Footscray High School

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Footscray High School
Main building of the 7-9 Barkly campus
Address
Kinnear Street, Footscray Barkly Street, Footscray Pilgrim Street, Seddon Footscray , VIC , 3011 Australia
Information
Type	Government (public)
Motto	"Tomorrow, Together"
Established	1916
School district	Maribyrnong
Principal	Frank Vetere
Grades	7 to 12
Number of students	Approximately 1400
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Black, grey, red
Mascot	Barkly the dog
Campus principals	John Box - Barkly Campus Maria Chrisant - Pilgrim Campus Vicki Tentzoglidis - Kinnear Campus
Specialty	Science, Technology and The Arts
Website	https://footscray.vic.edu.au/

Footscray High School is a multi-campus secondary school in Melbourne, Australia. Footscray High School consists of 2 Junior years 7-9 campus Barkly and Pilgrim and a newly renovated Senior years 10-12 campus: Kinnear. Footscray High School is part of the Footscray Learning Precinct and has formed a network with the University of Melbourne which gives students a better chance of getting into the university after they leave high school. The network provides opportunities for Footscray High School to enter into a structured program that focuses upon excellence in teaching and learning practice and the improvement of student learning outcomes.^{[citation needed]}

History[edit]

In March 1916, the Footscray Technical School began teaching at what is now Victoria University's Footscray Nicholson campus. In July 1958, the school was renamed "Footscray Technical College" in line with Education Department reforms to technical schools at that time.^[1] On 25 September 1968, it was renamed "Footscray Institute of Technology" (FIT).^[2]

On 1 July 1972, the secondary education part of the institute was separated and named "Footscray Secondary Technical School". It continued to operate on the Nicholson St site.^[3] However, its council was not established until early 1975, a new site (on Ballarat Rd) was not acquired until 1975 and was not ready for occupation until May 1980. Thus during this period it remained closely linked to the institute.

The tertiary component is known as "Footscray City Films".

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official school website

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