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Carey has five campuses: Donvale (ELC to Year 6), Kew (ELC to Year 12), the Bulleen Sports Complex, an Outdoor Education facility at Toonallook on the Gippsland Lakes, and a Carey Zero base at Mission Beach in Queensland. The Kew campus houses dedicated, purpose-built spaces for learning and collaboration, including the Centre for Learning and Innovation with a UN Room, and the Centre for Creativity and Collaboration for the Middle School. The Donvale campus provides Early Learning to Year 6 facilities set in native bushland by Mullum Creek, with Bush Kinder integrated into the ELC program. Across Kew and Donvale, Junior, Middle and Senior Schools occupy separate, purpose-built spaces for learning, collaboration and play. The Gippsland Lakes Outdoor Education facility and Mission Beach base support off-campus learning experiences.
Carey operates the Bulleen Sports Complex for on-site sport facilities. A broad range of sports is offered, including diving, football, futsal, hockey, netball, rowing, snowsports, soccer, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, touch rugby, volleyball and water polo. From Year 5, students participate in APS (boys) and APS/AGSV (girls) competitions on Saturdays and train at least once a week after school, with Firsts teams training twice weekly. Rowing is listed as a summer sport and can count as two programs.
Centre for Learning and Innovation (CLI) at the Kew campus is used by the Senior School and features modern learning spaces and a UN Room. Centre for Creativity and Collaboration supports the Middle School with dedicated spaces for creativity and collaboration. Early Learning Centres at Kew and Donvale are dedicated, separate spaces for the ELC program and early learning. The Donvale campus sits in native bushland by Mullum Creek and includes Bush Kinder as part of the ELC experience. Across Kew and Donvale, Junior, Middle and Senior Schools occupy purpose-built spaces that support learning and collaboration.
Carey offers a wide range of competitive and non-competitive activities as part of its Pathways program. Students participate in APS (boys) and APS/AGSV (girls) sports on Saturday mornings and train at least once per week after school, with Firsts teams training twice weekly. Music groups, ensembles and choirs, as well as Senior School Musical and Senior School Play, provide year-long rehearsal and performance opportunities. Debating is available for Years 7–10, with 11/12 students able to include Debating as a compulsory elective. Other activities such as snowsports are organised as electives.
Carey Baptist Grammar School is an independent co-educational day school in Melbourne, Australia, serving students from Early Learning to Year 12. The school operates across two campuses, Kew and Donvale, with facilities such as the Bulleen Sports Complex and Outdoor Education bases at Toonallook on the Gippsland Lakes and Mission Beach in Queensland. Carey delivers a continuous learning program from Early Learning to Year 12, with the Junior School using an inquiry-based approach and the Kew campus providing cross-age learning. In Year 10 students select from a broad range of subjects to guide Years 11 and 12, where the International Baccalaureate Diploma and the Victorian Certificate of Education are available (over 30 Year 11 subjects and around 40 Year 12 subjects). Distinctive features include the Centre for Learning and Innovation (with a UN Room) at Kew, and the Centre for Creativity and Collaboration for the Middle School. Founded in 1923, Carey celebrated its centenary in 2023; the motto is Animo et Fide: By Courage and Faith.
