednesday 24 June to Wednesday 15 July 2020. Thank you for your input.
Co-located Kinder
We built a kindergarten at Docklands Primary School.
It is on the second level of the school building and includes 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.
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.