Melbourne – Wollert students start 2022 in a brand-new school, as part of the Andrews Labor Government’s work to deliver a great local school for every Victorian student.
Member for Thomastown Bronwyn Halfpenny and Member for Mill Park Lily D’Ambrosio welcomed new staff and students at their brand-new Wollert Primary School, that is now complete.
The school has an administration building, including, a library, and art, food and science learning spaces, a performing arts and physical education building, two learning neighborhoods, two outdoor hardcourts, a sports field, a bike shed and playgrounds.
The school will have a capacity for approximately 525 students. It is a Supported Inclusion School – a mainstream school with additional professional capabilities and facilities designed to cater for higher than usual proportion of students with disability.
Wollert Primary is one of 14 new schools and campuses opening its doors in 2022, alongside:
• Bass Coast College – San Remo Campus
• Clyde Creek Primary School
• Clyde Secondary College
• Deanside Primary School
• Endeavour Hills Specialist School
• Gilgai Plains Primary School
• Greater Shepparton Secondary College
• Greenvale Secondary College
• McKinnon Secondary College – East Campus
• Port Melbourne Secondary College
• Strathtulloh Primary School
• Willowbank Primary School
• Wurun Senior Campus Every new Victorian primary school being built has a kindergarten on-site or next door, to reduce the burden on parents and carers while continuing to build the Education State.
In the past seven years, the Labor Government has invested more than $10.9 billion in building new schools and more than 1,700 school upgrades, creating more than 13,500 jobs in construction and associated industries.
With 62 schools opening between 2019 and 2024, the Government is well ahead in its work to open 100 new schools by 2026, ensuring every Victorian child has access to a great local school.