A Community of 21st Century Learners and Achievers

Lakeside Secondary College provides a learning environment that promotes wellbeing and lifelong learning by ensuring that every student experiences success and achievement. Learning at Lakeside is interactive and the teaching activities ensure that students become involved in and take responsibility for their own learning. 

Students are able to achieve excellent outcomes at Lakeside because the College places student learning firmly at the centre of its business. Every program, be it classroom based or extending beyond into the community is focussed squarely on building student confidence through success.  

At Years 7-10 the College programs are based upon the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS). At Years 11 and 12 the College is able to offer a wide range of studies from the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and Victorian Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) courses. These programs extend into the community through partnerships with local tertiary providers, industry and other agencies.

The Lakeside learning community fosters the learning of staff, students and parents. Staff at Lakeside are engaged through the Professional Learning and Performance program in continuous improvement that is focussed on implementing the highest quality classroom practice that results in student learning. As part of this program, every teacher conducts an Action Research project into best practice. 

In 2008 Lakeside Secondary College joined the Northern Metropolitan Region Achievement Improvement Zones. This has enabled the College to work closely with international and Australian experts such as Professor David Hopkins, Dr Peter Sullivan, Dr Ramon Lewis and Dr John Munro. As a result, the College is continuing and deepening its school improvement journey.

In 2008 the College concluded its Leading Schools Fund project into iLearning and ICT. As a result, students have access to the latest interactive technology and are able to use ICT across all subject areas. 

These initiatives ensure that the College provides its students not only with the fundamental skills of literacy and numeracy, but also the latest learning technologies.