Case Study: Bayside P-12 College
Bayside P-12 College is a Victorian government school in Melbourne’s inner west, serving Williamstown, Altona North and Newport across three campuses. With around 958 students and an ICSEA of 1006, it sits close to the state median. Its student population is highly multilingual (48% LBOTE), shaping the college’s identity and learning needs (Bayside P–12 College, 2024).
Case Study: Wodonga Middle Years College (WMYC)
Wodonga Middle Years College is a Victorian government school in inner-regional Wodonga, established in 2006 through a deliberate restructuring of the town’s public secondary system. Three secondary schools were merged and reimagined as two specialist settings, WMYC for Years 7–9 and Wodonga Senior Secondary College for Years 10-12.
Case Study: Bundoora Secondary College (BSC)
Bundoora Secondary College is a government secondary school in Melbourne’s northern suburbs that has undergone significant redesign since 2019 under new leadership.
Case Study: Templestowe College
Templestowe College is a Victorian government co-educational secondary school in Melbourne’s north-east. In 2010, it had fewer than 300 students and was under genuine threat of closure (Ryan, 2013). Appointed as principal during this period, Peter Hutton challenged the school community to reconsider what students actually needed rather than continuing a traditional age-graded model of schooling.