The city of

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, Australia, has a number of schools.

History

The first schools in Geelong were established when the town was settled from the 1850s. Many of these schools remain open today, now joined by a number of new schools opened from the 1950s when the population of Geelong grew after World War II.

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spent two terms at the Timbertop campus of

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in 1966. The late 1980s and 1990s saw changes to the school system, with new secondary colleges such as Saint Ignatius College and Western Heights College were created from smaller

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s. It was also at this time that a number of

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were closed, and

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s were closed by the Kennett State Government. Tertiary education began with the

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in 1888. Reform of the

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sector resulted in the creation of

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in the 1970s. Today over 40,000 primary and secondary students are enrolled in schools in Geelong, with another 27,000 students a year enrolled in tertiary and further education courses.City of Greater Geelong: Top 10 Reasons to Move to Geelong
/ref> Western Heights Secondary College will be split from a three-campus school in western Geelong to a single-campus school in Vines Road in the coming years. Northern Bay P–12 College was formed in 2011 as a result of a merger of nine schools into one multi-campus college. This process of regeneration of the Corio and Norlane government schools began in 2006 and was driven by the nine school communities to ensure young people and their families in the northern suburbs of Geelong had access to high-quality education in world-class facilities.

Primary education

Secondary education

Private

Defunct and merged

* Catholic Regional College Geelong (into St Ignatius College) * Chanel College (Geelong) (closed) * Corio Bay Senior College (formerly Corio Technical School) (into Northern Bay College) * Corio Primary School (into Northern Bay College) * Corio South Primary School (into Northern Bay College) * Corio West Primary School (into Northern Bay College in 2011) * Flinders Peak Secondary College (into Northern Bay College) * Geelong East Technical School (had changed name to

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) (merged into Newcomb Secondary College) * Goold College (into Catholic Regional College) * The Hermitage (into Geelong Grammar School) * Morongo Girls' College (closed) * North Geelong Primary School (closed) * North Shore Primary School (into Northern Bay College) * Norlane High School (into Northern Bay College) * Norlane West Primary School (into Northern Bay College) * Rosewall Primary School (into Northern Bay College) * St Mary's Technical School (into Catholic Regional College) * Western Heights Secondary College (Barton Campus) (into Western Heights Secondary College Minerva Campus)

Tertiary education

* Deakin University – Geelong and Waurn Ponds Campuses * Diversitat Institute of Education and Training Australia – Geelong Campus * Diversitat Training *The Centre of Excellence- Geelong campus * Gordon Institute of TAFE * Marcus Oldham Farm Management College * Reformed Theological College * Victorian Fitness Academy – Geelong Campus

References

External links

Services In Geelong – Schools
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schools in Geelong

* Geelong-related lists