Principal’s Welcome

Vermont Secondary College is a large, single campus, co-educational school with a focus on innovative curriculum, high academic achievement and a broad co-curricular program.

The College values of Integrity, Respect and Excellence reflect our college ethos while the VSC Motto, ‘Lift Up Thine Eyes’, provides the moral purpose, philosophical guidance and academic framework for the college community. We aim to be progressive, forward thinking, positive and optimistic in our endeavours and interactions, constantly striving to improve both our own practice and the outcomes of the students whom we educate.

Vermont Secondary College promotes the achievement of excellence in a learning environment that is safe, caring and accepting of diversity. Our College is committed to the development of life-long learning skills that motivate and enable all students to achieve their individual goals and to make a positive contribution to their community.
We recognise that all staff, parents and members of the Vermont Secondary College community have an active role in contributing to the development of all students.

Vermont Secondary College is proud of its status as a high-performing neighbourhood state school. The goal of Vermont Secondary College is to draw on the qualities of the young people at the college and allow them to flourish in their areas of strength and to develop in areas of weakness. We strive to support all students to develop the ability to recognise and manage emotions, develop caring and concern for others, make responsible decisions, establish positive relationships, act creatively, engage fully with learning, contribute to community, develop high expectations for self, and handle challenging situations with resilience while responding effectively.

Vermont Secondary College is also proud of its proven record of academic achievement while preparing our young citizens for an increasingly diverse range of student learning and career pathways. The college is consistently ranked amongst the top non-selective State Secondary Colleges based on our VCE and NAPLAN test results which are consistently above State and ‘Like School’ levels of performance.

Our Grade 6 to Year 7 Transition program ensures that students new to the College feel welcome, comfortable and secure in the purpose built Year 7 Learning Centre. This combined with the supportive House structure contributes significantly to a smooth, safe transition into secondary school.

Vermont Secondary College views education as a partnership and values the active support and participation of parents in a wide range of college activities and decision making groups. We enjoy an exceptionally high level of parental support and firmly believe the educational needs of children are best served in an environment where students, parents and teachers are involved in the decision making process.

The educational needs of children are best served in an environment where parents feel part of the college community.

“Vermont Secondary College’s true worth lies in its ability to help the children grow as people, not just as students” – Parent of VSC Student

Welcome to Vermont Secondary College,

Tony Jacobs

Principal