OneSchool Global

OneSchool Global South Australia has two campuses and provides our innovative learning and teaching program to approximately 114 students, in partnership with approximately 18 staff.

A registered, independent multi-campus school, we are a highly respected academic facility that demands high standards from ourselves. The School is happy to be judged objectively against other schools on performance criteria, measured as the fulfillment of student potential, aligned to government standards. We are committed to achieving the highest levels of teaching from our staff and academic potential from our students.

Originally known as Meridian School, OneSchool Global South Australia has established, and is committed to maintaining, an educational structure that will provide for students located Adelaide and Mount Gambier. This involves the provision of a central administration and registered campuses, strategically located to serve the students and maintains the integrity of being ‘one school’ by:

• Centrally enrolling all students;
• Maintaining a uniform administration structure, policies, and audit system;
• Overseeing the curriculum delivery and the assessment and reporting methods;
• Controlling and maintaining the financial viability of the school.

The programs and teaching at OneSchool Global South Australia support and promote the principles and practice of Australian democracy including a commitment to elected government, the rule of law, equal rights of all before the law, freedom of religion, freedom of speech and association and the values of openness and tolerance.

Formerly, our vision referred to preparing ‘Career-Ready’ students. We have intentionally changed this to focus on the development of ‘Life-Ready’ students. Any school can prepare a student for a career, arguably few can truly prepare a student more holistically for life.

A career is a different concept today. A student’s career might see them operate across multiple different professional fields throughout their working life. The days of doing the same thing for thirty years have passed.

Further, with the rapid changes in technology and automation some fields of work have ceased to exist or, at the very least, faced significant changes. And so, being ‘career-ready’ is no longer enough.

To ensure our students are life-ready, we need to teach differently. To be life-ready in today’s world, our students need to learn how to learn. To be life ready, our students need to develop independent and critical thinking skills, and skills such as teamwork and collaboration.

It is these skills that form an aptitude base that allows a student to adapt. Most importantly, these critical skills are transferable. When industry changes, when entire fields of work and job types are no longer required, it will be the life-ready, critical thinkers who stand the test of time and find new ways to add value.

At OneSchool, to deliver on this vision, we are prepared to do things differently. We challenge traditional and outdated pedagogical models. Our learning centres, the way we embed technology in them, and ultimately our students, are a testament to this.