New Secondary School

Brinbeal Secondary College is Officially Open!

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Earlier this year, we opened this new school to help improve local access to high quality education. Brinbeal Secondary School will be able to enrol up to 1,300 students including approximately 100 places for students with specialist needs.

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Located at 2 Connaught Rd Tarneit and in its first year of operation, it will open to Year 7 students only, and progress by year level thereafter.

This school is sharing in a pool of over $527 million to build new schools across Victoria and will include an administration and library building, a learning neighbourhood, a science and technology building, hard courts and a performing arts building. These modern learning facilities will have quality air conditioning and heating and outdoor areas will be fitted with shade sails for sun protection.

Supported inclusion schools are mainstream schools designed to support a higher number of students with a disability than typical mainstream schools. We equip the schools so all students can learn and play together in the same areas as much as possible.

This gives students with a disability greater access to mainstream education and allows some to attend a school closer to home.

Supported inclusion schools support and enhance learning with additional features such as:

• acoustics and lighting designed for the needs of students with particular disabilities
• wider corridors where wheelchairs can pass
• fitness rooms for physical education and therapy
• enhanced accessible toilets fitted with hoists
• smaller multipurpose spaces suitable for consultations, 1:1, or small group learning
• additional provisions for student pick-up/drop-off
• covered walkways
• kitchen facilities for students with special dietary or medication requirements.

Congratulations to everybody involved in making this school come to life and I wish all our new staff and students a fantastic school year!

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