Haileybury, Melbourne
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Haileybury is an independent school
affiliated with the Uniting Church in Australia
, located in Berwick
, Brighton East
and Keysborough
, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria
, Australia
. The school
incorporates both Haileybury College, an all-boys college and Haileybury Girls' College, an all-girls college. Haileybury maintains strong relations with schools in China
, Japan
and France
, and currently delivers the VCE
programme to a number of schools in China. Since 2006 the school has offered the International Bacaulaurate Diploma as an alternative qualification to VCE. The principal of Haileybury is Derek Scott. The head of Castlefield campus is Scott Doran.
The college
is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
, the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
(JSHAA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and has been a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria
(APS) since 1958.
Haileybury has received media attention in recent years over its practice of offering scholarships to successful students in other schools in various areas (including sports, music and academia). The moves have been criticised, particularly by Victoria's official academically and musically selective school
s.
The first headmaster, Mr C. H. Rendall, an old boy of Haileybury College, England
, adapted the buildings and grounds of Wellington to educational purposes and undertook his chosen task of building in Australia an English public school
with a distinctive tradition of classics and cricket
.
In 2000, Haileybury admitted the first girls into the Junior School and plans were announced to develop parallel education
for boys and girls from Year 5 on all campuses. The following year saw the introduction of an innovative pre-senior program for boys in Year 9, allowing the boys who begin to lose interest in traditional studies to broaden their horizon and participate in a number of 'Options' (10 day camps).
In 2006, The Age
newspaper published stories regarding a campaign by Haileybury Girls' College to offer scholarships to girls in schools across Melbourne in order to fill its 2007 classes in Years 10 to 12. Schools including Toorak College
, Sacre Cœur, St Margaret's School, and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
had students leave to attend Haileybury Girls' College. The campaign was criticised by these schools, with two Catholic girls' schools - Killester
and Kilbreda
Colleges - vowing to submit a formal complaint to the Uniting Church, with which the school is affiliated. It has also been alleged that Haileybury has been "unethically" hiring teachers from other schools.
How Parallel Education Works;
In all stages of schooling there is co-operation and interaction between Haileybury Girls' College and Haileybury College, whenever this is appropriate and beneficial to the students.
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
affiliated with the Uniting Church in Australia
Uniting Church in Australia
The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on 22 June 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union....
, located in Berwick
Berwick, Victoria
Berwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Berwick had a population of 36,420....
, Brighton East
Brighton East, Victoria
Brighton East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Bayside. At the 2006 Census, Brighton East had a population of 15,167....
and Keysborough
Keysborough, Victoria
Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong...
, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
incorporates both Haileybury College, an all-boys college and Haileybury Girls' College, an all-girls college. Haileybury maintains strong relations with schools in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, and currently delivers the VCE
Victorian Certificate of Education
The Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies in the state of Victoria, Australia. Study for the VCE is usually completed over two years, but it can be spread over a longer period in some cases...
programme to a number of schools in China. Since 2006 the school has offered the International Bacaulaurate Diploma as an alternative qualification to VCE. The principal of Haileybury is Derek Scott. The head of Castlefield campus is Scott Doran.
The college
College
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is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 243 leading day and boarding independent schools in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland...
, the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
Junior School Heads Association of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia , is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia....
(JSHAA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and has been a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria
Associated Public Schools of Victoria
The Associated Public Schools of Victoria are a group of eleven elite independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales in New South Wales....
(APS) since 1958.
Haileybury has received media attention in recent years over its practice of offering scholarships to successful students in other schools in various areas (including sports, music and academia). The moves have been criticised, particularly by Victoria's official academically and musically selective school
Selective school
A selective school is a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems....
s.
History
The school began with just 17 pupils on 10 February 1892 at "Wellington" on the corner of New Street and South Road, Brighton Beach.The first headmaster, Mr C. H. Rendall, an old boy of Haileybury College, England
Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Haileybury and Imperial Service College, , is a prestigious British independent school founded in 1862. The school is located at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, from central London, on of parkland occupied until 1858 by the East India College...
, adapted the buildings and grounds of Wellington to educational purposes and undertook his chosen task of building in Australia an English public school
Independent school (UK)
An independent school is a school that is not financed through the taxation system by local or national government and is instead funded by private sources, predominantly in the form of tuition charges, gifts and long-term charitable endowments, and so is not subject to the conditions imposed by...
with a distinctive tradition of classics and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
.
In 2000, Haileybury admitted the first girls into the Junior School and plans were announced to develop parallel education
Parallel education
Parallel Education is a system in which boys and girls in Australia attend the same school, but are split into single sex classes for core subjects such as English, Maths, science, LOTE, and humanities. However, students will come together for drama, music and other social and cultural activities...
for boys and girls from Year 5 on all campuses. The following year saw the introduction of an innovative pre-senior program for boys in Year 9, allowing the boys who begin to lose interest in traditional studies to broaden their horizon and participate in a number of 'Options' (10 day camps).
In 2006, The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
newspaper published stories regarding a campaign by Haileybury Girls' College to offer scholarships to girls in schools across Melbourne in order to fill its 2007 classes in Years 10 to 12. Schools including Toorak College
Toorak College, Mt Eliza
Toorak College is an independent, inter-denominational, day and boarding school for girls years 7 - 12 and co-educational from pre school to Year 6...
, Sacre Cœur, St Margaret's School, and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
had students leave to attend Haileybury Girls' College. The campaign was criticised by these schools, with two Catholic girls' schools - Killester
Killester College
Killester College is a Roman Catholic girls secondary college in Springvale, Victoria, Australia. Killester works under the governance of the Brigidine Sisters...
and Kilbreda
Kilbreda College
Kilbreda College is a Roman Catholic private girls secondary college located in Mentone, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1904 by The Brigidine Sisters and is administered by the Brigidine Order. In 2004 Kilbreda celebrated its centenary....
Colleges - vowing to submit a formal complaint to the Uniting Church, with which the school is affiliated. It has also been alleged that Haileybury has been "unethically" hiring teachers from other schools.
International Baccalaureate program
Since 2006, Haileybury's Keysborough campus has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma program as a substitute to the standard VCE curriculum available in most Victorian schools.The IB program at Haileybury is known for producing outstanding student scores, and is regarded as a more academically orientated course than its VCE alternative.Students and facilities
Students attending Haileybury College come from all over Melbourne with 98% of all students travelling on school buses to get to the Senior School. The school has the largest bus network system of any school in Australia. The majority of Haileybury students come from Brighton, East Brighton, Sandringham, Hampton, Beaumaris, Black Rock, Malvern, Mentone, Wheelers Hill, Berwick, Mount Eliza and Mornington. The College Senior School is located in Keysborough, though since 2009, there have been two additional Senior Schools implemented at both Berwick and Brighton. The school has 8 ovals, tennis and hockey courts, an Olympic-size swimming pool with diving facilities as well as other academic, sport and fitness facilities.Parallel Education
At Haileybury, the parallel education system provides education for boys and girls at the same school, and both genders are allowed to interact at any time with the exception of during class times, where only single gender classes exist. Parallel education at Haileybury incorporates two schools. Haileybury College is a school for boys, and Haileybury Girls' College is a school for girls. Each school operates from the Early Learning Centre to Year 12.How Parallel Education Works;
- Girls and boys attend the same teaching precincts
- Learning and activities are arranged to reflect the age and gender of the student and the nature of the activities
- Students from the Early Learning Centre to Year 4 are educated in coeducational classes
- Years 5 to 9 move to single gender schools at Berwick, Brighton and Keysborough (with separate Pre-Senior Centres)
- The Three-year VCE is conducted predominantly with separate classes for girls and boys, with students coming together for classes when appropriate, such as music or drama, and social and cultural activities.
- The Two-year IB program is conducted co-educationally.
In all stages of schooling there is co-operation and interaction between Haileybury Girls' College and Haileybury College, whenever this is appropriate and beneficial to the students.
See also
- List of schools in Victoria
- List of high schools in Victoria
- List of Old Haileyburians
- Victorian Certificate of EducationVictorian Certificate of EducationThe Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies in the state of Victoria, Australia. Study for the VCE is usually completed over two years, but it can be spread over a longer period in some cases...
- List of largest Victorian Schools