This personalised approach has earned us the honour of being recognised asSecondary School of the Year (non-government)in the 2024 Australian Education Awards - the leading independent awards in the K-12 education sector across Australia.

Staff work collaboratively with students and their parents/guardians to build authentic relationships and support them from Year 7 through to graduation. This includes initiatives like focus student conversations, career and pathway interviews and guidance, surveys and experience days, enrichment and extension opportunities, traineeships, co-curricular activities, tutoring and supporting students to better understand the direction they would like to pursue as they consider subject selections for Years 11 and 12.

Our curriculum provides opportunity for student choice and caters for interest and ability. St Andrew’s students are encouraged to think critically, apply knowledge in new situations and develop the skills needed to become lifelong learners. We use data to track student progress and inform a deep understanding of student strengths and areas for improvement.

Our Middle Years approach is based upon research into the needs and specific developmental challenges of students during early adolescence. This approach focuses on instilling confidence in students to become lifelong learners, develop personal capacity and independence and build critical and creative thinking skills, along with numeracy and literacy skills in readiness for the senior phase of schooling. The core subjects of English, Mathematics, Humanities and Science are constants throughout these three years as are Music, Christian Education, Student Wellbeing and Physical Education.

The Year 9 Connections program at St Andrew's is a unique part of our Secondary program, which aims to assist student's in becoming independent young adults by taking them out of the classroom and connecting them with real-world environments. Students experience four opportunities including three trips throughout the year where the key objectives range from learning about local Indigenous heritage and current perspectives, a service-learning experience and understanding urban development and complex sustainability challenges.

A broad curriculum with diverse experiences assists students to identify passions and strengths and provide pathways to university, TAFE and the workforce. Our goal is to maximise the academic and/or vocational potential for all of our students. The Academic Program in Year 10 is designed to provide a challenging yet accessible suite of courses for all interests and abilities. Students are required to study the core academic subjects of English and Mathematics along with the specialist areas of HPE, Sport, Pastoral and Academic Care and Chapel/Assembly. In addition, students identify five elective subjects to study each semester.

Year 10 courses are designed to prepare students for the rigor and challenge of the senior subjects that they will encounter in the Years 11 and 12. Students are provided with opportunities to extend themselves through extra investigations, competitions, and academic clubs. In the final years of school at St Andrew’s, the character, integrity, sense of justice and student preparedness for life beyond the College is as important to us as a good ATAR. We aim to equip our young people with the dispositions and skills to contribute, influence and bring about change in the world beyond graduation.