Wesley College, Melbourne

This article is about Wesley College in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. See Wesley College (disambiguation) for articles on other institutions named "Wesley College".

Wesley College is a coeducational independent school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school is a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) and was established in 1866.

Wesley has three day campuses - the original campus in Prahran (named the St. Kilda Road Campus from 2004 onwards), and campuses in Glen Waverley and Elsternwick - and an outdoor education centre in Clunes. Being the first registered school in Victoria, Wesley College Melbourne is one of Australia's finest schools, with a rich tradition on which to base its liberal, broadly based curriculum.

The school caters for students from kindergarten right through to Year 12, and offers the Victorian Certificate of Education, IB Diploma Programme and Vocational education (VET) programs for Senior College students. Its motto sapere aude means "dare to be wise".

The beginning of 2006 will see a re-structuring of Wesley College. Currently, the Senior College includes students in Years 11 and 12, the Middle School includes Years 8 to 10, the Junior School Years 5 to 7, with the Prepatory School including Prep to Year 4. The new structure will see Years 10-12 in the Senior College, Years 5 to 9 in the Middle School, and Prep to Year 4 will comprise the new Junior School.

In August 2005, an internal investigation was launched after a parent reported to the school that she believed her child's Year 5 class had been helped to cheat on a national AIM standardised literacy test by a classroom teacher. The story was covered by Melbourne media, and it was revealed that the teacher had given her students an identical test to the AIM exam a day before to improve their scores. Wesley College reported the breach in regulations to the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority as soon as management became aware of the issue. [1] [2] On the same day as the story broke in Melbourne media, the head of the junior campus resigned, in a move widely reported as connected to the cheating incident. Wesley College teachers publicly criticised the school's Principal for the way in which the resignation of the campus head, a member of the staff for over 20 years, was handled at the same time as the cheating scandal despite being entirely separate. [3]

Notable alumni

• Harold Holt, former Australian Prime Minister
• Michael Klim, swimmer
• Robert Menzies, former Australian Prime Minister
• Mark Philippoussis, tennis player

External links

• Wesley College online
• Wesley College Aquatics