Key Milestones for MO July - October 2017
Surplus School Sites
A list of school sites and the reason for their closure.
Ballarat Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureSebastopol Primary School – John Earnshaw Oval / Year Oval Closed: 2010
On 12 March 2010, the Sebastopol Primary School Council passed a motion that it does not require John Earnshaw Oval.
The oval is not adjacent to the existing school site but is separated by several house blocks.
Mount Clear College (part site) / In 2006, Mount Clear College declared an area of their land as surplus to their requirements.
Windermere Primary School / Year School Closed: 2014
Windermere Primary School closed due to declining student numbers. The school was de-staffed at the end of 2012 with no students enrolled for 2013.
Full community consultation was undertaken in 2013 and the School Council requested to close the school in March 2013.
Learmonth Primary School / Year School Closed: 2013
Learmonth Primary School closed due to declining student numbers. The final students started at other schools from Term 4, 2012, after which the school was de-staffed.
The Department of Education and Training held regular community consultation meetings and at the last meeting, on 23 May 2013, it was decided the school should close.
Baw Baw Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureYarragon Primary School (old site) / Yarragon Primary School relocated from Rollo Street to a larger site in Loch Street on 19 November 2012.
As the new site can accommodate future growth, the old site is not required. Buildings on site were demolished in November 2016.
Athlone Primary School / Year School Closed: 2013
Athlone Primary School closed in 2013 due to declining student numbers.
The School Council led the communication consultation process and initiated the decision to formally close the school.
Benalla Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureBenalla College (oval) / On 20 September 2012, the Benalla College Principal and School Council wrote to the Department of Education and Training requesting the land where the school’s oval was located be declared surplus as it had not been used for more than 20 years.
Goorambat Primary School / Year School Closed: 2012
Goorambat Primary School closed in 2012 due to declining student numbers.
In 1993, Goorambat Primary School was annexed to Benalla Primary School.
The school was de-staffed from February 2010 as there were no enrolments for 2010.
Brimbank Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureCalder Rise Primary School / Year School Closed: 2009
Calder Rise Primary School merged with Keilor Downs Primary School to create Keilor Views Primary School.
Buloke Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureCharlton College – Donald Street Campus / Year Campus Closed: 2014
Charlton College – Donald Street Campus was the site of the North Central TAFE Cluster, which operated for 20 years to provide a technology based curriculum to seven cluster schools.
In 2011, the cluster successfully applied for funding to build a Trade Training Centre, which was completed in September 2014 on the main Charlton College site at Davies Street.
The Donald Street site has been deemed surplus to requirements.
Campaspe Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureBallendella Primary School / Year School Closed: 2005
Ballendalla Primary School closed due to declining student numbers.
As eight students were enrolled for 2006, the School Council resolved to close the school at the end of the 2005 school year.
Kyabram P-12 College – Dawes Campus / Year Campus Closed: 2014
Kyabram Secondary College merged with Haslem Street Primary School and Dawes Road Primary School from 1 January 2009 to become Kyabram P-12 College.
As part of the reorganisation, all three school councils ratified that the new school be located on the sites of the former Kyabram Secondary College and Haslem Primay School, which share a common border.
Between 2012 and 2014 the merged College trialled a year 9 program at the Dawes Road Campus but this was discontinued, resulting in the site becoming surplus to the school’s requirements.
Buildings on site were demolished in November 2016.
Cardinia Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureIona Primary School / Year School Closed: 1993
Iona Primary School closed at the end of 1993 as part of the Quality Provision Program.
Modella Primary School (part site) / Year School Closed: 1993
Modella Primary School closed at the end of 1993 and most of the site was sold in 1994. The remainder of the school site is surplus to educational requirements.
Colac-Otway Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureCressy Primary School / Year School Closed: 2010
Cressy Primary School closed due to declining student numbers.
Lavers Hill P-12 College – Gellibrand Campus / Year Campus Closed: 2008
Lavers Hill P-12 College – Gellibrand Campus was the site of the former Gellibrand Primary School.
In 2008, the school determined it no longer required the site for education purposes.
Buildings on site were demolished in June 2017.
Swan Marsh Primary School / Year School Closed: 2011
Swan Marsh Primary School closed due to declining student numbers.
In Term 1, 2011, the parents of the final three students enrolled transferred their students to other schools. The School Council then made the decision to close the school.
Colac Secondary College – Murray Street Campus / Year Campus Closed: 2009
Following the merger of Colac High School with Colac College in 2008, the Murray Street Site become the second campus of Colac Secondary College.
The site was declared surplus as part of Stage 2 of the Colac Regeneration Project.
Buildings on site were demolished in November 2016 with exception of the heritage listed building.
Darebin Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureWilliam Ruthven Secondary College – Radford Campus / Year Campus Closed: 2010
At the end of 2009, Lakeside Secondary College and Merrilands College at Merrilands Road merged to create William Ruthven Secondary College.
The Radford Road Campus initially become a campus of William Ruthven Secondary College but closed on 31 December 2010, after which the Department of Education and Training assessed that it was not required to be retained for future education provision.
On 2 July 2015, an easement was registered on title to allow for a bikepath.
The creek frontage land is proposed to be sold to Darebin Council with a restriction on title requiring it to be used for community purposes. This will leave a separate parcel of land to be advertised for public sale.
East Gippsland Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureBenambra Primary School / Year School Closed: 2014
Benambra Primary School closed due to declining student numbers.
The school was de-staffed at the end of 2002.
On 23 April 2014, a public meeting was held to determine the future of the school. The community did not support the re-opening of the school.
Greater Bendigo Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureBendigo South East 7-10 Secondary College - Golden Square Campus / Year Campus Closed: 2008
This campus was closed due to the previous Golden Square Secondary College being merged with Flora Hill Secondary College to create the new Bendigo South East Secondary College.
The Golden Square site comprises two parcels of land; the oval and the remainder of the site.
The site is not required for future education provision.
The gymnasium has been leased.
Lightning Reef -Nolan Street Campus / Year Campus Closed: 2012
On 1 January 2011, Bendigo North Primary School (located at Nolan Street) and Comet Hill Primary School (located at Holmes Road, Bendigo) merged to form Lightning Reef Primary School. The decision to merge and be located on the Holmes Road site was ratified by all three school councils.
As part of a $13.25 million Regeneration Project, the buildings on the Holmes Road site were replaced, and from December 2012 all students and staff were located on the Holmes Road site.
Included as part of the project is an integrated early learning centre, which provides long day care, kindergarten, occasional care, and maternal and child health services.
This centre commenced operation on 7 January 2013. As a result of the merger and building project, the school site and a vacant block of land opposite the school became surplus to education requirements.
The proposed merger and the development of the new school were the subject of considerable discussion between the two school councils and their respective communities.
Golden Square Primary School / Year School Closed: 2015
Golden Square Primary School merged with Maple Street Primary School in 2009 due to falling enrolments. The merged school initially operated on both sites. Then, in 2013 the school relocated to the Laurel Street site to allow a new school to be rebuilt on the Maple Street site. This process was completed in 2015, when the Laurel Street site was declared surplus.
Extensive community consultation was a part of this process.
Drummartin Primary School / Year School Closed: 2015
Drummartin Primary School closed in 2015 due to declining student numbers. On 3 March 2015 the school council met and resolved that the school should close at the end of that year.
The 2015 enrolment was six students, two of which were in year 6. The school’s enrolments had increasingly declined from 15 in 2012. Community consultation indicated that there was no prospect for significant enrolment growth in the near future.
Greater Dandenong Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureKeysborough Secondary College – Coomoora campus (part) / Year Campus Closed: 2011
Keysborough Secondary College School Council resolved that the Coomoora campus of the school should close.
A section of the site was identified as the site of the new Keysborough Primary School, which was formed in 2010 by a merger of Coomoora Primary School and Keysborough Park School. The school relocated to the current site in 2012.
The remainder of the site is not required for future education provision.
Athol Road Primary School – East Campus (formerly Southvale Primary School / Year Campus Closed: 2011
As part of the broader Springvale/Dandenong Primary School Regeneration Project, Southvale Primary School and Springvale South Primary School merged to become Athol Road Primary School in August 2009.
The merged school operated at both school sites as campus until Stage 1 of the new school was ready for the start of the 2012 school year.
Chandler Park Primary School – Maralinga campus / Year Campus Closed: 2015
As part of the broader Springvale/Dandenong Primary School Regeneration Project, Maralinga Primary School and Chandler Primary School merged to form Chandler Park Primary School in 2010. Initially the school operated from both sites, which are 700 metres apart.
Due to declining enrolments at the merged school, the Chandler Park Primary School Council resolved in a meeting in December 2014 that the Maralinga campus should close.
Buildings on site were demolished in June 2017.
Due to the location and access issues, the site is not suitable for future education provision. A new site for a planned primary school in Keysborough South has been acquired, which school will respond to growth in the area.
Greater Geelong Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureRosewall Primary School / Year School Closed: 2008
Rosewall Primary School merged with Corio Primary School on the Corio Primary School site from the 2009 school year.
The site is not required for future education provision.
Flinders Peak Secondary College / Year School Closed: 2010
As part of the Corio Norlane Regeneration Project, multi-campus Northern Bay P-12 College was formed in 2011 as a result of a merger of nine schools.
As a result of the merger, Flinders Peak Secondary College closed at the end of 2010.
The site was approved as surplus as it was assessed at the time that the Northern Bay College campuses would be able to cater for projected future demand.
The majority of buildings on site were demolished in stages between 2014 and 2016.
In February 2017, the Department of Education and Training entered into a two year lease with the Council for the oval and change room facilities with a view of proceeding with disposal of the site at the conclusion of the lease.
Northern Bay P-12 – Corio South Primary School Campus / Year Campus Closed: 2013
As part of the Corio Norlane Regeneration Project, multi-campus Northern Bay P-12 College was formed in 2011 as a result of a merger of nine schools.
As a result of the merger, Corio South Primary School became a campus of Northern Bay P-12 College. At the time of the merger, the Corio-Norlane communities were aware the Corio South Primary School campus would close as the staged building program for Northern Bay P-12 progressed.
Hume Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureMeadows Primary School- Campmeadows campus / Year Campus Closed: 2008
In 2009, Meadowbank Primary School and Campmeadows Primary School merged due to falling enrolments.
A state-of-the-art new school was built on the Meadowbank site, which opened in March 2011. As a result of the new facilities, the Campmeadows campus was declared surplus.
The site is not required for future education provision.
Upfield Primary School / Year School Closed: 2010
As part of the Victorian Government’s Broadmeadows Regeneration Project, Upfield Primary School merged with Dallas Primary School to form the dual campus Dallas Brooks Community Primary School at the start of the 2011 school year.
Dallas Brooks Community Primary School continued to use the former Upfield Primary School site until the end of 2014.
Buildings on site were demolished in November 2016.
Knox Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureBoronia K-12 College – Mount View Campus / Year Campus Closed: 2014
In December 2012, the the former Boronia Primary School and Boronia Heights Secondary College merged to form Boronia K-12 College.
The former Boronia Heights Secondary College site operated as the Mount View Campus. The site was originally built for a secondary provision with a large technical component but, over time, the school moved to being a secondary college with an emphasis on academic subjects.
The former Boronia Primary School site on Albert Avenue was redeveloped and completed at the end of the 2014 school year, providng the the school with new purpose built accommodation for all students from Prep to Year 12. This allowed the school to close the Mount View campus at the end of the 2014 school year.
Eastern Ranges School (formerly Wantirna Heights School) / Eastern Ranges School (formerly Wantirna Heights School) relocated to the site of the former Ferntree Gully College in 2013, due to enrolment demand and the need to increase the school’s capacity. Buildings on site were demolished in June 2017.
Latrobe Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureMorwell Primary School / Year School Closed: 2016
As a result of the Morwell Regeneration Project, Morwell Primary School, Commercial Road Primary School and Tobruk Street Primary School merged to create the new Morwell Central Primary School.
A new state of the art facilty opened on a site on McDonald Street in January 2017, leaving the three former school sites vacant.
The Commerial Road site was retained for future education provision.
The Morwell Primary School and Tobruk Street Primary School sites are not required to be retained for future education provision. The Tobruk Street site was sold to the Department of Health and Human Services in August 2017.
Loddon Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureBoort District P-12 School – King Street campus / Year Campus Closed: 2012
On 1 January 2011, Boort Primary School merged with Boort Secondary College to form Boort P-12 College. The name of the school was later changed to Boort District P-12 School.
As part of a regeneration project, the buildings on the secondary college site were replaced with new buildings, which were completed at the end of 2012.
This resulted in all staff and students relocating to one site, leaving the King Street Campus (site of the former Boort Primary School) vacant.
Buildings on site were demolished in June 2017.
Macedon Ranges Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureKyneton Primary School / Following a community survey and consultation, Kyneton Primary School relocated to a new site at Edgecombe Street.
Kyneton Primary School will start operating at the new site at the start of the 2018 school year, meaning the old school site will cease to be required at the end of the 2017 school year. The old site is surplus to education requirements.
Maroondah Surplus School Sites
School site / Reason for closureCroydon South Primary School / Year School Closed: 2008
Croydon South Primary School merged with Tinternvale Primary School on the Tinternvale site at the end of the 2008 school year.
The merger resulted in the site of the former Croydon South Primary School being surplus to education requirements. The site is not required for future education provision.
In connection with the $19.5 million Maroondah Education Plan, a land swap (the Melba Land Exchange) with the Maroondah City Council has been proposed, whereby the Department of Education and Training acquires land adjacent to Melba College from the Council for use by the School and also to allow Kilsyth Basketball Club to establish a major basketball facility, with the Department acting as landlord.
In exchange, the Maroondah City Council will acquire part of this site plus part of the Parkwood Secondary College site for community use.
The Melba Land Exchange was approved by the Victorian Government Land Monitor.
Parkwood Secondary College (part) / Year School Closed: 2012
Parkwood Secondary College closed at the end of the 2012 school year as a result of declining enrolments.
The school had been experiencing declining enrolment for 13 years and had actively investigated options to address this, including merging with Norwood Primary School and Ringwood Secondary College, but both those schools withdrew from negotiations.
As part of the process, extensive consultation occurred with the school council, staff, students and the broader community.
Since 2014, the site has been repurposed as Ringwood North Community House and community open space, facilitated by a lease from the Department to the Mooroondah City Council. The area of the former school site where Council have developed the Ringwood North Community House is part of the Melba Land Exchange program, outlined above.
The remainder the site is retained for future education requirements and will continue to be leased to Council as open space for community use.
Mildura Surplus School Sites