Department of Education - Victoria

Viewbank Primary School is located in the suburb of Viewbank in the City of Banyule. The school site is spacious with well-maintained grounds and gardens and attractive views to the northeast hills of Melbourne. The school was opened in 1966 when the area was a growth corridor of Melbourne. In February 2026 we will celebrate 60 years of education at Viewbank Primary School.  

Viewbank Primary School is a welcoming and warm community hub, dedicated to cultivating a love of lifelong learning for all. Students, staff, and families are proud to be part of the school and are proactive in supporting the school in a variety of ways. Many families have attended Viewbank Primary School for generations and many teachers have strong familial and community connections with the school. We come together as a vibrant multicultural community, guided by strong, confident and supportive leadership. Members of the community work together with staff and students to create an attractive, well cared for environment from which the whole community can benefit. The leadership team ensures that the school facilities provide learning spaces and technological resources to cater for the changing needs of students and for teaching future-relevant content and skills. Staff at Viewbank Primary School are committed to prioritising high expectations and authentic relationships and maintaining consistent, high quality teaching practices, moving towards inquiry focused teaching across the school. Staff take collective responsibility for all students at the school. The students at Viewbank Primary School accept responsibilities within the school and community, which they take seriously. They are encouraged to take responsibility for their actions towards, and interactions with, other students, staff and community members. They are respectful, courteous, and reliable, and have high expectations of each other and their learning environment. Viewbank Primary School caters for the needs of as many students as the site will allow. 

Enrolment at Census Date 2025 was 643.6. In 2025 the school operates 27 classes, with specialist classes in Physical Education, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, AUSLAN and STEM.  More than 100 students take part in our privately funded Instrumental Music Program which includes singing, guitar, keyboard, woodwind, brass and string tuition. Intervention programs are run throughout the school in Literacy and Numeracy, with other enrichment programs including Lunchtime Chess Club, English as an Additional Language (EAL), Jiu Jitsu, health and human relations, house system, camping/excursion program, Green Team, Junior School Council, Student Leadership, The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program (Grade 3 and 4), Kinder- Foundation transition and Year 6-7 transition. We employ an Educational Psychologist for two days per week.

A proportion of students (2%) are the children of parents working in the Defence Forces.  We employ the services of a Defence Services Transition Aide (DSTA) to ease these students into our school setting and to assist with the issues associated with transition and transfer. 

In 2025 we have 47.1 equivalent full-time staff with a Leadership Profile comprising 3 Principal Class members and 3 Learning Specialists.  In all we have 39.0 Teaching Staff and 8.1 Teaching Support Staff.  There is an excellent blend of experienced and less-experienced teachers, good gender representation, the capacity for quality mentoring and a spread of full time and part time teaching positions. There has been increased staff turnover in recent years, and the need for quality induction and training especially with graduate teachers. 

The Before and After School Hours Program offers parents care facilities for two and a half hours before school and three hours after school. This accredited high-quality before and after school care program caters for 80 and 110 places respectively and is provided for by TheirCare.

Parent and community involvement in the school is very much valued. As well as School Council and its committees, parents play a valued role in curriculum programs, camps and excursions, working bees and special events. Viewbank Primary School¿s values are Respect, Responsibility, Resilience and Kindness.

We respect ourselves, our school and each other, and understand that our attitudes and behaviours have an impact on the people around us. 

We are responsible for doing the things we are supposed to do and accepting the results of our actions.

We demonstrate resilience by coping when things go wrong and bouncing back and by giving things a go and doing our best

We model and demonstrate kindness, and take every opportunity to help others that may be in need.

During 2020 the school completed building works with the replacement of the Northern Classrooms under a government funded $3.817 million project. During 2023 we completed a major capital works program funded to $6.90 million.  This provided 8 new classrooms, and a new administration building including staffroom.

We completed a successful School Review late 2024 from which we developed our next School Strategic Plan.

In 2025 we will continue to strive for improvement in student learning outcomes across the board, with our data continuing to be at or above like school groups and well above state means.

 

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.