AddressSt Albans East Primary School caters for a culturally diverse student population and is located in a well-established residential area of St Albans in the City of Brimbank. At the 2020 census, school enrolment was 429 students. The school currently comprises of 18 classes; the average number of students per class is 23 across the school. The school has a combination of straight and composite classrooms. The SFO (Student Family Occupation) is 0.75 and LBOTE 68.9%.
St Albans East Primary School staff comprises of 31.8 EFT teaching staff made up of Classroom Teachers, Teachers of the Deaf, 4 Learning Specialists, 1 Leading Teacher, Principal and two Assistant Principal. There are 8.25 EFT Education Support Staff comprising of Office Administration, Integration Aides and Auslan Interpreters. The school has the services of a Psychologist and Speech Therapist through the Region, but also employs an additional full time Speech Therapist from within the school budget to support the Deaf students and the large number of students on the Language Support Program.
St Albans East Primary School hosts the Primary Deaf Facility in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne that caters for the specific learning needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. There are currently 7 students enrolled. The current staffing profile comprises of four Teachers of the Deaf (1.6.0 EFT) and two trained Auslan interpreters (1.2 EFT). To support our Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, we teach Auslan as the Language other than English.
The school offers a comprehensive curriculum program based on Vic Curriculum and has been focusing on implementing the High Impact Teaching Strategies across the school. In addition to this we offer the following specialist programs – Visual and Performing Arts, Physical Education, STEM, LOTE (Auslan), Literacy Support , Bridges and Fountas & Pinnell Levelled Literacy Intervention). The school also offers Language Support Program, Interschool Sport, Excursion & Camping Program, PMP, P – 6 Swimming, Life Education, Vietnamese Dance Group, Library and Clubs.
We have a strong commitment to the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy and this will remain a priority for the school.
The school has a focus on:
- Building teacher capacity to ensure improved student learning in literacy and numeracy.
- Meeting the individual learning needs of all students through Individual Learning Plans.
- A growing focus on digital learning and increased access to digital devices.
- The range of social development programs that complement the formal curriculum.
- Community support for children and parents.
The completion of the Permanent Modular School Buildings Project in 2020 has allowed the school to be rebuilt consisting of two new learning centres, administration building, Deaf and Allied Health Hub.
