About Us

Haileybury

Haileybury opened its doors in 1892 with five staff and 17 students. In over 125 years of history, the School has changed dramatically to become one of the leading private schools in Australia. What started as a small school has developed into a large global school with campuses in Keysborough, Brighton, Berwick, Melbourne (City), Darwin and Beijing (China).

Haileybury was named Australian School of the Year at the 2018 Australian Education Awards and ranked by the Australian as the number one primary school for boys and girls in Victoria and the number two secondary school based on national academic testing results.

We believe that graduating students should have strong core academic skills, a broad analytical thinking ability and be capable of operating in a rapidly changing world. Haileybury offers a wide range of international engagement opportunities for students from Melbourne including spending time at the Haileybury International School, Tianjin (China) or visiting partner schools in Timor-Leste, The Philippines, Japan, France, the UK and the USA.

Our academic programs are enhanced by Haileybury’s commitment to a strong social education program that includes fulfilling potential, supporting individual resilience and the development of personal character values.

Haileybury is one of the most entrepreneurial and enterprising schools in Australia. The development of Melbourne’s first vertical school, extensive operations in China and the opening of Haileybury Rendall School Darwin are all examples of this. To be a Haileybury student is to be immersed in an enterprising institution.

Haileybury Rendall School

We pride ourselves in drawing on Haileybury’s past successes as we establish our own vision for the future. Our strong ties provide many opportunities for the community to join a broad range of activities.

Developing and maintaining a strong academic culture at Haileybury Rendall School is a top priority. This academic focus utilises the highly successful Explicit Model of teaching in the primary years and the VCE in the senior years.

Haileybury Rendall School’s program is also enhanced by a strong commitment to develop in our students the life skills that are essential for living and working successfully as adults. Our School inherits a proud history of Aboriginal boarding over many years, which continues to be a high priority as we hope to grow our students’ academic achievements. Our academic and pastoral programs feature skills such as resilience, creativity, communication, collaboration and critical thinking.

We expect all our students to leave School excited by and prepared for the challenges that lie ahead.