The Victorian Government committed to opening 100 new schools between 2019 and 2026, ensuring every child can attend a great local school. The government has invested $7.2 billion to build new schools and deliver more than 1,400 school upgrades, supporting over 9,000 construction jobs.
Opening a new secondary school for Fishermans Bend by 2022 was part of this commitment. We have now begun construction.
The state-of-the-art school will showcase environmentally-sustainable design and feature high-tech amenities, including a fabrication lab and robotics workshop. The school will also have a strong focus on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and maths). These facilities will encourage students to consider career pathways that align with Fishermans Bend's proposed design as an engineering and manufacturing precinct.
There will also be an array of arts, food technology, sports and Learning Resource Centre spaces that can be shared with the community.
Feedback and ideas from community consultation undertaken in July and August 2018 have helped shape the school’s design.
See below for more information about the school’s design background and community engagement findings.
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Community Engagement
During July and August 2018, we consulted with the community, education experts and key stakeholders to gain input to help shape the school’s design.
The architects considered your ideas and feedback from teacher workshops, community drop-ins and the online survey in their design.
For more information, download the Fishermans Bend Secondary School Community Engagement Report in Word or PDF.
Design backgrounder
Fishermans Bend Secondary School’s unique identity honours the area’s maritime history, industrial past and proximity to the ocean and the Spirit of Tasmania ferry.
The designs will support modern approaches to learning, enhance inclusion and support environmental sustainability.
Facilities will include the following:
• Gymnasium with competition-grade basketball and netball facilities
• Food technology area with commercial-grade kitchen and canteen
• Performing arts amenities
• Fabrication lab
• Robotics workshop
• 200-seat lecture theatre
• Outdoor terraces
• Urban garden with recreational ball sports areas
• Kitchen garden.
For more information, download the Fishermans Bend Secondary School Project and Design Background in Word or PDF..
Principal Appointment
We will appoint a principal in the year prior to the school's opening. The principal will focus on recruiting staff and setting the future direction of the school.
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Enrolment
Details on how to enrol at the school will be provided in the year before the school opens, once the principal is appointed.
State-wide school zone maps are available at findmyschool.vic.gov.au .
Policies on enrolment, placement, and admission are available on the Department of Education and Training website.
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School Naming Consultation
Fishermans Bend Secondary School is the interim name - working title – adopted during the planning and construction phases of the project. In keeping with the Department of Education school naming policy a School Advisory Group (SAG) will be formed to gain community input to help find a name that reflects the school’s unique identity, inspires local pride and makes the school easily locatable.
Members of the SAG are made up of families interested in enrolling students at the new school, staff and parents from other local schools, department representatives, local community leaders, local government and students.
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