Schools

The Inclusive School Communities Project is working with primary and secondary schools in South Australia to build their capacity for inclusive culture and community. Representatives from each school are gathering regularly in a Community of Practice (CoP) to reflect, learn, and share information and ideas. The CoP is providing a platform for peer support focused on inclusive school development; giving participants the space and resources to reflect, explore, learn, synthesize, plan, and apply inclusive school policies and practices.

We now have 15 schools participating in the project and over 25 school representatives attending CoP sessions including principals, deputies, directors, department heads, coordinators, teachers, and teacher aides. We started with five schools late in 2018 and the subsequent schools have followed a staged entry into the CoP starting mid-2019. Each school is at a different stage of their journey to inclusive education and are working on different goals during their engagement in the Inclusive School Communities Project. We are providing the information, resources, and platform to share and explore best-practice and the schools are using this to inspire action back at their sites towards their goals.

Participation in this project is not an endorsement that these schools are doing inclusion perfectly (since inclusion requires ongoing leadership, commitment, effort, and action) however it does convey their motivation to improve and move their schools further along that inclusion continuum.

The 15 schools in the project are communicating and collaborating across sites (and regions of Adelaide) as a network of South Australian schools working towards inclusive education.

Click on the school name for more information about them, their address and website details.

Antonio Catholic School

Antonio Catholic School is a strong, growing, passionate community of learners where everyone matters... and matters absolutely! They have dedicated, highly professional staff who are passionate about teaching and learning and engage in ongoing, rich professional learning to continuously improve educational outcomes for every child.

Australian Science and Mathematics School

The Australian Science & Mathematics School (ASMS) provides opportunities for young people interested in science and mathematics to develop capabilities, knowledge and perspectives which will enable them to make a positive contribution to the world which they will inherit.

Avenues College

Avenues College is a Birth-Year12 college serving the public education needs of the northeastern Adelaide community. We exist to deliver high quality, inclusive education with graduates who are determined, courageous, creative, persistent and resilient. Avenues College offers a diverse range of learning programs supported by a comprehensive variety of extra-curricular activities.

Concordia College

Concordia College is a co-educational Early Learning Centre to Year 12 International Baccalaureate World School located in Adelaide's eastern suburbs, 5km from the CBD. Embedded in all aspects of our school program is our mission to inspire young people to actively engage in lifelong learning, achieve their best, and become global citizens who serve with an open heart.

Gawler and District College B-12

Gawler and District College B-12 is a supportive, inclusive and enthusiastic community of independent thinkers. They are a learning community which encourages staff, students and parents to involve themselves fully in all aspects of school life with a focus on our core school values of Respect, Generosity and Excellence. Their students are welcoming, engaged and curious, and our staff passionate and committed to every students' needs.

Glencoe Central Primary School

Glencoe Central Primary School’s mission is to provide a high quality learning environment based around the school values of Confidence, Respect, Responsibility, Inclusion and Doing Your Best. Optimism is promoted along with resilience and quality relationships between students, staff, parents and the wider community. The school currently caters for approximately 67 students from 5 to 13 years of age, operating across three classes.

Horizon Christian School

Horizon Christian School is a Foundation to Year 12, co-educational Christian School situated in the rural township of Balaklava. They seek to provide students with a quality education, Christ-centred core values and life skills that will provide them with the foundation for future success in all that they pursue. Horizon Christian School aims to develop student’s values and leadership potential in a caring and Christian environment, through the work of committed Christian teachers.

Parafield Gardens High School

Parafield Gardens High School functions as a partnership of students, staff, parents and the community. Our vision is that all of our students develop the skills and dispositions that enable them to design, plan and lead for the futures that they want. We encourage every student to establish goals and live the values of the school, in a supportive, inclusive and caring school community.

Pulteney Grammar School

Pulteney Grammar School is a dynamic and inclusive city school community that inspires, challenges and empowers for tomorrow. They provide a dynamic, vibrant and contemporary co-educational experience for all of their students. The school location enables them to inspire a passion for learning through unique community values, partnerships and the broader cultural offerings that Adelaide provides. As such, their Learning and Performance Culture focuses on three key areas: Students, Learning and Community.

Saint John the Apostle Parish School

St John’s are justifiably proud of our Dominican history and traditions whilst providing a dynamic, vibrant and contemporary co-educational experience for all our students. Importantly, they are a strong and supportive community who seeks to know and nurture each individual child & family.

Springbank Secondary College

The emphasis on the school’s values of respect, resilience and integrity continues to support an inclusive, wellbeing-focused environment and inspires learner engagement. Creative and critical thinking and problem-solving skills development are fundamental in the learning design. In the redesigned school, a positive learning-centred culture exists to empower confident and creative learners.

St Paul's College

St Paul's College, a Catholic school for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition. As specialists in the education for boys, they support boys to learn, grow and mature at their own pace and offer both academic and vocational pathways, as well as a specialist trade training centre.

Tyndale Christian Schools group

The Tyndale Group of Schools includes Tyndale Murray Bridge, Tyndale Salisbury East and Tyndale Strathalbyn, and caters for over 2,000 students across our three Reception to Year 12 campuses. Tyndale’s vision is to provide an excellent, inclusive Christian education that equips our students to serve God and His world.