Brighton Secondary College | |
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Address | |
120 Marriage Road Brighton East 3187, VIC Australia |
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Coordinates | 37°55′15″S 145°1′7″E / 37.92083°S 145.01861°ECoordinates: 37°55′15″S 145°1′7″E / 37.92083°S 145.01861°E |
Information | |
Type | State, secular co-educational |
Motto | "A tradition of Excellence" |
Established | 1955 |
Principal | Richard Minack |
Grades | 7-12 |
Enrolment | >1,200 |
Colour(s) | Green, purple, grey |
Yearbook | Voyager |
Website | Brighton Secondary College |
Brighton Secondary College is a Year 7 to 12 co-educational public secondary school, located in the City of Bayside, Brighton East, Victoria, Australia. The college was established in 1955, where until 1988, it was known as Brighton High School. More than 1200 pupils are enrolled at the school.
The college provides a gymnasium, library, canteen, school hall as well as drama and music facilities. The school has an Arts and Materials Section, a Science Wing, VCE and Study Centre.
The main part of the school consists of the North and Central wings. The North corridor houses the bulk of general school classrooms, but are used particularly for year 7s. The Central Corridor houses a computer laboratory, staff rooms, and storage and building services like the heater boilers. A portion of the Central corridor was destroyed during a fire in April 2000, previously extending to where the Discovery Centre now stands.
It is expected the Northern and Central corridors are to be demolished during 2016 due to their apparent age, and in order to make room for a new building, which will connect to the East wing.
The new East Corridor (completed in 2014) consists of two floors. The bottom floor holds the Science and Art departments and classrooms, where as the upper floor contains General VCE classrooms and numerous study centres. The most northern part of the East wing (completed in 2009) consists of the senior school offices and an I.T assistance department.
To the south of the library are located the portable classrooms 'P1' to 'P8', yet the area has now been complemented with a temporary hall for lockers. To the east of which, is the Discovery Centre which is used predominantly by year 9s.
The furthest south classrooms, S7/S8, have been untouched since 2013, due to the newer arts department in the E wing being used. For a few occasions, they have been used for playing table tennis, but were previously the only art classrooms in the school. These room along with most of the other S classrooms, the N corridor, and the C corridor are areas of dire need for either complete demolition or replacement.
Attached to the western end of the N-wing is the Hall, on the upper level. On the lower level are the rooms for drama, band, music instruction and practice. Adjacent and to the south is the canteen area, toilet blocks, and the main entrance to the gym.