Department of Education - Victoria

Thomastown East Primary School is located at 82 Cedar Street in the northern suburbs of Melbourne within a residential area close to extensive industrial and retail sites. The main boundaries that impact on enrolments are Dalton Road, High Street and the Western Ring road.

The current enrolment is approximately 330 students who represent numerous ethnic backgrounds.  Enrolments for 2026 are expected to be above 330 students.  There are a high percentage of students from a non-English speaking background and also a high percentage of students are from families that are eligible for the Education Maintenance Allowance.  Our SFO is .50 

We currently have a staff of 44.0 teachers including the Principal, an Assistant Principal and a Learning Specialist. Eleven Educational Support Officers provide support in administration and within classrooms. An Out of School Hours Care program operates before and after school throughout the school year.

Our student group changes over the period of the school year due to the fact that the school is located within a low rental zone. Therefore there is a high mobility factor which has a significant effect upon educational and attendance data. The changing demographic of the school continues to present a number of challenges as our enrolments, particularly at Prep level, often present with no pre-school experience. Therefore, we focus heavily on programs such as Oral Language, Mathematics and Literacy to ensure that all of our students have a concrete basis for present and future learning

We are committed to our school based literacy and numeracy programs to ensure that our students have the best opportunities to develop their numeracy and literacy skills.

Our school community supports the belief that successful education is dependent upon a quality partnership between parents, students and teachers. Thomastown East Primary School council and staff believe that every student has the ability to learn and that this best occurs in a secure, supportive and positive working environment.  Parents, teachers and students work together to enable the students to reach their full potential. 

The school has made a long term commitment to providing our students with the best opportunities for effective learning on a personal and collective level and improving student learning outcomes.

Guiding Principles

Thomastown East Primary School is committed to: 

• The belief that every student has the ability to learn and that this best occurs in a secure, supportive and positive working environment.
• Developing high standards, inquiring minds and sound communications skills.
• Enabling students to reach their full potential.
• Building self-esteem, developing cooperative skills and providing students with a curriculum encompassing activities that are both challenging and stimulating.
• Literacy and numeracy being key areas of the curriculum.
• Integrating studies across the curriculum with an emphasis on incorporating information and communications technology.
• Providing quality teaching and learning experiences that meet the individual needs of every child.
• Team planning between staff members, professional development programs, regular program evaluation and a shared expectation of high standards.
• A quality partnership between parents, students and teachers.

At Thomastown East Primary School we are very proud of the children who make up our school and the part that we play in their development. We build positive relationships with our school community and nurture happy, confident and well balanced students.  In partnership with parents we will work together to provide your children with the skills, knowledge and values that will support them as they grow up in a complex and changing society.

Please feel free to call the office to arrange a tour on 9465 3032 or contact the Principal, Jeremy Blaney directly on the following email:  jeremy.blaney@education.vic.gov.au

 

SC1    Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the capacity to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated capacity to respond to student learning needs.

SC2    Demonstrated capacity to implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth. 

SC3    Demonstrated capacity to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated capacity to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

SC4    Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, wellbeing and engagement.    

SC5    Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.