List of schools in Geelong
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 Charles, Prince of Wales 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 | K-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 | 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 | 7-10 | Coeducational | 1968 | 650 | website |
| Oberon High School | Belmont | 7-12 | Coeducational | 1963 | 900 | website |
| Western Heights Secondary College (Middle years campus) | Herne Hill | 7-9 | Coeducational | 1954 | 800 | website |
| Western Heights Secondary College (Senior years Campus) | Hamlyn Heights | 10-12 | Coeducational | 1963 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Christian College, Geelong | Highton | K-12 | Christian | Coeducational | 1980 | 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)