Principal Team Report

Child Safety and Wellbeing at Wheelers Hill Secondary College: Information for Families and the School Community

Wheelers Hill Secondary College  is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.

Our child safety framework includes policies, codes and procedures that explain how we support and maintain the safety and wellbeing of our students and protect them from harm. These documents are available on our website: https://www.whsc.vic.edu.au/

We are also committed to continuous improvement of our Child Safety Framework. We are currently reviewing our child safety policies and practices to ensure they are up-to-date and effective. 

Our child safety framework explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at Wheelers Hill Secondary College. You can view the policies here:

• Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy 
• Child Safety Code of Conduct 
• Child safety Responding and Reporting Obligations Policy and Procedure 
• Complaints Policy 
• Student Wellbeing and Engagement Policy 
• Bullying Prevention Policy 
• Volunteers Policy 
• Visitors Policy 
• Digital Learning Policy 

Our students and families are important partners in this process. We welcome your ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing. If you have any suggestions or comments, please telephone Wheelers Hill Secondary College on 

03 9561 5811 or email:

 wheelers.hill.sc@education.vic.gov.au

Celebrating Excellence and Creativity at WHSC

We will devote more space to our annual ‘The Hill Art and Technology Exhibition’ in our next Newsletter but I would like to affirm and celebrate on behalf of the College, what an endorsement the exhibition is of our school values and our Teaching and Learning Program. The Arts and Technology are powerful drivers of human innovation and achievement. On a micro scale our students are involved in a complex and challenging process of design thinking, collaboration, communication and prototyping. They learn from their mistakes and their successes. It is humbling and so rewarding to see young people so excited to share with their families and friends, their work. It is this sharing of the narrative of creation which is so important to curriculum development but more importantly, to the moral, ethical and cultural understanding of all of us. It is a beautiful showcase of what we learn from our children. 

Our recent student athletic achievements at State level also emphasises the commitment to excellence, perseverance and commitment to improvement that our students demonstrate.

We would also like to share with you some data from the 2025 School Performance Report:

• In NAPLAN Reading, 76% of Year 9 students are in the Strong and Exceeding bands, 9% higher than like schools

• In Numeracy, nearly 70% of Year 9 students are in the Strong and Exceeding bands, higher than our like schools

• In Writing, 70% of Year 9 students are in the Strong and Exceeding bands compared to 65% for like schools and 61% for State

• Participation rates for NAPLAN at both Year 7 and 9 were 90% and above in each category and above State in every category

• Student Participation rates from Year 7 to 12 in the Attitudes to School Survey was 94%, well above both like school and State percentages

   

We are very proud of the fact that we do take Student Voice very seriously at WHSC, and that students are given the opportunity to express their thoughts about school.

The VCAA Examinations have started, and we wish all students sitting them well. It will be over before you know it! Good luck from all staff at WHSC.

Fern Brisbane

College Principal