School Context Statement  

3.1 

Macleod College is a co-educational state P-12 college with a strong history of academic achievement and of nurturing students to reach their personal potential. The community supports the implementation of a range of teaching and learning strategies in order to provide relevant learning experiences that recognise the students’ individual needs and help produce independent, skilled, resilient and tolerant learners equipped to live productively in a society experiencing rapid change.

Through its support of traditional curriculum values the school has a broad yet cohesive, safe yet challenging learning environment that promotes academic excellence in the eight Key Learning Areas. Within this framework, individual differences of learning style and ability, age, and gender are catered for and mutual respect for diversity is engendered.

Demographics & Transport

The College, located in the largely residential Macleod valley adjacent to the Macleod village and railway station, is set in over nine hectares of landscaped gardens that include a four-court indoor netball stadium and sports complex, 2 outside basketball courts under cover and two large playing fields. The College is part of the Banyule Network of schools.

Students generally travel to and from the College by either train (Hurstbridge Line), East est Buses (Reservoir Line), ride bikes to school or are transported by car.

3.2

3.3 The Annual Implementation Plan identifies the College priorities for 2023.