A Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) program is a form of streaming used in government secondary schools in

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to provide a focused educational environment for

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children. The program allows students to undertake Year 8 work in Year 7, and the option to complete their secondary education in five years instead of six, or students can choose to undertake a more comprehensive Victorian Certificate of Education that takes three years instead of two. Victoria currently has four government secondary schools which are entirely selective entry:

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Nossal High School Nossal High School, also referred to as Nossal or NHS, is a Government-funded co-educational academically selective secondary day school, located in the Melbourne suburb of Berwick, Victoria, Australia. The school (named after Sir Gustav Nos ...

and

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, plus a few specialist selective schools: John Monash Science School (which has a science focus),

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(which specialises in dance, music and visual arts) and

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(with specialist sport programs). The

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also operates a selective science specialist subschool called Elizabeth Blackburn Sciences. In 2016, the

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stopped accrediting the SEAL program, with a spokesman saying that schools that offer the program should offer enrolment to local students before students outside the school's zoning region.

Controversies

As a form of

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, SEAL programs by their very nature attract criticism from those committed to the principles of

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. Additionally, because they are not offered by every school, the schools that run them are argued to take away the top students from schools that don't, thus leading to a pool of less diverse schools and a concentration of bright students in a small number of schools.

Schools with SEAL programs

Secondary schools in Victoria offering SEAL programs:{{Cite web , title=SEAL Academy - Regional schools , url=https://sealacademy.org.au/index.php/list-of-academy-seal-schools/school-list-2 , access-date=2023-01-09 , website=sealacademy.org.au * Albert Park College * Auburn High School * Balwyn High School * Bayswater Secondary College * Bellarine Secondary College * Belmont High School *

Blackburn High School Blackburn High School is a public secondary school for both girls and boys in years 7 to 12 in Blackburn North, Victoria, Blackburn North, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, founded in 1956. The school has performed in prestigious musi ...

* Box Hill High School * Brighton Secondary College * Brunswick Secondary College *

Canterbury Girls' Secondary College Canterbury Girls Secondary College is an all-girls secondary school located in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia. The school provides an education from years 7 to 12. History It was established in 1928 as East Camberwell Domestic Arts School, ...

* Chaffey Secondary College * Dandenong High School * Doncaster Secondary College * Emerald Secondary College * Fairhills High School * Footscray High School * Gladstone Park Secondary College *

Glen Eira College Glen Eira College (GEC) is a co-educational, public secondary school located in Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on Booran road and backs on to Caulfield Racecourse Reserve. The current Booran Road school was originally Caul ...

* Gleneagles Secondary College *

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* Kambrya College * Keilor Downs College * Lilydale High School * Lyndale Secondary College * Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College * Mill Park Secondary College * Mordialloc Secondary College *

Mount Clear College Mount Clear College, formerly known as Mount Clear Secondary College and Mount Clear Technical High School, is a public high school in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was established after two secondary colleges, Ballarat Boys' Technical School ...

* Mount Erin Secondary College * Reservoir High School * Rosebud Secondary College *

Sale College Sale College is a public day school located in Sale, in the state of Victoria, Australia. It is a high school broken up into two campuses. The Mac campus(senior) and guthridge campus (junior). History It was formed in 1996 through the me ...

Sandringham College Sandringham College, established in 1988, is a two-campus secondary college located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Sandringham. In 1987 the State Government of Victoria decided to merge four schools: Beaumaris High School, Hampton ...

* St Albans Secondary College * Springside West Secondary College * Staughton College * Trafalgar High School *

* Victoria University Secondary College * Wangaratta High School *

Warrnambool College Warrnambool College is a government high school (years 7–12) in the regional town of Warrnambool in south-west Victoria, Australia. The school now known as Warrnambool College started out in 1907 as Warrnambool Agricultural High School. Aft ...

Werribee Secondary College Werribee Secondary College (abbreviated as WSC) is a government high school in Werribee, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The College is operated by the Victorian Department of Education. Established in 1956, the College enrolled, ...

* Williamstown High School * Wodonga Middle Years College * Wonthaggi Secondary College

References

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