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Suzanne Cory High School

Australia, Melbourne

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The school at a glance
Instructs in English
Fees Fees not listed
Ages Not listed
Type Co-educational
Bus Service No
Academic offering
Curriculum IB (DP), Australian Curriculum
Taught languages French, Mandarin
Strengths STEM, Languages, Academic Enrichment
Clubs Academic and Intellectual, Arts and Creative, Community and Service
Stages Secondary School
Introduction

Suzanne Cory High School is a government co-educational selective-entry high school for Years 9–12 in Werribee, Victoria. It offers accelerated core subjects and two senior options: VCE and the IB Diploma Programme. The language curriculum serves beginners and experienced speakers, and the IB core—Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge, and Creativity, Activity and Service—is part of the Diploma. Year 10 study is specialised across seven faculty areas, with pathways leading to VCE or IB. Aspire Funds-supported facilities include a library and a pavilion, with seven-day use. The co-curricular program offers over 50 options, including fencing, game design, sculpture, and MasterChef, along with an instrumental music program and leadership opportunities. Community engagement is fostered through the Gifted Outreach Program and Daycare co-curricular activities. It is the western suburbs' sole selective-entry high school.

225 Hoppers Lane, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia

The Essentials

Suzanne Cory High School has instruction in English.

Location
225 Hoppers Lane, Werribee, 3030, Victoria

Stages
Year 9–11

Type
Government selective entry high school

Additional learning support
Structured wellbeing program with a dedicated Student Support Services team.

Country affiliation
Australia
Diving Deeper

Uniform Requirement
The school has a uniform. The Uniform and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program is part of the enrolment information.

House System
The school has a four-house system with home groups. There are house-based competitions including Athletics, Swimming, Chorals, House Dance and House Drama, as well as other activities such as debating and chess contributing to the House Cup.

Governance and Ownership
The school is a government select-entry high school.
Fees
Application fees

- Year 9 (Victorian Selective Entry exam): An application fee of AUD 175 is payable at the time of application. Remote/overseas sittings incur an additional remote-sitting charge of AUD 215. If an application is withdrawn prior to the application closing date, an administration fee of AUD 52 will be retained; there is no refund after the closing date.

- Years 10–11 (Edutest for mid‑entry): A registration / test fee is payable to Edutest at the time of registration. Suzanne Cory High School provides a concession process for families experiencing financial hardship (including a 50% reduction in the Edutest testing fee when approved). Specific Edutest payment amounts for a given intake are set at registration.

Tuition fees by year group (per term / per year)

- Years 9–12 (domestic students): There is no tuition fee for Australian or New Zealand citizens, or for students holding a visa or ImmiCard that exempts them from international student fees. As a Victorian government selective-entry secondary school, Suzanne Cory does not charge school tuition fees for eligible domestic students (therefore there are no tuition amounts per term or per year for domestic students).

- International fee‑paying students: Fee‑paying international students are not accepted/enrolled at this school.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- Application fees (ACER/Edutest) are payable at submission/registration. The ACER Year 9 application must be paid online when applying; withdrawals before the application closing date will incur the stated administration retention. Deadlines for applications and payments are set each intake cycle and applicants must pay by the dates shown in the application portal.

- Parent Contributions / other user‑pays items are typically billed according to each school's published Parent Contributions / Payment arrangements for the year (schools normally issue these charges in advance and may offer payment options and instalment plans). Schools must follow the Department of Education's Parent Contributions policy when setting billing schedules and payment terms. Suzanne Cory publishes separate Parent Payment arrangements for each year group (these set the timing and instalment options for curriculum contributions, voluntary contributions, camps and user‑pays activities).

Boarding fees

- Not applicable. Suzanne Cory High School is a day, co‑educational Victorian government selective secondary school and does not operate boarding facilities.

Other costs and typical additional fees

- Uniform: A full school uniform is required; cost for individual uniform items is payable by families through the school's uniform supply channels (uniform purchases and second‑hand uniform provisions are typical additional family costs).

- Instrumental music and private tuition: Optional/extra‑curricular instrumental lessons and instrument hire (where offered) are user‑pays and are charged separately.

- Excursions, camps and co‑curricular activities: Extra‑curricular trips, camps, some excursions and optional co‑curricular activities are charged on a user‑pays basis; these are billed when scheduled and participation is optional for students.

- Learning materials and BYOD: Where schools invite parents to provide or purchase learning materials that students will own (for example specific textbooks, calculators or recommended BYOD devices for secondary students), those costs sit under the Parent Contributions / learning materials arrangements; the school will publish lists and any user‑pays options. Suzanne Cory lists BYOD and uniform among transition information items.

- Senior certificate and external exam costs: Students undertaking external programs (for example VCE or the IB Diploma) may face standard external examination or subject‑related costs where applicable; these are invoiced as required or included in parent payment schedules for senior year arrangements.

Refund information

- Application fees: ACER application rules retain a specified administration amount if an application is withdrawn before the closing date and provide no refund after the closing date; remote‑sitting and other special arrangement fees are treated according to the application provider's refund rules.

- Parent Contributions / user‑pays items: Refunds for paid user‑pays items, camps or optional activities are determined by the school in line with the Department of Education's Parent Contributions policy and guidance; schools consider whether costs have already been incurred and handle refund requests on a case‑by‑case basis consistent with Departmental requirements.

Fee payment options (how payments are accepted)

- Application payments: ACER and Edutest application payments are made online by card at the time of registration; debit/credit cards are accepted for selective‑entry application payments.

- School parent payments and user‑pays activity payments: The school uses standard Victorian government school payment channels (Compass payment portal is the commonly used system for enrolment and parent payments; schools also routinely offer BPAY, direct deposit / bank transfer, credit/debit card, EFTPOS or in‑office payments where appropriate). Suzanne Cory uses Compass for enrolment and publishes Parent Payment arrangements for the year that specify the accepted payment methods and instalment options.

Brief summary of missing specific line‑items

- Suzanne Cory publishes year‑group Parent Payment / Charge documents (2026 Year 9, Year 10, Year 11 and Year 12 Parent Payment Policies) that set the precise dollar amounts for essential items, subject charges, camps, uniform pricing and optional user‑pays activities for each intake. Those school‑level, year‑specific figures are contained in the school's Parent Payment/Payment Policy documents; the application and test charges for Year 9 (ACER) and Edutest procedures (Years 10–11) are as described above. For exact itemised dollar amounts per year group, term or subject (uniform item prices, instrument hire or subject‑specific levies), refer to the school's published Parent Payment / Year‑level charge documents and the ACER/Edutest registration pages for the current intake.
Academics

Suzanne Cory High School teaches IB (DP), Australian Curriculum.

Curriculum
The school offers accelerated core subjects with learning pathways that allow students to shape their own learning, progressing from Year 9 into senior studies. Two senior pathways are available: the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. A language curriculum is provided for both beginners and experienced language speakers, and a Curriculum Guide is available for download.

Exam Results
Top ATAR 99.65; Median ATAR 91.85; ATAR above 90 60.71; Median study score 35; Received a first-round offer 100.

Gifted and Talented
Highly able students are supported with accelerated core subjects and bespoke learning pathways to challenge and extend their learning.
Wellbeing

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
The school has a proactive wellbeing program focused on developing social-emotional wellbeing. It equips students to recognise their strengths and areas for self-development and fosters a community where peers support one another and feel able to seek help. The program promotes positive relationships across year levels and the wider community, emphasising empathy, compassion and inclusivity. A values system recognises expected behaviours and rewards contributions to the school community.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)
The school provides structured support for student needs through staff in each student's House and a Student Support Services team. Access to services is available via student self-referral or staff referral.

English as an Additional Language (EAL)
A targeted language curriculum is responsive to both beginners and experienced language speakers.

Mental Wellbeing
Wellbeing is supported through the proactive wellbeing program and a wellbeing curriculum taught by specialised staff. The program aims to develop resilience and the knowledge to understand and manage wellbeing. Sport and physical activity also supports mental health, resilience and community.

Safeguarding
The school has a Child Safety and Wellbeing policy, a Child Safety Code of Conduct, and a policy and procedure for responding and reporting obligations, as part of safeguarding and child protection arrangements. A Complaints Policy is also in place.
Parent Experience

History
Suzanne Cory High School is a government co-educational selective-entry high school for Years 9–12 located at 225 Hoppers Lane, Werribee, Victoria. It is the only selective-entry high school in the western suburbs and one of four selective-entry high schools in Victoria. The school is named after Professor Suzanne Cory, AC, a distinguished Australian molecular biologist who supports the school and regularly participates in events. The school maintains a four-year strategic plan (2024–2028) along with annual reports and an annual implementation plan to guide goals in learning, engagement and wellbeing, and pathways for students.

Community
The school has a vibrant four-house program with activities such as athletics, swimming, chorals, house dance and house drama, and a wide range of house-based competitions including debates and chess. The co-curricular program offers over 50 options, including fencing, game design, sculpture, self-defence, photography, puzzle hunting, and the School Musical, with a requirement that students complete a semester of active co-curricular and a semester of creative or community-service co-curricular. Student leadership includes whole-school captains and house captains, supported by a Student Representative Council that coordinates events and interschool activities with other Select Entry high schools.
Facilities

Facilities Overview
Aspire Funds (Library and Building) aim to empower students by providing the resources and facilities they need to excel. A Pavilion for the school ovals is being funded to better service students and the wider community. The school facilities are used seven days a week. Facilities are generally not available for hire.

Sports Facilities
Sport plays a vital role in fostering student wellbeing and school spirit. The intra-school program includes house competitions in various sports. The interschool program allows students to represent Suzanne Cory in competitions across a broad range of sports. Sport activities contribute to mental health, resilience, and community. A Pavilion for the school ovals is being funded to enhance sporting facilities.

Academic Facilities
Learning at SCHS is structured to enable highly able students to excel across all curriculum areas with accelerated core subjects and opportunities to specialise. Year 9 features a compacted curriculum and a targeted language program for beginners and experienced language speakers. Year 10 emphasises specialisation and early entry into Year 11, with opportunities to study Year 11 level work across seven faculty areas. The school offers both the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) pathways. The IB pathway includes core elements; the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge, and the Creativity, Activity and Service project. Robotics projects with electronics are part of Year 9 learning.

Extra Curricular Facilities
The co-curricular program offers over 50 offerings, including fencing, game design, sculpture, self-defence, photography, puzzle hunting, and MasterChef. There are year-long options that combine active and creative or community service activities such as Bollywood Dance, The School Musical, and the Duke of Edinburgh award. An instrumental music program is offered as a user-pay extracurricular, with structured lessons and ensemble groups. Student leadership opportunities include school captains and house captains, plus a Student Representative Council that coordinates events. The Gifted Outreach Program connects primary students with SCHS resources and facilities, and Daycare co-curricular activities connect SCHS students with younger children.
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
The school has a rich range of co-curricular academic and intellectual opportunities with over 50 offerings. The offerings include Fencing, Game Design, Sculpture, Self Defence, Photography, Puzzle Hunting, and Masterchef. There are year-long options that combine active and creative/community service elements, such as Bollywood Dance, The School Musical, and the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Co-curricular classes bring together students from different year levels and focus on growth beyond academics.

Arts & Creative
The school has an Instrumental Music Program, a user-pay extracurricular program that offers structured lessons and ensemble groups. The program consists of 45-minute structured lessons and ensemble rehearsals before or after school, with opportunities to perform at school events and performances. The program offers a wide variety of musical experiences and includes several vibrant performance groups. Formal leadership roles in music are part of student leadership opportunities.

Cultural & Language
A targeted language curriculum is available in Year 9 for both beginners and experienced language speakers. Students also study across seven faculty areas in the curriculum with pathways into VCE or IB, and the IB Diploma Pathway includes three core elements: the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and the Creativity, Activity and Service project. Chorals (music competition) and other cultural activities occur through house events such as Chorals, House Dance and House Drama. Bollywood Dance is offered as a year-round cultural activity.

Social & Hobbies
Over 50 co-curricular offerings provide a wide range of social and hobby activities, including Fencing, Game Design, Sculpture, Self Defence, Photography, Puzzle Hunting, and Masterchef. There are whole-year options that combine active and creative/community service elements such as Bollywood Dance, The School Musical, and the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Co-curricular classes are a chance for students to meet students from different year levels and learn more about themselves whilst focusing on growth beyond academics.

Community & Service
Community engagement is embedded in co-curricular life through vertical home group time, where students develop sustained projects that engage with the local community and may receive a certificate upon completion. Examples include Daycare co-curricular with Nido Werribee Early Childhood Centre, where students teach imaginative play, culture, music and sport to preschoolers. Westsider FM and Podcast programs involve students writing for the Westsider Newspaper and producing podcasts and music performances. The Gifted Outreach Program supports the needs of highly able Year 5 and 6 students and SCHS mentors.

Leadership & Professional
Formal leadership roles include whole school captains in Music, Sports, Citizenship and Extracurricular domains, working with Whole School Captains and Vice Captains. House level leadership exists with house domain captains who organize events in the house competition. The Student Representative Council provides student voice with four elected representatives from each year level in each house. The SRC also coordinates interschool events with the Australian Select Entry Network schools in Victoria.

Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Sport plays a vital role in fostering student wellbeing, with a robust intra-school program and house competitions. The interschool sports program allows students to represent Suzanne Cory in competitions across a broad range of sports. The wellbeing program is proactive, with dedicated wellbeing leaders and a wellbeing curriculum taught by specialised staff. The school partners with families and the community to support student wellbeing and belonging.
Languages

Language Provision
French and Chinese are taught as languages other than English (LOTE). In Year 9, the language curriculum is targeted to accommodate both beginners and experienced language speakers. In Year 11, French and Chinese are offered as LOTE options within the Arts, Humanities and LOTE stream, with two senior pathways available: VCE and the IB Diploma Programme.
Admissions

Admissions
Year 9 entry:
1) ACER: Applications Open. Applications open in March 2027. ACER conducts the entrance examination on behalf of the Victorian Department of Education, and applicants who have not sat an exam will not be considered.
2) Prospective Parent Information Evening. A Prospective Parent Information Evening is scheduled (1 Apr 2026).
3) ACER: Applications Close. Applications close on 24 Apr 2026.
4) Entrance Exam. The entrance exam is held (20 Jun 2026).
5) Offer Rounds. Offers are made in rounds from 3 Aug to 15 Oct 2026; most places are filled in the first round.
6) Principal's Discretion Interview. A Principal's Discretion Interview follows after Round 3 for invited applicants. Candidates may be invited to submit a written application and provide supporting documentation, then attend an interview with a portfolio of evidence.
7) Accept Offer with ACER. Successful applicants must accept their offer via ACER by the date specified in the offer.
8) Welcome, you are now one of us! A welcome process follows after acceptance.
9) Compass Enrolment. Compass Enrolment is sent and must be completed by the date specified in the email.
10) Identity Documents. Identity documents are required; acceptable evidence includes Australian Birth Certificate, Australian Citizenship Certificate, or Passport.
11) Student Transition Survey. The transition survey is mandatory for all incoming students and supports house allocation, student grouping, and extracurricular planning; responses do not influence the offer.
12) New Parent Information Evening. Details will be emailed towards the end of the third term.
13) Year 9 Orientation. Orientation is scheduled for 23 Nov 2026.
14) Offer Rounds note. Offers are made in rounds; dates are published on the ACER website, and results are sent after the final round.

Year 10 and 11 entry:
1) EDUTEST: Applications Open. Applications open April–May 2027.
2) Prospective Parent Information Evening. A Prospective Parent Information Evening is scheduled (1 Apr 2026).
3) EDUTEST: Applications Close. Applications close on 29 May 2026.
4) Entrance Exam. The entrance exam is held on 15 Jun 2026.
5) 1st Round Offer. First round offers run from 17 Aug to 27 Oct 2026.
6) Invitation for Principal's Discretion Category. Based on test results and written application.
7) Submission of Written Application for PDC Applicants. Written applications are submitted for PDC consideration.
8) PDC Interviews. Interviews occur 19–23 Oct 2026.
9) Offers Sent. Offers are sent 27 Oct 2026.
10) Accept Offer. Acceptance is by date specified in the offer email.
11) Welcome, you are now one of us! Welcome steps follow acceptance.
12) Compass Enrolment. Compass Enrolment must be completed by the date specified in the email.
13) Identity Documents. Identity documents are required (e.g., birth certificate, citizenship certificate, or Passport).
14) Student Transition Survey. Completion is mandatory and supports house allocation and core class organisation; it does not influence the offer.
15) New Parent Information Evening. Details are emailed towards the end of the term.
16) Year 10 & 11 Orientation. Orientation is scheduled for 17 Nov 2026 with transition 24 Nov–3 Dec 2026.
17) Understanding the PDC. The selection panel reviews remaining results and invites longlisted applicants to submit a written PDC application for Year 11 entrance.
18) PDC Interviews. Shortlisted PDC candidates are invited to interview with a portfolio of evidence.
19) Offers Sent. Offers are sent to successful applicants; results are not released until after the late‑September offer period.
20) Accept Offer & Enrolment. Acceptance is required and enrolment proceeds with online completion via Compass.
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