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School overview

  • School Year Years: 7 to 12
  • Location Melville View on map
  • Number of students 1,408

Melville Senior High School is a vibrant, multicultural school providing students with a world-class education based on high-quality teaching and strong pastoral care. Melville Senior High School delivers a comprehensive educational program, with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The school runs Approved Specialist Programs, including aviation, graphic design media, netball, and an academic extension and music program.

More than 1400 students from different cultures and ethnicities attend the school.

Melville Senior High School has an Intensive English Centre (IEC) on campus, and a team of specialist English as an additional language or dialect (EADL) teachers focused on meeting the individual language needs of students.

Melville Senior High School accepts international students in Years 7 to 12.

Subjects and courses

    Approved Specialist Programs

  • Aviation
  • Graphic Design Media
  • Netball

    Other programs

  • Music in focus
  • Academic extension course

Life at Melville Senior High School

The teaching staff at Melville Senior High School are experienced and dedicated. They provide support with tutoring, workshops and homework clubs. Learning is tailored to the individual needs of students, so they can learn and thrive.

To further enrich student experiences, the school offers a range of cocurricular programs that includes over 30 interschool sporting teams, music productions, dance and band festivals, debating, outdoor pursuits, camps and wilderness expeditions, State Emergency Services cadets, academic challenge, orientation and extension camps.

Support for students

Melville Senior High School takes pride in treating each student as an individual and supporting them to strive to meet their academic, cultural, sporting, civic and pastoral needs and preparing them to meet the challenges of the future.

The school is multicultural with students from over 65 nationalities. Diversity is respected and celebrated by building collaborative relationships between staff, students, parents and families. The knowledge, skills and experiences that students from all cultural backgrounds bring with them into the classroom are harnessed to ensure their learning is relevant and supportive of successful outcomes.

The school’s student services team delivers counselling and supports students with any personal or academic issues they may have. There is also a vocational pathways program, which provides guidance about university and alternative pathways available to students.

Facilities
  • Learning Resource Centre with library and computer laboratories
  • Science classrooms with new chemistry and biology facilities
  • Arts precinct with 300-seat performing arts centre
  • Graphic design and media equipment, including 3D printers
  • Flight simulators
  • Intensive English Centre
  • Gymnasium
  • Swimming pool
  • Cafeteria that caters to different dietary requirements
Settling in

The school has an international student coordinator, who supports families with the introduction to the school community. Students are also provided with ongoing support during their time at the school, so they can succeed in their studies.

Location

Melville Senior High School is 15 kilometres from Perth city centre. The area has many parks, sporting facilities and a strong sense of community. The Swan River is close by, as well as shopping centres, restaurants and cafes. There is also access to public transport, which makes travel easy.

Location

  • Melville Senior High School is 15 kilometres from Perth city centre. The area has many parks, sporting facilities and a strong sense of community. The Swan River is close by, as well as shopping centres, restaurants and cafes. There is also access to public transport, which makes travel easy.
  • 18 Potts St, Melville WA 6156
  • 15 kilometres to Perth
  • 6 kilometres to The University of Notre Dame Australia
We acknowledge and respect the traditional custodians of the lands and waters on which our students live and are educated throughout Western Australia.

We acknowledge and understand that Elders, parents, families and communities are the first educators of their children and we recognise and value the cultures and strengths that Aboriginal children bring to the classroom. Aboriginal people have a long tradition of teaching and learning through sharing their connections with country, community, language and culture, and through their oral histories, stories and lived experiences that are passed from generation to generation. We recognise and value the learning that Aboriginal children bring with them from their homes and communities into the classroom.

CRICOS Provider code: 01723A

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