At Horsham Secondary College in Victoria’s Wimmera district, getting the basics right gives the school’s 1000 students a strong grounding for a life of learning.
About 60 per cent of Horsham’s students follow academic pathways, while 40 per cent head to a vocational future. “Now, for a government school in north-west Victoria to even contemplate that, that’s pretty exciting.” It’s a strategy that has paid off. Just 11 years after expanding to year 12, Sacred Heart Yarrawonga has been awarded2023 Schools that Excel non-government winner for the regional area for its sustained improvement in VCE results.
Sacred Heart has a cohort of 25 in Year 12, but is growing fast, with 60 students enrolled for Year 7 in 2024. The college has strong ties to local primary schools and knows many students well before they begin secondary schooling. The college celebrates 60 years on its current site this year. It’s just opened a new library and administrative centre, and has almost finished a $2.1 million redevelopment of its STEM centre.
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