College Structure

Wellington Secondary College focusses on the whole child where we recognise and and promote a learning environment that will provide all students with the academic and personal skills they will need to operate as effective and successful members of the 21st century global community, both now and in the future.

The College offers a rich and broad curriculum that is attractive to a diverse range of young people. Students can choose from a wide range of VCE subjects. Our VCE mean study score has consistently averaged above the state mean, with teachers significantly “adding value” to student study scores.

In Years 7 to 10, students have a range of compulsory and elective choices in their preparation for the Senior School. The College supports a particularly robust Mathematics and Literacy program. In Years 7, 8 and 9 there are “High Flyers” classes for students whose core learning is based around collaboration, communication, creative problem solving and critical thinking. Our acceleration program has Mathematics as a significant focus. Students undertake either French or Chinese in Years 7 and 8 and can continue studying languages beyond as part of the elective options in Years 9 and 10. Due to the multi-cultural nature of our community, many students pursue the community language option through Victorian School of Languages (VSL) or other providers. Wellington also has a well-established Vocational for studying VCE VM in Years 11 and 12. Advanced placement to VCE is available to selected Year 10 students.

The school has a strong commitment to building Literacy and Numeracy growth in all NAPLAN proficiency. Wellington is well known for its strong commitment to the inclusive engagement and wellbeing of all of its students. We endorse and support the belief that school should be a safe place for all children at all times. Our approach to addressing student attendance is rigorous. The College uses the Compass School Management system to monitor attendance. Parents can access “live” data through the COMPASS portal system.

Students are engaged in a number of activities outside the classroom. A strong Student Representative Council provides significant student voice in the school community and a well-developed student leadership pathway is in place, starting in Year 7 and expressing itself in a variety of forums throughout the different Year Levels. The lunchtime engagement programs and after school homework clubs compliment the more traditional House and Sporting activities that have always been a feature of this College.

A Wellbeing Centre provides students access to the College’s Wellbeing team, which includes health professionals and a social worker. This facility was the inspiration for the current government’s ‘Doctors In Schools’ initiative.

Wellington Secondary College enjoys a very positive reputation with parents and within the local community. We are a school that fully supports and represents the Education State and the DET Values that go with it. We have our own well established traditions and students and parents support the culture of ‘The Wellington Way’ embodied in the College’s motto: Caring, Striving and Learning. The College motto describes our key purpose and values of Caring for others, Striving for excellence and Learning for life.