Haileybury College

Haileybury is one of the leading independent schools in the Asia-Pacific region with campuses in Keysborough, Brighton, Berwick, Melbourne (City), Darwin and Beijing. The School is acclaimed for its outstanding academic achievements, small class sizes, broad range of co-curricular activities, and state-of-the-art facilities. Learning is based on the different learning styles of students, and on their gender, age, interests and potential.

With over 125 years of history, Haileybury has changed dramatically, and is now one of the leading private schools in Australia. Haileybury's mission is to develop high-achieving students, connected globally, to each other, and to the communities in which they live and which they will serve.

The Parallel Education Model at Haileybury allows boys and girls to learn together in younger years, and then separately as they move into middle and senior years. Haileybury also has a strong sense of community, with links through activities that bring the School together throughout the year. Acclaimed as a great, leading independent school, Haileybury is proud of the highly successful parallel education model, caring teachers, small class sizes and unmatched level of attention to each student.

The acclaim stems from our remarkable academic results achieved through the highly successful parallel education model, outstanding teachers, small class sizes and an unmatched level of individual attention – and over 125 years of history and achievement.

Haileybury was named Australian School of the Year at the 2018 Australian Education Awards and ranked by the Australian as the number one primary school for boys and girls in Victoria and the number two secondary school based on national academic testing results.

Haileybury has high expectations for its students and teachers. In the Senior School, we expect that 45% of boys and girls should be placed in the top 10% in Australia, 75% in the top 20% in the country and 90% should be in the top 30%.

We believe that graduating students should have strong core academic skills, a broad analytical thinking ability and be capable of operating in a rapidly changing world. Haileybury offers a wide range of international engagement opportunities for students from Melbourne including spending time at the Haileybury International School, Tianjin (China) or visiting partner schools in Timor Leste, The Philippines, Japan, France, the UK and the US.

At Haileybury learning starts at an early age through flexible and creative programs in our Early Learning Centres. The core literacy and numeracy skills are developed through the use of explicit, direct instructional learning in the Junior Years. In the Middle Years a combination of explicit instruction and student-centred learning is used to broaden analytical thinking and problem solving. An exciting Year 9 development program develops independence and resilience. The three-year VCE Program in the Senior Years, coupled with a wide range of subject choices available, ensures that there are programs to suit all students' interests and abilities.

Our academic programs are enhanced by Haileybury's commitment to a strong social education program that includes fulfilling potential, supporting individual resilience and the development of personal character values. I believe in the principles of social justice and am committed to the School developing our students accordingly.

Haileybury is one of the most entrepreneurial and enterprising schools in Australia. The development of Melbourne’s first vertical school, extensive operations in China and the opening of Haileybury Rendall School Darwin are all examples of this. In 2017 Haileybury became the first Australian school to have students launch an experiment on to the International Space Station. To be a Haileybury student is to be immersed in an enterprising institution.