Junior School (Prep to Year 6)

Westbourne has always been outward looking – bringing the world into the school and sending students out into the world as part of their rich learning experiences. As a culturally diverse community, this is really natural. Our International Student Centre welcomes students from many different parts of the world who choose to make Westbourne their school in Australia. We have been welcoming international students to Westbourne for nearly thirty years. For almost as many years students have safely explored and experienced global opportunities though formal curricular and co-curricular programs. These have been designed to flow on from our languages and Performing Arts programs as well as community and service throughout the school.

The course delivery method is face-to-face learning and the School will not deliver a course exclusively via online or remote learning arrangements with the exception of instances where approval has been granted by the Victorian Regulations and Qualifications Authority (VRQA), or the Education Minister executes a Ministerial Direction permitting CRICOS registered schools to deliver courses to international students enrolled in CRICOS courses through online and remote learning arrangements.
The highest education achievement offered by Westbourne Grammar School is the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).

International students in Years Prep – 10 are required to attend 80% or higher of scheduled course contact hours to meet satisfactory course attendance. Students that fall below 70% course attendance rate are considered not meeting satisfactory course attendance requirements. The School will monitor, assess and record the academic course progression of each student per term and per semester to ensure the international student is in a position to complete the course within the expected duration specified in the Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE). Students who commence studies part-way through a semester will be assessed after one full term period of attendance.

To demonstrate satisfactory course progression, students are required to achieve an average mark of 50% or higher in English, or English as a Second Language and 50% in all other subjects, please reference to (outlined below) School’s Promotions Policy and Senior School Assessment Policy.