Wesley College, Melbourne
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St Kilda Road, Glen Waverley & Elsternwick, Victoria Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°50′57″S 144°58′55″E / 37.84917°S 144.98194°ECoordinates: 37°50′57″S 144°58′55″E / 37.84917°S 144.98194°E |
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational |
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Latin: (Dare To Be Wise) |
| Denomination | Uniting Church |
| Established | 18 January 1866 |
| Principal | Dr Helen Drennen |
| Staff | 564 (full-time) |
| Enrolment | 3,100 (K–12) |
| Colour(s) | Purple and Gold |
| Slogan | A True Education (2010 – Present) |
| Website | www.wesleycollege.net |
Wesley College, Melbourne is an independent, co-educational, Christian day school and boarding school in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 1866, the college is a school of the Uniting Church in Australia. Wesley is the largest school in Australia by enrolment, with 3,100 students and 564 full-time staff. The College consists of three main metropolitan campuses, a residential campus, and three outdoor education campuses.
Wesley is a founding member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria and is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
In 2010 The Age reported that Wesley College ranked equal tenth among Australian schools, based on the number of alumni who had received a top Order of Australia honour.
Wesley College has three metropolitan day campuses: Prahran (renamed St Kilda Road campus from 2004), Glen Waverley, and Elsternwick. At each campus there is an early childhood learning centre which caters for children from ages three to four. There is also a residential learning campus at Clunes and a campus on Guildford Lane, Melbourne, where the city curriculum project is based for Year 9 students. The college owns and operates three outdoor education campuses (camp sites) in Victoria, near Paynesville, Healesville and Portland.
The school was the first registered school in Australia, and operates in a three mini-school structure (Junior, Middle & Senior Schools), which caters for students from kindergarten through to Year 12. In the Junior Schools (3 Year olds to Year 4), students from the Early Childhood Learning Centre to Year 4 are taught within the framework of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. In the Senior Schools (Years 10 to 12), Wesley offers the Victorian Certificate of Education, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Vocational Education and Training Programme and the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning Programme.
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