Seymour College (Victoria)


Seymour College is the government school in Seymour, Victoria, Australia, catering for students from Prep to Year 12. It also provides trade training for students in mechanics and engineering in the form of VET courses, Seymour College also incorporates special school services.

History

The school was created in 2010 through a merger of Seymour Technical High School , Seymour Primary School, Seymour East Primary School and Seymour Special School. Major building works currently underway will ultimately see the merged school located on the one site in Loco Street, Seymour, previously shared by STHS and SPS.
The school initially operated under the interim name of Seymour P-12 College until the new name of Seymour College was approved in October 2011.

Campus

Building works underway in 2012 will see the whole school consolidate at a single site in Loco Street.
As of 2016 all the government schools in Seymour have successfully been incorporated into Seymour College.
The campus has 2 main areas. These are the high school area and the primary school area. The primary school area has its own Library and canteen, and primary students have a different timetable than high school students, they have their breaks at different times, so as to keep interaction between them to a minimum.

Performance

Seymour College in 2016 and 2017 performed above other schools in terms of the average ATAR score obtained by students who successfully complete year 12/VCE. The median score reported by the Better Education VCE Independent School Ranking -2016 was 27.