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The College was founded in 1893 by the Christian Brothers under the patronage of the Bishop of Ballarat, Dr. James Moore. The College caters to both day and boarding students; the College is located on Sturt Street Ballarat and is part of a recognized education precinct with its proximity to Ballarat Clarendon College, Loreto College, and Ballarat High School. The College aims to support parents in educating their sons within the Catholic tradition and the spirit of Edmund Rice. St Patrick's College maintains an inclusive enrolment policy, is generally considered a low fee school, and offers a broad range of curricular and co-curricular options to cater to boys with a range of needs. This is highlighted by the wide range of options taken up by graduates ranging from tertiary studies to traineeships and apprenticeships. St Patrick's College is a Catholic Secondary College for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition. As a day and boarding school, we are proud of our rich tradition of serving young men's educational needs from Ballarat, Western Victoria, and beyond since 1893. Each day, 1400 students walk through our College's gates, experiencing a broad, innovative, and challenging curriculum where they are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning. As a College staff, we are dedicated to ensuring that the curriculum offered provides every student with an opportunity to reach their potential. We remain fully aware of the importance that each of us plays in continually lifting this potential. St Patrick's College is an educational institution that seeks to live out the Gospel vision of respect, acceptance, and inclusivity amongst all community members. We seek to give active witness to the four Touchstones of our Charter as an Edmund Rice Education Australia school. These touchstones: Liberating Education, Inclusive Community, Gospel Spirituality, and Justice Solidarity form an inseparable part of who we are. We hope that each young man who graduates from St Patrick's College carries forward with them a heart and mind that is open to building a society that is and cares for all. In determining your son's secondary education's best destination, We would invite you to visit Patrick's College. Here, you will see first-hand a College that has a strong sense of living tradition, where the work of our faith-filled forebears in building this great school is recognized, and where the next generation of students and their God-given gifts are being shaped and celebrated. Our students, families, staff, clergy, and old collegians are part of an ongoing and unfolding story. We look forward to your son being an essential part of our next chapter. St Patrick's College is a Catholic day and boarding school for boys, founded by the Christian Brothers. Since 1893 it has served the people of Ballarat, Western Victoria, and beyond. The SPC Mission Statement reads, in part, "True to the Catholic tradition, the College attempts to promote the development of the whole person through the integration of religious faith with living … we seek to bring about the vision of an authentic Catholic community". The College was officially opened on the 24th January 1893 under the leadership of Br Ryan. The initial enrolment was 34 students, consisting of 24 boarders and ten-day students. The current enrolment is 1430 students, including more than 60 boarders. The Centenary was celebrated in 1993, and the official history of the College by Br P. C. Naughtin' History and Heritage' was published. St Patrick's prides itself upon its strong tradition of excellence. Edmund Rice Education Australia administers St Patrick's College following the Christian Brothers' residence on site in 2012. St Patrick's has robust learning and academic traditions where each boy is encouraged to take responsibility for his learning in an environment that values knowledge, excellence, and scholarship. The College strives for the development of the whole person, integrating spiritual development, academic success, cultural awareness, and sporting participation in the Catholic tradition. The St Patrick's community is an inclusive one that seeks to provide all boys with opportunities to achieve personal excellence in a broad range of curricular and co-curricular areas. This extended family of students, teachers, parents, and Old Collegians throughout the country, forms a community that is wholeheartedly committed to the Christian education of young men. This is reflected in the College's vision, mission, and values, which form the foundations for the education provided to boys at the College. View full school

We are committed to developing an educational journey based on the principles of Rudolf Steiner, which will further the growth and nourishment of students and our entire community. Our Mission & Essential Purpose. To educate our children to: Nurture and encourage a strong sense of self and sense of responsibility towards the world Please give them the foundation to realize their destiny Be the best adults they can be and do what they need to meet the challenges of the future. To provide for: Social, academic, emotional, and physical education of the children Rounded holistic development of the children – our basis for this is the picture of development given to us by Rudolf Steiner and elaborated in Steiner schools around the world since his time Foster a life-long love of and a learning capacity. Our purpose is to: Provide education of the whole child Support development of healthy, individual, imaginative, creative, and socially responsible children and adults Nurture families and community. Values are the core of the school's being. They tell the "how" of what we do and underpin our policies, processes, and vision for the future. Our values also determine how we interact with each other and the broader community and environment. We value the developmental picture of human consciousness given as a basis for this education by Rudolf Steiner. We believe children need to play, be part of nature, and enjoy a time free from childhood's early commercialization. We understand that a healthy childhood provides the foundation for ongoing well being in later life. Steiner Playgroups aim to develop a sanctuary for safe play for children and an oasis of peace, friendship, and healthy parents' activity. Our playgroup sessions are filled with music, movement, verse, and song. Playgroup is essentially a family experience. It provides an opportunity for parents to meet and for children to play alongside and experience being in other children's presence. The environment is prepared to meet the child's nature and needs. We offer various playgroup sessions: usually, they are in the morning between 9:30 am, and 11:30 am. Our Playgroup offers songs, stories, natural materials, and simple toys to encourage the child's imagination. The rhythm of active and quiet play is carefully planned to create a safe and joyous environment that is enriching and nourishing. "Our highest endeavor must be to develop free humans beings, who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives." Rudolph Steiner In the "heart of childhood" years, each child develops his life of feelings. For this stage, Rudolf Steiner asked teachers above all to work as artists not to teach art as a subject, but to bring into the classroom all the living imagery, color, and poetry they are capable of. Classroom practice, too, should have a living organic balance between listening, speaking, and doing, between humor and seriousness, impulse and patience, taking in, transforming, and giving out. One of the most notable ways in which the Steiner school approach to education differs from others is the response of the Curriculum to the various phases in child development. Preceding years at the Ballarat Steiner School focus on delivering high quality and rich educational experience to children. We provide a hands-on artistic approach in the teaching of literacy and numeracy. In the preceding years, developing imaginative capacities enables us to engage with academic material and forms the foundation for future creativity, problem-solving, and innovation. The timing of curriculum content and lessons is carefully matched to the children's developmental and emotional needs. The capacity to appreciate the beauty in the world is developed. The Curriculum is designed to harmonize with the particular stage of development that the child has reached while affording a rich context to work on practical and academic skills. In this way, the development of the life of feeling is not divorced from practical learning, and the Curriculum is both integrated and genuinely child-centered. Historically the human being drew pictures before reading and before the use of abstract symbols. There is a pictorial introduction to the alphabet, writing, reading, spelling, poetry, and drama in classes one to three. Speech is a crucial element and precedes writing as a foundation for reading. Many aspects of schooling – form drawing, craft, foreign language, eurythmy, etc. help foster children's development for reading. The children learn the letterforms through stories and pictures given by their teachers. In our foundation years, speech and language are developed extensively through many mediums. This begins in Playgroup where they learn short poems and rhymes, listen to short stories and continue in Kindergarten and Prep, where they experience more prolonged and more complicated rhymes, songs, and stories. All this builds the foundations for reading and writing. By the time the children are in Class One, they are more than ready to explore the world of reading and writing, and all the foundation stones have been set. In the Curriculum, writing precedes reading and is developed out of the creative experience of drawing or painting letters. The children write words and read their writing before working with printed literature. We aim through the classes to share the finest literature with the students, appropriate to their age. Stories are told to each class, and the children are also read to. Our reading approach, which includes daily individual reading, is full of imagery, content, and the richness of language, which develops an appreciation of literature in the students. The children's imaginative life and grasp of the language are nourished by hearing and re-telling, acting, and illustrating stories. For the 6-7-year-olds, the teacher may draw mainly on fairy tales, moving on at eight years old to fables and legends, to Old Testament stories at nine years old. The Norse stories and sagas follow at 10, Greek myths and legends at 11, and the Roman and Indian Empires at 12. In using a sequence of this kind through different qualities of imaginative experience, the teacher prepares the way for history. Mathematics is experiential and creative. An understanding of numbers is built based on concrete, real-life tasks. Learning the concepts of fractions, for example, through the dividing of a cake to share - estimating and measuring. Counting aloud, chanting tables, musical rhythms, and skipping games all enhance and deepen the child's understanding and knowledge of numbers and systems. The four processes are introduced through stories and explored through art in such a way as to stimulate imagination and creativity as well as understanding. Preceding years at Ballarat Steiner School concentrate on a hands-on approach to life. In modeling, painting, cooking, woodwork, gardening, or drawing, the children are happily and earnestly engaged in a rich life experience. Children nourished with fantasy and opportunity for artistic expression will have the capacities needed to meet their day's technological and social challenges. The Australian Steiner Curriculum framework was developed in response to the Federal Government's proposal to create a mandatory Australian Curriculum for all schools. As Steiner education is internationally recognized, Steiner Education Australia was allowed to put forward an alternative curriculum framework for recognition to protect the integrity of Steiner education philosophy and pedagogy. The documents were developed from Steiner's indications to support schools and teachers and for submission to government authorities, highlighting the mandatory content, knowledge, and skills of the Australian Curriculum in a Steiner rich context. The Curriculum that is adhered to in our school was developed by Steiner Education Australia and accepted and recognized by ACARA (Australian Curriculum and Regulation Authority). It aligns with the National Curriculum and provides compliance with the VRQA (Victorian Regulatory and Qualifications Authority) requirements. The primary lesson approach begins in Class One and extends through all classes until the school's end. It takes place first thing in the morning for 1-2hours, while the children are fresh. In it, such subjects as mathematics, English, geography, science, and history are presented imaginatively to engage the students' whole-hearted participation: physically, cognitively, and emotionally, incorporating movement, music, modeling, painting, and drawing, along with traditional skills. Each main lesson usually lasts three weeks and then is left to rest. This alternation of subject matter provides for maximum variety, concentration, and understanding. The breathing space in between-the forgetting-is part of the "digestion" of education. The class teacher taught the main lesson, who leads the students, one year after another, building on past lessons and laying the foundation for future studies. Following the main lesson, and throughout the day, subjects such as French, music, craft, painting, eurythmy, form drawing, and ongoing mathematics, reading, and grammar are provided. View full school

Ballarat Grammar is one of regional Australia’s leading co-educational schools with a proud history dating back to 1877 and a flourishing community of over 1,500 students from 6 months to Year 12, including around 250 boarders. With three campuses, an extensive range of first-class facilities, and a range of challenging and diverse programs, we provide rich opportunities for our students to learn to thrive. The ‘essence of Grammar’ is based on wellbeing. Steeped in the Anglican tradition, we invest our values and focus on preparing our students to develop into positive and resilient individuals who intend to establish their pathway in the world. Our focus is on the development of the whole child. We support students to develop a genuine belief in service just as much as we nurture them to achieve outstanding academic results that create opportunities in the future. It is no secret that happy, balanced children thrive at school and in life. We provide the broadest range of opportunities to allow your children to develop, articulate, and live up to a set of beliefs that will serve them invaluably in the future. In partnership with you, we aim to develop graduates who are poised to make a significant positive difference to their world. We share your aspiration, as parents, for our young people to grow as happy, healthy, and well-rounded individuals. We recognize the powerful combination of learning in and beyond the classroom…. Our focus is on the development of the whole child. We support students to develop a genuine belief in service just as much as we nurture them to achieve outstanding academic results that create opportunities in the future. It is no secret that happy, balanced children thrive at school and in life. We provide the broadest range of opportunities to allow your children to develop, articulate, and live up to a set of beliefs that will serve them invaluably in the future. We recognize the powerful combination of learning in and beyond the classroom. Developing tenacity through conquering an outdoor challenge, mastering an algebraic equation, and teaching reading skills to younger disadvantaged children sit equally amongst our understanding of priorities in developing sound, successful young people. Our students will live, work in, trade with, and experience a greater variety of different cultures than any previous generation. We prepare students for a life of international connection, partly through our membership of the Round Square organization, which partners our school to 150 others globally through exchange programs, student conferences, and service projects. Our regional Anglican School fosters academic aspiration, trust, opportunity and engagement, resilience, and social and environmental justice within the search for faith and meaning. The Anglican values of openness and inclusivity are at the heart of our community. They connect the generations throughout our school’s proud history and help us search for faith and meaning. In the Anglican tradition, positive relationships underpin the growth of academic, emotional, spiritual, and physical wellbeing within a highly developed Wellbeing Program. Our mission Ballarat grammar aims to empower its students with: An understanding of, and learning from, Christian faith and Christian spirituality Academic confidence and a passion for learning An understanding of the obligations of community, both local and international Social competence, the capacity for leadership, and genuine compassion for others A desire for involvement in the arts, sports, and co-curricular activities Good physical and emotional health As part of Ballarat Grammar’s strategic focus on educating the whole person, we support our students to strive for academic excellence. The Centre for Early Education fosters the wonder and excitement of learning for our youngest learners aged six months. Our Junior School, from Prep to Year 6, is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School offering the Primary Years Programme. In the Junior School, we aim to foster inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people who will make a better world. At the same time, our Year 4 Program is an innovative model focusing on the environment. In the Senior School, our focus in Years 7 and 8 is on helping students develop positive relationships throughout the school community and developing respect for themselves, their community, and the bigger world. Year 9 offers an engaging program to promote the rigorous application of critical thinking. For students in Years 10, 11, and 12, the focus is on helping students develop resilience, responsibility, and resolve to prepare them for a successful journey through their senior years and beyond. View full school

Ballarat Clarendon College is a school where learning comes first. It is a coeducational school associated with the Uniting Church in Australia, enrolling students from Early Learning to Year 12. Clarendon has a Junior (ELC to Year 4) campus in Mair Street, Ballarat, a year 5 to 12 campus in Sturt Street, Ballarat, and a third campus on King Island where Year 9 students spend term each year. Most students live in Ballarat and surrounding districts and attend as day students. However, 150 boarding places are filled by students mainly from regional Victoria and southern New South Wales, supplemented by a small number overseas. As a school, we are focused on learning in all contexts. Students are provided with a comprehensive range of learning experiences, both in and out of the classroom. The school has achieved a satisfactory academic record over the last ten years. Based on VCE exam results and NAPLAN data, we have been consistently the highest-performing local school in Victoria and at a national level. Our programs, teaching, and policy frameworks support the principles of Australian democracy, including: Elected government The rule of law Equal rights for all before the law Freedom of religion Freedom of speech and association The values of openness and tolerance Reverend William Henderson opened Ballarat College on Wednesday, 6 July 1864, when two seven-year-old cousins presented themselves at his church, St Andrew's Presbyterian. On the following Monday morning, they were joined by three other boys to become the first students of the school. Elizabeth Kennedy, the wife of another Presbyterian minister, came to Ballarat to live, and in 1876 she began a cottage school for her children and the daughters of family friends. This was the beginning of what became known as Mrs. Kennedy's School for Girls, later to become Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies College. In 1974 Ballarat College and Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies College formally joined together to become Ballarat & Clarendon College, now associated with the Uniting Church in Australia. In 2014, as the fifth oldest private school in Victoria, we proudly celebrated 150 years of providing high-quality education. While much has changed in this time, Reverend Henderson and Mrs. Kennedy's vision and values remain. Students, 150 years later, in another age, still acknowledge the guidance, support, and inspiration they receive from being members of the Ballarat Clarendon College community. The school history from 1864 to 2004 has been documented in Golden Heritage, by Phil Roberts. Phil has written a second volume to complete the story of the first 150 years. Our students' awareness, concern, and contribution to their local and global community saw them reading, swimming, walking, skipping, donating, handballing, dancing, building, and raising awareness. Junior School students raised $15,000 for Jump Rope for Heart. They gave generously through their Kids Supporting Community initiative, presenting big cheques to the Ballarat Animal Shelter, Very Special Kids, and Child and Family Services. And across the school, students volunteered at Pinarc Disability Support and Nazareth House, donated much-needed blood at the Red Cross Blood Service, raised money for struggling farmers in the Walk a Country Mile Walkathon our Players for Pink football match continues to support the Breast Cancer Network Australia the annual Girls Boarding House concert raised money for MND Victoria. In contrast, the Boys Boarding House White Ribbon dinner dance raised awareness, seeking to end violence against women in our community our Cambodia Expedition saw students working in local communities to ensure access to clean water, undertaking reforestation projects, and teaching English in the local primary schools. And so much more. Our students, parents, and staff – are a caring community bound together by a standard set of values and aspirations. There were a record number of alumni events in 2018, and we celebrated the opening of the David H Haymes rowing tank in August. It is particularly fitting to name the rowing tank after an Old Collegian who has achieved and invested so much in the sport as a rower and coach and who has contributed so much to our school over decades. We are proud to have the Haymes' family name etched into our school's history. At this time of year, it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the achievements and efforts of our VCE students, particularly the Class of 2018. We celebrate our 159-strong Year 12 cohort's successes, 101 of whom achieved a university entrance score over 80, putting them in the top 20% of the country, and 36 of these students achieved an ATAR over 95, placing them in the top 5%. Our Dux is Jack Tuohey, with an ATAR of 99.75. As ever, the context of these excellent results is our school focus to maximize a student's competence, skills and capacity so that, at the end of their time at school, when they stand on the threshold of their future, they can choose their heart's desire. And each of these young adults stands on the threshold of their future; their next steps will see them move closer to their heart's desire – whatever their personal goals or dreams may be. Within our diverse group of Year 12 students, we have aspiring engineers, industrial designers, health professionals, architects, marine biologists, dancers, military personnel, fashion designers, singers, educators, make-up artists, software developers, and musicians. These students have cause to celebrate. The Class of 2018 has achieved results that reflect their determination and effort. The outcomes also reflect the team's commitment involved in supporting, guiding, and caring for them. Congratulations to all our students, their families, and staff. Excellence is not an inconvenience, and striving for excellence, being ambitious, and wanting to achieve should be embraced. In the words of Franklin D Roosevelt, 'Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.' And our Year 12 students have much to be happy about. View full school

Ballarat Christian College was established over 30 years ago on the grounds of the Carmel Welsh Presbyterian Church in Ballarat. Since those early days, the College has moved to a 5-hectare site on the corner of Vickers and Yarrowee streets. The College is blessed with a large Multi-Purpose Centre, new Middle School precinct, and impressive Trade Training Centre. These facilities allow for an expansive range of subjects to be offered from 2017, especially in Middle and Senior School areas. Subjects like 'Cuisines of the World' and 'Drones' in the Middle School area complement a range of Senior School VCE offerings and VET courses. Our College is unashamedly Christian, and Christ's love through the message of the gospel is openly shared with all our students from Prep to Year 12. A biblical worldview is incorporated into the delivery of subjects and the undertaking of the Christian Living subject by our students. As a Registered Training Organisation, the College can also offer the Certificate III in Christian Studies to our Senior students. From Prep, our staff understands that the primary responsibility of a child's education is from their parents. We desire to partner with parents in developing the College's values in students' hearts and minds from an early age. As a parent, I have confidence that Christian education will provide diverse opportunities and meet your children's needs as it has done for my children. Our vision Every learner is reaching their God-given potential. Our Purpose: To provide each student with a Christian education that gives opportunities to develop gifts and talents to fulfill God's will in his or her life. Over the years, we have offered a unique set of classes and specialized programs for our students due to teachers, parents, community members, and local education facilities. As your child progresses from Prep to Year 12, he or she will remain engaged in various subjects that are perfectly suited to his or her age and learning level. Throughout the years at our College, your child will benefit from an atmosphere of faith, love, and understanding as he or she develops mentally, physically, and spiritually. Classes include English, Mathematics, Visual Arts, Music, French, Physical Education, Technology, and more. Please take a look at our Curriculum page for more information on what your child will learn each year at Ballarat Christian College. Ballarat Christian College's Co-curricular Program provides a wide variety of non-core curriculum and extension activities for students. Students are encouraged into at least one co-curricular activity. Some activities, such as involvement in the various bands and ensembles at the College are ongoing, whereas others are shorter. Students can be involved in our sport co-curricular program, including netball, basketball, and indoor soccer. Less physical activities, such as the primary homework club and the mathematics help groups, are also valued and positively impact student participants. View full school

Federation University Australia (FedUni) is one of the nation's leading regional universities. With a reputation for relevance and excellence, FedUni has a strong tradition of education and training delivery spanning more than 145 years. We were the nation's first regional, multi-sector university and are the third oldest site of higher learning in Australia. We offer access to vocational, undergraduate, postgraduate, and higher research degrees. With campuses in Ballarat, Berwick, Gippsland, and the Wimmera, our programs are also delivered online and via a range of partner institutes across Australia and worldwide. A new campus in Brisbane, Queensland, provides further opportunities for international students and student mobility. FedUni has also established a student support center based in Malaysia. We have around 20,000 international and domestic students. We are committed to serving regional Victorian communities yet have a broad national and international outlook. We offer the best of both worlds combining a strong tradition of tertiary education with the freedom and dynamism that comes with being a multi-sector university with close links to local industry and technology. Federation University Australia (FedUni) is a modern, progressive university providing high-quality vocational and higher education across a national and international campus network. The university has a distinguished history as the University of Ballarat, one of Australia's oldest higher education institutions. It became Federation University Australia in January 2014 upon amalgamation with Monash University's Gippsland Campus. Our campuses span Ballarat, Berwick, Gippsland, and the Wimmera in Victoria. A new campus in Brisbane, Queensland, provides further opportunities for international students and student mobility. FedUni equips students with the necessary knowledge, skills, and aptitude for further study, the world of work, and influential global citizens. We have an outstanding record for teacher quality and graduate employment, with a five-star rating from the Australian Good Universities Guide for Student Support, Social Equity, and Skills Development. Flexible study options make accessing our courses more convenient for those who wish to combine work and study commitments. Our university is committed to providing study opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds, nationalities, and ages. Our graduates are well prepared to make a difference to the communities they choose to live and work in. Many become distinguished alumni of the university in recognition of their leadership and impact. Research activity at Federation University Australia focuses on national and international importance issues, with local relevance and impact. Sports Science research is among the world's best, with a Shanghai Rankings in the 101 to 150 bracket for 2017 and a top one hundred ranking for academic subjects in hospitality, leisure, sport, and tourism disciplines. View full university