APC NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS IN AUSTRALIA

Last year was one of major success for APC, highlighted by the amazing performance of our VCE and IB students, whose hard work paid off with top class results.

Our median study score of 32, including 35 for our SEAL cohort, puts us in the top 2 per cent of public schools in the state.

Most pleasing was the across the board improvement in our ATAR rankings, allowing so many of our students to get into the university or TAFE course of their choice.

This year has started rather spectacularly, with APC being chosen by world education expert Pasi Sahlberg as one of the top schools in Australia, as reported by the Herald Sun last week.

When our college began in 2011 many thought it fated to fail, especially after its previous incarnation had been unable to attract local families.

We turned this around by creating the sort of school our community wanted, with a positive and supportive environment for students, investment in the professional capabilities of our teachers, innovation across every aspect of the school, and an academically demanding curriculum that parents want to challenge their children to succeed.

In short, an insistence on creativity and excellence in everything we do.

The most pleasing aspect of all this to me is that we have created a great community school – one that parents know they can send their children to with absolute confidence that they will get as good an education as anywhere else, have a chance to develop their full personal, creative and academic potential, and enter the world with confidence. That’s why enrolment pressure remains strong.

I want to reassure you that, having reached this level of success and maturity as a school, we are not relaxing, but intend to continue to surprise and innovate and make this an even more supportive, creative and exciting place for students and teachers alike.

This is already happening. Our year-7 students have settled in well and our year-12s started the year with our inaugural VCE and IB study camp to get them on their way and develop a supportive and encouraging study environment.

Welcome to another exciting year!

Steven Cook Foundation Principal