Bayswater Secondary College

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Bayswater Secondary College (BSC)
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Bayswater Secondary College

Australia
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School type Public, coeducational, comprehensive, day school
MottoH.E.A.R.T
Established1961
PrincipalElizabeth Swan
Grades7–12
Enrolment213.3 [1]
Campus Bayswater
Colour(s)   Blue and yellow
Website www.bayswatersc.vic.edu.au

Bayswater Secondary College is a state secondary college located in the suburb of Bayswater in eastern Melbourne, Australia.

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About the school

Programs for senior students include Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), Vocational Education and Training (VET), Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and participation in School Based Apprenticeships. Programs are run through cooperative arrangements with other schools and provision through TAFE. Performing Arts programs are in place as well as a range of camps, excursions, sporting and other special activities and events. [2]

The school is on the list of students from schools which are under-represented at university, so students are eligible to apply for special consideration for entry. [3]

Special programs

The school is the location of the Department of Education's Leaps and Bounds program. [4]

From 2002–2005 the school participated in a Celebrating Diversity project. [5]

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References

  1. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development School Details
  2. School Website Archived 18 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Equity definitions". Monash University. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. "Leaps and Bounds Bayswater". Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010. Accessed 14/12/10
  5. "Celebrating Diversity - What have other schools done". Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2010. Accessed 14/12/10

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