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Languages in Victorian Government Schools, 2011

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Contents

Contents 3

List of tables and figures 5

Tables 5

Figures 6

Preface 7

1. Overview of the Study of Languages in 2011 8

Trends in the Study of Languages 8

Victorian Government Primary Schools and Secondary Colleges 8

Languages Programs in Victorian Government Schools 8

Primary Languages Programs in Victorian Government Schools

(excluding VSL) 8

Secondary Languages Programs in Victorian Government Schools

(excluding VSL) 10

Aggregate Figures for Enrolments in Languages Programs in 2011 11

Language Profiles 14

Trend Tables for Other Selected Languages 18

2. Summary of Findings 19

Victorian Government Primary Schools 19

Victorian Government Secondary Colleges 20

Teachers of Languages in Victorian Government Schools 21

Victorian School of Languages 22

3. Victorian Government Primary Schools 23

Schools 23

Students 25

Languages Taught 27

Contact Time 29

Program Types 30

Regional Provision of Languages Study 32

4. Victorian Government Secondary Colleges 34

Colleges 34

Students 36

Languages Taught 38

Male/Female Enrolments 40

Languages Study at the VCE Level 41

Contact Time 44

Program Types 44

4 Languages in Victorian government schools, 2011

Regional Provision of Languages 45

5. Teachers of Languages in Victorian Government Schools and Colleges 49

6. Bilingual Programs in Victorian Government Schools 53

7. The Victorian School of Languages 55

Distance Education Section of the Victorian School of Languages 58

APPENDICES 60

1: Languages by Government Primary Schools, 2011 60

2: Languages by Government Secondary Colleges, 2011 71

3: Government Primary Schools and Languages Provided, 2011 78

4: Government Secondary Colleges and Languages Provided, 2011 98

5: VSL Centres and Languages Provided, 2011 107

Preface 5

List of tables and figures

Tables

Table 1.1: Total enrolments in Languages study, government primary schools and secondary colleges, and the VSL, 2011 ............................................................................... 11

Table 1.2: Number of primary and secondary level programs, by language, 2011 ............................... 13

Table 1.3: Enrolment trends in Italian, 2005–11 ................................................................................... 14

Table 1.4: Enrolment trends in Japanese, 2005–11 ............................................................................. 14

Table 1.5: Enrolment trends in Indonesian, 2005–11 ........................................................................... 15

Table 1.6: Enrolment trends in French, 2005–11 .................................................................................. 15

Table 1.7: Enrolment trends in Chinese (Mandarin), 2005–11 .............................................................. 16

Table 1.8: Enrolment trends in German, 2005–11 ................................................................................ 16

Table 1.9: Enrolment trends in Auslan, 2005–11 .................................................................................. 17

Table 1.10: Enrolment trends in Greek, 2005–11 ................................................................................... 17

Table 1.11: Enrolment trends in Spanish, 2005–11 ................................................................................ 18

Table 1.12: Enrolment trends in Vietnamese, 2005–11 .......................................................................... 18

Table 1.13: Enrolment trends in Turkish, 2005–11 ................................................................................. 18

Table 1.14: Enrolment trends in Arabic, 2005–11 ................................................................................... 18

Table 3.1: Number and percentage of primary schools with Languages programs, by year level, 2005–11* ............................................................................................................ 24

Table 3.2: Number and percentage of primary level programs, by language, 2011 .............................. 25

Table 3.3: Primary level Languages enrolments by year level and as a percentage of total student population, 2005–11 ........................................................................................ 26

Table 3.4: Primary enrolments, by language and year level, 2011 ....................................................... 28

Table 3.5: Primary enrolments, by language and program type, 2011 ................................................. 31

Table 3.6: Primary schools providing Languages programs, by region, 2011 ....................................... 32

Table 3.7: Primary enrolments, by language and region, 2011 ............................................................. 33

Table 4.1: Number and percentage of secondary programs, by language, 2011 ................................. 35

Table 4.2: Compulsory Languages study, by year level (Years 7 to 10), 2005–11* .............................. 35

Table 4.3: Secondary level Languages enrolments, by year level and as a percentage of total student population, 2005–11 .................................................................................... 36

Table 4.4: Secondary enrolments, by language and year level, 2011 .................................................. 38

Table 4.5: Secondary enrolments as a percentage of all Languages enrolments, selected languages, Years 7 and 12, 2011 (%) ................................................................ 40

Table 4.6: Secondary enrolments, by gender and language, 2011 ....................................................... 41

Table 4.7: Student enrolments (government colleges) by language, students eligible to graduate from VCE, 2008 –11 (based on VCE unit 4 enrolments) ....................................... 42

Table 4.8: Students eligible to graduate from VCE, 2011 (government colleges): number of students who completed a VCE Unit 4 Languages course by year undertaken ........................................................................................................................... 43

Table 4.9: Secondary Languages enrolments, by language and program type, 2011 .......................... 45

Table 4.10: Secondary Languages enrolments, by metropolitan and regional areas, by year level, 2011 .................................................................................................................... 46

Table 4.11: Secondary enrolments, by region and language, 2011 ........................................................ 47

Table 5.1: Teachers by gender and language, 2011 ............................................................................ 50

Table 6.1: Designated bilingual programs, 2011 ................................................................................... 54


Table 7.1: VSL enrolments, by language and year level, 2011 ............................................................ 56

Table 7.2: Student enrolments in distance education, by language and year level, 2011 .................... 59

Figures Figure 1.1: Number and percentage of primary schools providing a Languages program,

2005–11 ................................................................................................................................ 9

Figure 1.2: Number of primary schools offering the eight most widely studied languages, 2005–11 ................................................................................................................................ 9

Figure 1.3: Number and percentage of secondary colleges providing a Languages program, 2005–11 ............................................................................................................... 10

Figure 1.4: Total enrolments in six most widely studied languages, 2005–11* ...................................... 12

Figure 3.1: Percentage of primary schools providing Languages programs, by year level, 2005–11* ............................................................................................................................. 23

Figure 3.2: Sequences of Languages programs in primary schools, 2011 ............................................ 24

Figure 3.3: Percentage of primary school students studying Languages, 2005–11 .............................. 26

Figure 3.4: Primary level Languages enrolments, by year level, 2005–11 ............................................ 27

Figure 3.5: Primary level enrolments, by language, 2011...................................................................... 28

Figure 3.6: Primary enrolments for the six most studied languages, 2005–11 ...................................... 29

Figure 3.7: Enrolments in primary Languages programs, by minutes per week, 2011 .......................... 29

Figure 3.8: Average minutes of Languages study per week, 2005–11 .................................................. 30

Figure 3.9: Primary Languages enrolments (%), by program type, 2011 .............................................. 31

Figure 3.10: Percentage of primary schools providing a Languages program, by region, 2011 .................................................................................................................................... 32

Figure 4.1: Percentage of secondary colleges providing Languages programs, by year level, 2005–11* .................................................................................................................... 34

Figure 4.2: Sequences of Languages programs in secondary colleges, 2011 ...................................... 34

Figure 4.3: Percentage of secondary colleges where a language is compulsory, by year level, 2005–11* .................................................................................................................... 36

Figure 4.4: Percentage of secondary students studying a language, by year level, 2005–11 ........................................................................................................................................ 37

Figure 4.5: Percentage of secondary level students studying a language, 2005–11 ............................. 37

Figure 4.6: Secondary enrolments, by language, 2011 ......................................................................... 39

Figure 4.7: Secondary enrolments, six most widely studied languages, 2005–11 ................................. 39

Figure 4.8: Secondary Languages enrolments, by gender and year level, 2011 ................................... 40

Figure 4.9: Average minutes per week for Languages programs, by year level, 2005–11 .................... 44

Figure 4.10: Secondary Languages student numbers in metropolitan and regional areas, by year level, 2011 .............................................................................................................. 46

Figure 4.11: Languages enrolments at Years 11 and 12, by regional or metropolitan regions, 2005–11 ................................................................................................................. 48

Figure 5.1: Languages teachers, by school type, 2011 ......................................................................... 49

Figure 5.2: Qualification levels of Languages teachers, 2011 ............................................................... 51

Figure 5.3: Hours spent teaching Languages each week, primary and secondary levels, 2011 .................................................................................................................................... 52

Figure 7.1: Enrolments at the VSL, 2005–11 ......................................................................................... 55

Figure 7.2: Languages enrolments at the VSL, by sector, 2011 ............................................................ 58

Figure 7.3: Student enrolments in distance education (six most studied languages), 2005–11 .............................................................................................................................. 59

Preface 7

Preface

In 2011, the Victorian Government continued its strong commitment to supporting and extending

the teaching of Languages in Victorian government primary schools and secondary colleges. The

data in this publication is based on responses from primary schools and secondary colleges to a

web-based Languages survey. While usually administered as a separate instrument, the

Languages survey was incorporated into the DEECD Mid-year (August) school supplementary

census for the first time in 2011. The data collected provides a comprehensive picture of the

provision of Languages education at that time in Victoria.

The provision of Languages education is a matter of careful planning and coordination between the

various providers including mainstream government primary schools and secondary colleges, the

Victorian School of Languages (VSL) and community languages schools. This report focuses on the

provision of Languages programs through mainstream government primary schools and secondary

colleges and the VSL. Programs conducted outside regular school hours by Community Languages

Schools (CLS) have not been analysed in this report, although students who study a language to the

VCE level through a CLS are included in Languages study at the VCE level section.

In 2011, nineteen languages were taught in government schools and colleges in 2011, while 46

languages were studied through the VSL, representing 48 languages in total. One thousand and

fifteen or 69.7% of government schools and colleges in Victoria offered Languages programs, with a

total of 284,872 students (53.6%) enrolled in these programs. A further 2,267 students were enrolled

in taster programs at the secondary level. There were also 15,790 enrolments at the Victorian School

of Languages (VSL) with the Distance Education Section of the VSL providing courses in ten

languages. The total number of enrolments in Languages programs in 2011 was 302,662.

Italian, Japanese, Indonesian, French, Chinese (Mandarin), German, Auslan and Greek were the

most widely taught languages across all government primary schools and secondary colleges.

However, at the VSL, community languages were of greater significance. The eight most widely

studied languages at the VSL were Chinese (Mandarin), Vietnamese, Greek, Turkish, Japanese,

French, Arabic and Italian.

The release of The Victorian Government's Vision of Languages Education, in November 2011,

signalled the government's intention to strengthen the study of languages in Victorian schools. A

significant new focus on improving and extending languages education was introduced by DEECD

in 2011 with the target that all P to 10 students in Victorian government schools be studying a

language by 2025, starting with Prep in 2015.


1. Overview of the Study of Languages in 2011

Trends in the Study of Languages

The following trend analysis reviews Languages study overall and at the primary and secondary

levels in Victorian government schools and colleges over the last seven years. It provides an

overview of the current state of Languages and highlights the differing patterns in the study of

Languages at the primary and secondary levels.

Victorian Government Primary Schools and Secondary Colleges

This report considers data collected, in August 2011, from 1,456 government primary, secondary

and P to 12 schools in Victoria.1 Among the 1,456 schools, 1,210 schools offered primary level

schooling and 317 schools offered secondary level schooling. English language schools and

Special schools are not included in this figure, nor are they considered in this report.

It should be noted that the number of government schools fluctuates slightly each year. For

example, data from 1,470 schools were considered in the 2010 report, while this number decreased

to 1,456 schools in 2011. Percentages, as well as actual numbers, are provided for clarity in some

tables and figures (e.g. Figure 1.1).

Languages Programs in Victorian Government Schools

In 2011, 1,015 (69.7%) of 1,456 government schools and colleges in Victoria offered Languages

programs. A total of 284,872 students (53.6%) were enrolled in these programs. A further 2,267

students were enrolled in taster programs at the secondary level. There was also 15,790

enrolments at the Victorian School of Languages (VSL) bringing the total number of enrolments in

Languages programs in 2011 to 302,662 (Table 1.1). Nineteen languages were taught in

government schools and colleges in 2011, while 46 languages were studied through the VSL. In

total, 48 languages were studied by government school students.

Primary Languages Programs in Victorian Government Schools (excluding VSL) There was a continual decline in the number of government primary schools providing Languages

programs between 2005 and 2011 (Figure 1.1), along with a concomitant decline in student

enrolments. The number of schools providing a Languages program decreased by 30.1% between

2005 and 2011, with a notable drop of 67 primary school programs between 2010 and 2011. This

decline was relatively consistent at all year levels (Figure 3.1).

Concurrently, the number of primary school students studying a language between 2005 and 2011

declined from 84.1% to 62.3% (Figure 3.3). In student numbers, this represents a 26.4% decrease

in student enrolments between 2005 and 2011, from 261,601 to 192,496 enrolments in 2011.

The number of primary schools providing each language has fluctuated between 2005 and 2011,

with some languages faring better than others. As can be seen in Figure 1.2, the number of

primary schools providing Indonesian, Italian and Japanese continued to decrease between 2005

and 2011. On the other hand, the number of primary schools providing Chinese (Mandarin)

continued to grow between 2005 and 2011, with more schools providing Chinese (Mandarin) than

German in 2011. Offerings of French remained relatively stable over the same time frame, while

the number of schools providing German slowly declined. Provision of Auslan mainly increased

between 2005 and 2010 but declined slightly in 2011.

The amount of time primary schools allocate to the study of Languages remains an ongoing issue

for the quality of Languages programs. The DEECD Curriculum Planning Guidelines recommend

that students receive 150 minutes of Languages study per week. In 2011, however, only 0.5% of

primary Languages programs ran for 150 minutes or more per week (Figure 3.7).

1 Dargo primary school and Goorambat primary school recorded zero enrolments in 2011 and were therefore

not included in this analysis.

Overview of the Study of Languages in 2011 9

0

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100

150

200

250

300

350

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Italian

Indonesian

Japanese

French

German

Chinese(Mandarin)Auslan

Greek

1,116 87.8%

1,045 82.9% 972

77.4% 947

75.5%

880 71%

847 69.3% 780

64.5%

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Figure 1.1: Number and percentage of primary schools providing a Languages program, 2005–11

Figure 1.2: Number of primary schools offering the eight most widely studied languages, 2005–11

In 2011, data was collected for the first time on a newer methodology in languages education

known as Content and Languages Integrated Learning (CLIL). These programs include teaching

content from another curriculum area, combined with explicit teaching of the target language with a

focus on the vocabulary and structures required for the additional curriculum area. Content may

include all or part of one or more curriculum area. Overall, in 2011, 59.4% of students participated

in programs which focused on language acquisition. Specifically, 49.5% of Languages students

participated in Languages programs, 8.6% participated in a CLIL program and 1.3% participated in

an immersion or bilingual program. The remaining 40.6% of students participated in Cultural

awareness and limited language programs (Figure 3.9).


284 91.3%

289 92.9%

272 88.3%

273 89.2%

275 87.6%

272 86.6%

277 87.4%

0

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100

150

200

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350

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Secondary Languages Programs in Victorian Government Schools (excluding VSL)

Languages provision at the secondary level remained relatively stable between 2007 and 2011,

increasing by five colleges between 2010 and 2011 (Figure 1.3). However, over the same time

frame, the number of students studying a language at the secondary level decreased by 17.5%

(Figure 4.5). It is encouraging that student numbers increased slightly, by 0.5%, between 2010 and

2011 (Table 4.3).

Figure 1.3: Number and percentage of secondary colleges providing a Languages program, 2005–11

Enrolments in secondary Languages programs consistently decreased between 2005 and 2010,

moving from 49.1% of students in 2005 to 41.1% of students (91,657 students) in 2010 (Figure

4.5), but increased slightly to 41.6% in 2011 (92,109 students). The largest decrease in enrolments

between 2005 and 2007 was at the Year 9 and 10 levels, but overall, participation rates across

year levels were relatively stable between 2007 and 2011 (Figure 4.4).

The number of students attending government secondary colleges who complete a Languages

course by the time they complete Year 12 increased substantially over the same time period. This

was due to a number of variables, including the flexible nature of the Victorian curriculum, which

allows students to undertake and complete Languages courses prior to enrolling in Year 12, the

availability of Languages study outside of schools and colleges through the VSL, including distance

education and the availability of Languages study through community languages schools. As a

result, amongst the students who were eligible to graduate from secondary schooling in 2011,

17.7% had successfully completed a VCE languages study.

Another positive indicator in relation to Languages study has been the slow but steady increase in

the percentage of males studying a language through to the Year 12 level. While a roughly equal

number of males and females study languages at Years 7 to 9, the number of males studying

Languages drops dramatically from Year 10 onwards, with students who continue Languages

study through to Year 12 being predominantly female (61.6% in 2011). However, the percentage of

males enrolled in Year 12 who study a language has increased slowly in recent years, up to 38.4%

in 2011 (Figure 4.8) in comparison to 31.3% in 2005.

When looking at enrolment changes for specific languages, the six most widely studied languages

in government secondary colleges all experienced rising and falling enrolments between 2005 and

2011. Between 2007 and 2011, enrolments in Indonesian, French and Italian fluctuated but

remained similar overall. However, in that same time period, enrolments in Japanese and German

declined. Chinese (Mandarin) was the one language which continually grew in popularity at the

secondary level, with enrolments increasing 53.8% between 2005 and 2011, albeit from a small


base (Figure 4.7). Overall, the six most widely studied languages at the secondary level were

French, Italian, Japanese, Indonesian, German and Chinese (Mandarin).

Trends in program type at the secondary level continue to move in a positive direction every year.

Overall, in 2011, 98.2% of students participated in programs which focused on language

acquisition. Specifically, 96.2% of Languages students participated in Languages programs and

2% participated in a CLIL program. Only 1.8% of students were in Cultural awareness and limited

language programs (Table 4.10).

Aggregate Figures for Enrolments in Languages Programs in 2011

Table 1.1 provides a summary of enrolments in Victorian government primary schools and

secondary colleges, including all enrolments at the VSL (including through distance education), for

2011. At the secondary level, students studying more than one language through taster programs

are counted for each language they are enrolled in. Hence, this table represents student

enrolments, not the number of students studying a language.

Table 1.1: Total enrolments in Languages study, government primary schools and secondary colleges, and the VSL, 2011

Language Primary Primary VSL

Primary total

Second. Second. VSL

Second. total

Total enrol.

%*

Italian 53,114 198 53,312 19,105 468 19,573 72,885 24.3

Japanese 38,108 80 38,188 17,602 767 18,369 56,557 18.9

Indonesian 35,745 6 35,751 17,012 377 17,389 53,140 17.7

French 18,562 103 18,665 19,630 622 20,252 38,917 13.0

Chinese (Mandarin)

16,752 1,337 18,089 6,245 1,398 7,643 25,732 8.6

German 11,653 40 11,693 10,836 452 11,288 22,981 7.7

Auslan 11,017 0 11,017 813 0 813 11,830 3.9

Greek 2,187 700 2,887 953 251 1,204 4,091 1.4

Spanish 2,377 197 2,574 369 403 772 3,346 1.1

Vietnamese 472 1,021 1,493 484 989 1,473 2,966 1.0

Turkish 836 488 1,324 254 413 667 1,991 0.7

Arabic 443 358 801 415 362 777 1,578 0.5

Karen 940 164 1,104 0 121 121 1,225 0.4

Macedonian 121 225 346 288 238 526 872 0.3

Sinhala 0 339 339 0 176 176 515 0.2

Punjabi 0 257 257 0 204 204 461 0.2

Korean 133 102 235 0 216 216 451 0.2

Latin 0 1 1 279 102 381 382 0.1

Croatian 0 178 178 0 172 172 350 0.1

Hindi 0 163 163 0 145 145 308 0.1

Dari 0 121 121 0 136 136 257 0.1

Chin (Hakha) 0 104 104 0 93 93 197 0.1

Polish 0 29 29 0 162 162 191 0.1

Persian 0 14 14 0 175 175 189 0.1

Bosnian 0 61 61 0 108 108 169 0.1

Khmer 0 82 82 0 83 83 165 0.1

Serbian 0 43 43 0 60 60 103 <0.1

Russian 0 62 62 0 34 34 96 <0.1

Hebrew 0 42 42 0 47 47 89 <0.1


0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese

French

German

Chinese(Mandarin)

Language Primary Primary VSL

Primary total

Second. Second. VSL

Second. total

Total enrol.

%*

Portuguese 0 29 29 0 48 48 77 <0.1

Dutch 36 16 52 0 23 23 75 <0.1

Classical Greek

0 0 0 68 0 68 68 <0.1

Albanian 0 36 36 0 24 24 60 <0.1

Filipino 0 8 8 0 51 51 59 <0.1

Maltese 0 24 24 0 22 22 46 <0.1

Hungarian 0 15 15 0 19 19 34 <0.1

Dinka 0 14 14 0 15 15 29 <0.1

Syriac 0 20 20 0 7 7 27 <0.1

Aboriginal Languages

0 0 0 23 0 23 23 <0.1

Pushto 0 9 9 0 10 10 19 <0.1

Bengali 0 15 15 0 3 3 18 <0.1

Romanian 0 3 3 0 15 15 18 <0.1

Amharic 0 16 16 0 1 1 17 <0.1

Chinese (Cantonese)

0 9 9 0 8 8 17 <0.1

Tigrinya 0 10 10 0 3 3 13 <0.1

Swahili 0 6 6 0 6 6 12 <0.1

Bulgarian 0 10 10 0 0 0 10 <0.1

Lithuanian 0 3 3 0 3 3 6 <0.1

Total 192,496 6,758 199,254 94,376 9,032 103,408 302,662 100

*As a percentage of Languages enrolments.

Figure 1.4: Total enrolments in six most widely studied languages, 2005–11*

Note that these enrolments include government primary school and secondary college students and all students studying through

the VSL, including distance education.


Figure 1.4 details trends in the six most studied languages between 2005 and 2011. This figure

includes enrolments at the primary and secondary levels, as well as all enrolments at the VSL

(including distance education enrolments). The most noticeable trend in primary schools and

secondary colleges has been the decline of German, Indonesian, Italian and Japanese.

Enrolments in French remained stable between 2005 and 2011. Chinese (Mandarin) was the only

language that consistently grew in popularity, up 68.2% between 2005 and 2011, albeit from a

small base (Figure 1.4).

Table 1.2 provides an outline of the number of Languages programs in Victorian government

primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011. Overall, there was a marked decline in the

number of language programs, down 88 programs from 2010. Looking more closely at individual

languages, Indonesian was still taught in the largest number programs across Victoria in 2011.

Notable changes between 2010 and 2011 include the decrease in the number of programs for

French (-9), German (-10), Indonesian (-24), Italian (-23) and Japanese (-25), while the number of

programs for Chinese (Mandarin) increased by 25 schools in 2011.

Table 1.2: Number of primary and secondary level programs, by language, 2011

Language Number of schools offering

language*

Primary level

programs

Secondary level

programs

Total number of programs

Change from 2010 (number of programs)

Indonesian 252 172 96 268 -24

Italian 252 187 72 259 -23

Japanese 234 158 85 243 -25

French 174 98 83 181 -9

Chinese (Mandarin) 126 86 43 129 +25

German 115 61 59 120 -10

Auslan 47 42 6 48 -5

Greek 21 12 9 21 -6

Spanish 17 13 5 18 0

Vietnamese 14 5 9 14 0

Arabic 7 4 4 8 -4

Macedonian 5 2 3 5 0

Turkish 5 4 1 5 -1

Karen 3 3 0 3 +1

Korean 2 2 0 2 +1

Latin 2 0 2 2 0

Aboriginal Languages 1 0 1 1 0

Classical Greek 1 0 1 1 0

Dutch 1 1 0 1 0

Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 -1

Khmer 0 0 0 0 -1

Maori 0 0 0 0 -3

Swahili 0 0 0 0 -1

Thai 0 0 0 0 -2

*Note that the second column counts the number of schools and colleges teaching each language, while the other columns count program numbers. If a P to 12 school offers a language program to both primary and secondary levels, it is counted in both the Primary level programs column and the Secondary level program column. Hence, the totals in the Number of schools offering language column is sometimes less than the Total number of programs column.


Language Profiles

Italian

Italian was the most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011, with 72,885

enrolments across government primary schools and secondary colleges and the Victorian School

of Languages (including enrolments through distance education) (Table 1.3). It was also studied by

the most students at the primary level, offered in 23.8% of the primary schools with Languages

programs (or 15.5% of all primary schools). At the secondary level, it was the second most studied

language, offered at 26% of the secondary colleges with Languages programs (or 22.7% of all

secondary colleges). Italian was studied at the 12 VSL centres (including through distance

education) in both regional and metropolitan areas. In 2011, 230 students eligible to graduate from

secondary college had completed Italian study to Year 12 level (Unit 4). While Italian has the

highest number of enrolments in Victorian schools, enrolments in Italian decreased 24.9% between

2005 and 2011. This decline was most notable at the primary level where enrolments fell 29.6%,

although enrolments at the secondary level also fell 10.4% over the same period. However,

encouragingly, enrolments in Italian at the secondary level increased 6.3% or by 1,126 enrolments

between 2010 and 2011.

Italian was taught by 327 teachers in 252 primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.

Table 1.3: Enrolment trends in Italian, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 75,419 71,560 66,948 60,703 58,984 55,783 53,114

VSL primary 71 75 49 184 132 203 198

Secondary colleges 21,319 21,505 21,873 18,836 18,842 17,979 19,105

VSL secondary 235 212 209 522 481 456 468

Total 97,044 93,352 89,079 80,245 78,439 74,421 72,885

Japanese

Japanese was the second most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011, with

56,557 enrolments in government primary schools and secondary colleges, and the Victorian

School of Languages (including enrolments through distance education) (Table 1.4). It was the

second most studied language at the primary level, offered in 20.3% of the primary schools with

Languages programs (or 13.1% of all primary schools). At the secondary level, it was the second

most popular language, studied at 30.7% of the secondary colleges providing a Languages

program (or 26.8% of all secondary colleges). Japanese was studied at 9 VSL centres (including

through distance education) in both regional and metropolitan areas. In 2011, 526 students eligible

to graduate from secondary college had completed Japanese study to the Year 12 level (Unit 4).

Enrolments in Japanese decreased 26.1% between 2005 and 2011, declining at both the primary

(-31.5%) and secondary (-13.7%) levels.

Japanese was taught by 297 teachers in 234 primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.

Table 1.4: Enrolment trends in Japanese, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 55,654 48,347 46,193 45,395 41,798 43,183 38,108

VSL primary 25 21 32 57 55 70 80


VSL secondary 413 435 410 763 717 853 767

Total 76,484 68,930 65,497 66,362 61,620 62,221 56,557

Indonesian

Indonesian was the third most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011, with

53,140 enrolments in government primary schools and secondary colleges and the Victorian

School of Languages (including enrolments through distance education) (Table 1.5). It was the

third most studied language at the primary level, offered in 22.1% of the primary schools with

Languages programs (or 14.2% of all primary schools). At the secondary level, it was the fourth


most popular language but studied at the largest number of secondary colleges, comprising 34.7%

of those providing a Languages program (or 30.3% of all secondary colleges). Indonesian was

studied at three VSL centres (including through distance education) in the metropolitan area. In

2011, 325 students eligible to graduate from secondary college had completed Indonesian study to

the Year 12 level (Unit 4). Enrolments in Indonesian continually decreased between 2005 and

2011, declining 42.2% overall, with significant decreases at both the primary (47.2%) and

secondary (29%) levels.

Indonesian was taught by 303 teachers in 253 primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.

Table 1.5: Enrolment trends in Indonesian, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 67,705 61,513 51,141 48,076 43,186 39,049 35,745

VSL primary 6 3 1 5 8 2 6


VSL secondary 217 252 245 390 326 369 377

Total 91,896 83,596 71,538 66,905 61,369 56,057 53,140

French

French was the fourth most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011, with 38,917

enrolments in government primary schools and secondary colleges, and the Victorian School of

Languages (including enrolments through distance education) (Table 1.6). It was the fourth most

studied language at the primary level, offered in 12.6% of the primary schools with Languages

programs (or 8.1% of all primary schools). The language remains extremely popular at the

secondary level, where it was the most studied language in 2011 and offered at 30% of the

secondary colleges with Languages programs (or 26.2% of all secondary colleges). French was

studied at 10 VSL centres (including through distance education) in both regional and metropolitan

areas. In 2011, 548 students eligible to graduate from secondary college had completed French

study to the Year 12 level (Unit 4). Enrolments in French remained relatively stable between 2005

and 2011, declining by only 5.9% overall.

French was taught by 276 teachers in 175 primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.

Table 1.6: Enrolment trends in French, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 19,157 17,644 17,614 17,852 17,785 18,969 18,562

VSL primary 35 37 27 85 93 118 103


VSL secondary 348 368 322 656 608 656 622

Total 41,344 39,814 38,315 39,375 38,159 39,474 38,917

Chinese (Mandarin)

Chinese (Mandarin) was the fifth most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011,

with 25,732 enrolments in government primary schools and secondary colleges, and the Victorian

School of Languages (including enrolments through distance education) (Table 1.7). It was the fifth

most studied language at the primary level, offered in 11.3% of primary schools with Languages

programs (or 7.1% of all primary schools). It was the sixth most studied language at the secondary

level, offered in 15.5% of secondary colleges with Languages programs (or 13.6% of all secondary

colleges). Chinese (Mandarin) continued to grow in popularity between 2005 and 2011, with

enrolments increasing 90.2% at the primary level and 53.8% at the secondary level. Overall,

enrolments increased by 73.3% between 2005 and 2011. Chinese (Mandarin) was also studied at

the largest number of VSL centres – 21 centres (including through distance education) in both

regional and metropolitan areas. In 2011, 1,452 students eligible to graduate from secondary

college had completed Chinese (Mandarin) study to the Year 12 level (Unit 4).

Chinese (Mandarin) was taught by 132 teachers in 126 primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.


Table 1.7: Enrolment trends in Chinese (Mandarin), 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 8,809 8,988 9,163 10,113 12,333 14,292 16,752

VSL primary 913 907 895 1,300 1,230 1,314 1,337


VSL secondary 1,065 991 932 1,497 1,441 1,430 1,398

Total 14,848 15,007 14,807 17,031 19,730 22,460 25,732

German

German was the sixth most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011, with 22,981


Languages (including enrolments through distance education) (Table 1.8). It was the sixth most

popular language at the primary level, offered at 7.8% of the primary schools with Languages

programs (or 5 % of all primary schools). It was the fifth most studied language at the secondary

level, studied at 21.3% of the secondary colleges which had Languages programs (or 18.6% of all

secondary colleges). German was studied at eight VSL centres (including through distance

education) in both regional and metropolitan areas. In 2011, 352 students eligible to graduate from

secondary college had completed German study to the Year 12 level (Unit 4). Enrolments in

German decreased 38.3% overall between 2005 and 2011, with these declines noticeable at both

the primary (43.7%) and secondary levels (33.1%). Although enrolments in German have been

decreasing, retention rates in the language remain strong at the secondary level, with a

proportionately high number of students continuing with the language to the Year 12 level (Unit 4).

German was taught by 176 teachers in 115 primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.

Table 1.8: Enrolment trends in German, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 20,704 18,628 16,802 16,760 15,555 13,987 11,653

VSL primary 40 32 26 66 56 54 40


VSL secondary 294 241 268 372 388 430 452

Total 37,225 34,665 30,916 30,666 29,832 26,287 22,981

Auslan

Auslan was the seventh most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011, with

11,830 enrolments in government primary schools and secondary colleges, and the Victorian

School of Languages (Table 1.9). It was the seventh most studied language at the primary level,

offered in 5.4% of the primary schools with Languages programs (or 3.5% of all primary schools).

Auslan was less studied at the secondary level, and was the eighth most studied language, offered

in 2.2% of secondary colleges with Languages programs (or 1.9% of all secondary colleges). Along

with Chinese (Mandarin), Auslan continued to grow in popularity between 2005 and 2011, with

enrolments increasing 130.7% at the primary level and 172.8% at the secondary level, albeit from a

small base. Overall, enrolments more than doubled between 2005 and 2011. Auslan not offered at

the VSL in 2011. In 2011, 36 students eligible to graduate from secondary college had completed

Auslan study to the Year 12 level (Unit 4).

Auslan was taught by 30 teachers in 47 primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.


Table 1.9: Enrolment trends in Auslan, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 4,776 6,847 7,070 7,469 9,282 10,722 11,017

VSL primary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Secondary colleges 298 277 246 401 577 821 813

VSL secondary 4 0 0 9 5 0 0

Total 5,078 7,124 7,316 7,879 9,864 11,543 11,830

Greek

Greek was the eighth most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011, with 4,091


Languages (including enrolments through distance education) (Table 1.10). It was the ninth most


programs (or 1% of all primary schools). Greek was the seventh most popular language at the

secondary level, offered in 3.2% of the secondary colleges with Languages programs (or 2.8% of

all secondary colleges). Between 2005 and 2011, enrolments in Greek fluctuated but overall

remained relatively stable. Enrolments were 12.9% lower in 2011 than in 2005. Greek was also

popular at the VSL, offered at 12 VSL centres (including through distance education) in both

regional and metropolitan areas in 2011. In 2011, 124 students eligible to graduate from secondary

college had completed (Modern) Greek study to the Year 12 level (Unit 4). A further 11 students

completed studies in Classical Greek to the Year 12 level (Unit 4).

Greek was taught by 33 teachers in 21 primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.

Table 1.10: Enrolment trends in Greek, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 3,131 3,169 3,104 3,187 3,026 2,656 2,187

VSL primary 570 547 456 664 655 660 700

Secondary colleges 830 873 766 795 915 1,115 953

VSL secondary 164 192 127 241 216 205 251

Total 4,695 4,781 4,453 4,887 4,812 4,636 4,091

Spanish

Spanish was the ninth most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011, with 3,346


Languages (including enrolments through distance education) (Table 1.11). It was the eighth most


programs (or 1.1% of all primary schools). Spanish was the eleventh most popular language at the

secondary level, offered in 1.8% of the secondary colleges with Languages programs (or 1.6% of

all secondary colleges). Between 2005 and 2010, enrolments increased by 20.4% at the primary

level and by 153.7% at the secondary level, albeit from a small base. However, enrolments

declined notably at the secondary level between 2010 and 2011. Overall, enrolments increased

25.5% between 2005 and 2011. Spanish was also popular at the VSL, offered at 12 VSL centres

(including through distance education) in both regional and metropolitan areas in 2011. In 2011, 44

students eligible to graduate from secondary college had completed Spanish study to the Year 12

level (Unit 4).

Spanish was taught by 13 teachers in 17 primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.


Table 1.11: Enrolment trends in Spanish, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 1,877 1,479 1,808 1,653 1,819 2,260 2,377

VSL primary 108 101 90 175 206 185 197

Secondary colleges 523 435 1,083 1,041 1,280 1,327 369

VSL secondary 158 132 157 404 408 379 403

Total 2,666 2,147 3,138 3,273 3,713 4,151 3,346

Vietnamese

Vietnamese was the tenth most studied language in Victorian government schools in 2011, with

2,966 enrolments in government primary schools and secondary colleges, and the Victorian School

of Languages (including enrolments through distance education) (Table 1.12). ). It was the tenth

most studied language at the primary level, provided in 0.6% of the primary schools with

Languages programs (or 0.4% of all primary schools). Vietnamese was the eighth most studied

language at the secondary level, provided in 3.3% of the secondary colleges with Languages

programs (or 2.8% of all secondary colleges). Enrolments in Vietnamese fluctuated between 2005

and 2011, peaking at 4,119 enrolments in 2008. Overall, enrolments declined 23.4% between 2005

and 2011. However, the most notable feature for Vietnamese has been the movement from

enrolments in schools to the VSL. In 2005, 75.8% of enrolments in Vietnamese were in schools,

but by 2011, this had reduced to 49.3% of enrolments, with the VSL playing an important role in the

maintenance of the language. In 2011, Vietnamese was provided at 10 VSL centres (including

through distance education) in metropolitan Melbourne. In 2011, 422 students eligible to graduate

from secondary college had completed Vietnamese study to the Year 12 level (Unit 4).

Vietnamese was taught by 18 teachers in five primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011.

Table 1.12: Enrolment trends in Vietnamese, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 2,147 1,638 1,694 1,292 898 736 472

VSL primary 515 560 510 1,126 1,042 1,041 1,021


VSL secondary 422 585 542 1,030 1,014 1,045 989

Total 3,873 3,353 3,309 4,119 3,385 3,197 2,966

Trend Tables for Other Selected Languages

Table 1.13: Enrolment trends in Turkish, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 248 673 600 583 1,202 652 836

VSL primary 691 600 537 596 486 468 488


VSL secondary 657 582 424 559 435 439 413

Total 1,862 2,160 1,866 1,959 2,344 1,845 1,991

Table 1.14: Enrolment trends in Arabic, 2005–11

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Primary schools 469 535 922 645 928 764 443

VSL primary 176 288 306 383 354 391 358


VSL secondary 275 224 157 337 334 358 362

Total 1,469 1,479 1,808 1,785 1,972 1,883 1,578

Note that VSL figures include distance education enrolments.

Summary of findings 19

2. Summary of Findings

Victorian Government Primary Schools

Schools

Seven hundred and eighty (780) government primary schools provided some

form of Languages program in 2011, 64.5% of the total of 1,210 primary

schools2. Across all schools, Languages study was most commonly offered at

Year 5 (61.8%) and Year 6 (61.5%).

Italian was the most widely taught language in Victorian government primary

schools, with 187 or 15.5% of all schools providing Italian, followed by

Indonesian (172 schools, 14.2%), Japanese (158 schools, 13.1%), French (98

schools, 8.1%), Chinese (Mandarin) (86 schools, 7.1%), German (61 schools,

5%), Auslan (42 schools, 3.5%) and Spanish (13 schools, 1.1%).

Students

A total of 192,496 primary students studied a language in 2011, representing 62.3% of government primary school students. Languages study was lowest at the Prep level, where 53.9% of students studied a language, while the highest concentration of students studying a language was at Years 5 (68.1%) and 6 (67.6%).

Languages taught

Sixteen languages were offered in government primary schools in 2011

(excluding the VSL). Aboriginal Languages, Afrikaans, Maori, Swahili and Thai,

which were offered in 2010, were not taught in primary schools in 2011.

The eight most widely studied languages in 2011 were Italian (accounting for

27.6% of enrolments), Japanese (19.8%), Indonesian (18.6%), French (9.6%),

Chinese (Mandarin) (8.7%), German (6.1%), Auslan (5.7%) and Spanish (1.2%).

Relative to 2010 figures, notable increases in student enrolments in 2011 were

observed in Chinese (Mandarin) (14,292 to 16,752) and Karen (proportionately

a sizeable increase -from 635 to 940) with enrolments declining noticeably in a

number of languages including Japanese (43,183 to 38,108), Indonesian

(39,049 to 35,745) and Italian (55,783 to 53,114).

Contact time

The time spent by primary students on language learning varied considerably according to the type of program and the resources available to schools. Contact time ranged from 15 minutes to 420 minutes per week, with an average of 55.3 minutes per week (excluding Bilingual programs in which Languages programs were provided for between 450 and 700 minutes per week). Excluding Bilingual programs, only 0.5% of Languages programs consisted of at least 150 minutes of teaching per week, the recommended minimum contact time according to the Curriculum Planning Guidelines (DEECD).

Program type

A majority of primary school students, 59.4%, were in programs that focused on language acquisition, including Language programs (49.5%), Content and Languages Integrated Learning (CLIL) programs (8.6%) and Bilingual / immersion programs (1.3%). The remaining 40.6% of students were in Cultural awareness and limited language programs.

2

All Victorian government schools with primary and secondary enrolments (except special schools and English language schools) are included in this survey. Multi-campus schools are regarded as one school. Schools providing both primary and secondary levels are included in both primary and secondary analyses as appropriate. Note also that Dargo primary school and Goorambat primary school recorded zero enrolments in 2011 and were therefore not included in this analysis.


Regional provision of languages

The Eastern Metropolitan Region had the highest level of Languages provision at the primary level, with 87.5% of schools providing Languages programs. While provision was notably lower in the Gippsland Region at 30.9% of schools, other regions offered languages at between 54.1% and 75.3% of schools at the primary level.

Victorian Government Secondary Colleges

Colleges

In 2011, 277 or 87.4% of the 317 government secondary colleges3 provided

Languages programs at one or more year levels (Figure 1.3 and Figure 4.1).

Of the colleges providing a Languages program, 47.3% provided a continuous

language sequence from Year 7 to Year 12. The next highest percentage was

for programs from Years 7 to 9, accounting for 12.3% of enrolments in

Languages programs (Figure 4.2).

Indonesian was the most widely taught language across Victorian government

secondary colleges, (96 or 30.3% of all secondary colleges offered

Indonesian), followed by Japanese (85 colleges, 26.8%), French (83 colleges,

26.2%), Italian (72 colleges, 22.7%), German (59 colleges, 18.6%), Chinese

(Mandarin) (43 colleges, 13.6%), Greek (9 colleges, 2.8%) and Vietnamese (9

colleges, 2.8%) (Table 4.1).

Students

A total of 92,109 students studied Languages in Victorian government

secondary colleges in 2011, representing 41.6% of full-time students at

Victorian government colleges. A further 2,267 student enrolments were

recorded for students studying an additional language (for example, through

taster programs), bringing the total number of student enrolments to 94,376

(Table 4.3 and Figure 4.5).

Among the students who were eligible to graduate from VCE in 2011, 17.7%

completed a Language to the Year 12 level (Unit 4).

Languages taught

Sixteen languages were taught in Victorian government secondary colleges in 2011. French was the most widely studied language in 2011, followed by Italian, Japanese, Indonesian, German, Chinese (Mandarin), Greek and Auslan (Table 4.4).

Male/female enrolments

In 2011, male students of Languages slightly outnumbered female students in Years 7 and 8, but by Year 12, females accounted for 61.6% of Languages students (Figure 4.8). However, the percentage of males enrolled in Year 12 who study a language has increased slowly in recent years, up to 38.4% in 2011 in comparison to 31.3% in 2005.

Language study at the VCE level

Among the students eligible to complete Year 12 in 2011, 4,782 or 17.7% of students completed a Languages course to Unit 4 level during their schooling, including through the VSL and community languages schools. In total, 37 languages were studied, with the five most studied languages at VCE level being Chinese (Mandarin), French, Japanese, Vietnamese and German (Table 4.7).

3

All Victorian government schools with primary and secondary enrolments (except special schools and English

language schools) are included in this survey. Multi-campus schools are regarded as one school. Schools providing both primary and secondary levels are included in both primary and secondary analyses as appropriate.

Summary of findings 21

Contact time

The average weekly contact time for Languages programs was 145.5 minutes

at Year 7, increasing to 231.9 minutes per week at Year 12.

In 2011, 70% of Year 7 Languages students and 72.3% of Year 8 Languages

students were in programs that ran for a minimum of 140 minutes per week. At

Years 11 and 12, 93.4% and 96.1% of Languages students, respectively,

studied for a minimum of 190 minutes per week (Figure 4.10).

Program type

Of students at the secondary level, 98.2% were taught Languages through programs which focused on language acquisition, with 96.2% in Languages programs and 2% in Content and Languages Integrated Learning (CLIL) programs. The remaining 1.8% of students were Language and cultural awareness programs, where generally only a limited amount of vocabulary in the target language is taught (Table 4.9).

Regional provision of languages

In 2011, 44.5% of secondary students in metropolitan areas studied a

language, while the percentage in regional areas was 35.1%. The greatest

disparity between metropolitan and regional provision occurred at the Year 9

level where 51.2% of metropolitan students and 23.4% of regional students

undertook the study of a language. By the Year 12 level, this disparity had

decreased to 8.4% of metropolitan students and 4.6% of regional students

(Figure 4.11). (Please note that these figures relate to students enrolled in a

Year 12 Languages program at their day school. Overall, including enrolments

at the VSL and community languages schools, 17.7% of government school

students had completed a Languages course to Year 12 level (Unit 4) by the

time they graduated from high school. See the Languages Study at the VCE

Level section for further detail.)

At the secondary level, Indonesian was the most widely studied language in all

regions, except in the Hume Region, where German was the most studied

language. In the Eastern and Southern Metropolitan Regions, French was the

most studied language, while in the Western and Northern Metropolitan

Regions, Italian was the most studied language (Table 4.11).

The Eastern Metropolitan Region had the highest proportion of secondary

students studying a language at 47%, while the lowest level of uptake was in the

Gippsland Region where 27.3% of students studied a language (Table 4.11).

Teachers of Languages in Victorian Government Schools

There were 1,639 Languages teachers with some level of Languages

qualification teaching in government primary schools and secondary colleges

in 2011. Approximately 994 non-Languages teachers were also assisting in or

providing Languages programs for students. A further 235 Languages qualified

teachers were working in primary schools and secondary colleges in 2011 in

areas other than the teaching of Languages, or were on leave.

Teachers of Asian languages represented 46% of Languages teachers,

European language teachers accounted for 51.1% of teachers while the

remaining 2.9% of Languages teachers taught Aboriginal Languages, Arabic,

Auslan and Turkish. Teachers of Italian comprised the largest group of

teachers of European languages at 20% of all teachers, while teachers of

Indonesian comprised the largest group of teachers of Asian languages at

18.5% of all teachers.

In 2011, 81.6% of Languages teachers were female. Males represented a

slightly higher percentage of teachers of Asian languages (19.7%) than of

European languages (17.2%).


Amongst Languages teachers, 64.6% were fully qualified, with a three-year

post-VCE tertiary major and Languages methodology training, a four-year

‘beginners’ tertiary sequence of language study and Languages methodology

training, or Languages accreditation. Broken down, 54% of teachers at the

primary level and 71.7% of teachers at the secondary level were fully qualified.

Overall, 83.5% of language teachers had undertaken a Languages

methodology course.

Sixty-eight point five per cent (68.5%) of secondary Languages teachers were

employed full time, with only 36.8% of primary Languages teachers employed

full time. However, the average time spent teaching Languages each week

was similar at both levels, at 11.4 hours per week for teachers working at the

primary level and 10.8 for teachers at the secondary level.

Victorian School of Languages

Victorian School of Languages (VSL)

In 2011, 45 languages were provided across 40 centres (12 in regional areas).

Among the 45 languages offered, all 45 were studied at the primary level, while

44 of the languages were studied at the secondary level. Students were

provided with approximately three hours per week of instruction, mainly on

Saturday mornings.

In 2011, 15,790 students from government, Catholic and independent schools

and colleges, as well as home-schooled students studied languages through

the VSL. Enrolments totalled 6,758 at the primary level and 9,032 at the

secondary level. These figures include enrolments through distance education.

Overall in 2011, government students accounted for 70.8% of enrolments at

the VSL, with students from Catholic and independent schools and home-

schooled students accounting for the remaining 29.2% of enrolments.

VSL Distance Education Section

The Distance Education Section of the VSL offered programs in Arabic, Chinese

(Mandarin), French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin and

Spanish in 2011.

There were 1,709 students enrolled in the Distance Education Section, from all

educational sectors, in 2011 (21.1% of all secondary level enrolments at the VSL).

Victorian government primary schools 23

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Year 6

Year 5

Year 4

Year 3

Year 2

Year 1

Prep

3. Victorian Government Primary Schools

Schools

In 2011, 1,210 government schools offered primary level education in Victoria, with 780 or 64.5%

of these schools providing some form of Languages program. This figure represents a decrease of

67 schools in comparison to the previous year. There were 430 schools without a Languages

program at the primary level, including eight P to 12 schools which offered a Languages program

at the secondary level, but not at the primary level. The most prominent reasons as to why a

Languages program was not provided were an inability to recruit suitable Languages teachers

(61.8%), funding issues (52.6%) and being a small school and/or in a rural location (45%).

The number of students studying a language decreased 6.1%, down 12,190 students between

2010 and 2011. This decrease continues a downward trend at the primary level, where enrolments

declined 26.5% overall between 2005 and 2011 (Table 3.3).

While there were 780 government primary schools providing Languages programs, Languages

study was not necessarily offered at all year levels within each of these schools. As can be seen in

Figure 3.1, Languages provision was highest at the senior primary levels, from Years 3 to 6

(between 58.4% and 61.8% of students). Provision of Languages was lower from Prep to Year 2,

although a majority of primary schools continue to offer a Languages program at these levels

(between 51.4% and 55.5% of students). Since 2005, there has been a notable decline in the

number of schools providing a Languages program, although this decline was not limited to

particular year levels, but consistent across all year levels (Figure 3.1 and Table 3.1).

Figure 3.1: Percentage of primary schools providing Languages programs, by year level, 2005–11*

*Among schools with Languages programs


75.4

6.7

17.9

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Prep to Year 6

Years 3 to 6

Other

Table 3.1: Number and percentage of primary schools with Languages programs, by year level, 2005–11*

Year Prep Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

2005 944

(74.3%)

976

(76.8%)

1,000

(78.7%)

1,070

(84.2%)

1,071

(84.3%)

1,073

(84.4%)

1,073

(84.4%)

2006 872

(69.2%)

908

(72.0%)

918

(72.8%)

994

(78.8%)

1,006

(79.8%)

1,017

(80.7%)

1,017

(80.7%)

2007 785

(62.5%)

812

(64.6%)

835

(66.5%)

907

(72.2%)

925

(73.6%)

944

(75.2%)

935

(74.4%)

2008 747

(59.6%)

779

(62.1%)

795

(63.4%)

863

(68.8%)

871

(69.5%)

910

(72.6%)

912

(72.7%)

2009 689

(55.6%)

718

(57.9%)

733

(59.1%)

801

(64.6%)

811

(65.4%)

838

(67.6%)

842

(67.9%)

2010 653

(53.5%)

691

(56.6%)

696

(57%)

752

(61.6%)

772

(63.2%)

800

(65.5%)

797

(65.3%)

2011 622

(51.4%)

652

(53.9%)

671

(55.5%)

707

(58.4%)

721

(59.6%)

748

(61.8%)

744

(61.5%)

*As a percentage of all schools.

Note that in 2011, while there were 780 primary schools (64.5%) providing a Languages program,

many schools did not offer a Languages program at all levels. As a result, the percentage of

schools providing a language at each year level was lower than the overall percentage, as can be

seen in Table 3.1.

Among the schools providing a Languages program, 75.4% ran continuous programs from Prep to

Year 6 (up from 72.6% in 2010), with 6.7% of schools running programs from Years 3 to 6. The

remaining 17.9% of programs (Other) consisted of non-sequential or partial sequences (Figure 3.2).

Figure 3.2: Sequences of Languages programs in primary schools, 2011

.


Sixteen languages were offered at the primary level in government schools in 2011. Five languages

which were taught in 2010, Aboriginal Languages, Afrikaans, Maori, Swahili and Thai, were not

taught at the primary level in 2011. The number of schools providing Chinese (Mandarin) programs

increased markedly, up 24, while conversely, the number of programs for Indonesian (-23), Italian

(-22) and Japanese (-21) decreased notably. Among the languages with smaller enrolments, the

number of programs for Karen and Korean increased by one, while the number of programs for

Arabic (-3), Greek (-3) and Vietnamese (-2) decreased. See Table 3.2 for further detail.

Table 3.2: Number and percentage of primary level programs, by language, 2011

Language No. %* Change from 2010

(number of programs)

Italian 187 15.5 -22

Indonesian 172 14.2 -23

Japanese 158 13.1 -20

French 98 8.1 -7

Chinese (Mandarin) 86 7.1 +24

German 61 5 -7

Auslan 42 3.5 -5

Spanish 13 1.1 -1

Greek 12 1 -3

Vietnamese 5 0.4 -2

Arabic 4 0.3 -3

Turkish 4 0.3 -1

Karen 3 0.2 +1

Macedonian 2 0.2 0

Korean 2 0.2 +1

Dutch 1 0.1 0

Maori 0 0 -2

Aboriginal Languages 0 0 -1

Afrikaans 0 0 -1

Swahili 0 0 -1

Thai 0 0 -1

*As a percentage of all schools. Note that some schools offered more than one language.

Students

In 2011, 62.3% or 192,496 students studied a language at the primary level in government schools.

The percentage of students studying a language declined from 66.8% in 2010 to 62.3% in 2011 (a

decrease of 12,519 students), with participation rates decreasing across all year levels. This decline

in enrolments continued a downwards trend for Languages study, where the number of students

studying Languages decreased from 84.1% in 2005 to 62.3% in 2011 (Figure 3.3).

Comparative enrolment numbers and percentages for 2005 to 2011, listed by year level, are

presented in Table 3.3 and Figure 3.4. These figures indicate that between 2010 and 2011, the

decline in enrolments was greater in Years 4 to 6 (between -8.1% and -8.9%), than in the years

from Prep to Year 3 (between -1.4% and 6.1%).


84.1 79.5 73.6 70.7

67.7 66.8 62.3

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Figure 3.3: Percentage of primary school students studying Languages, 2005–11

The total number of primary students (2011 mid-year census, excluding students in special and English

language schools and ungraded students) was 309,089.2 (equivalent full-time of students).

Table 3.3: Primary level Languages enrolments by year level and as a percentage of total student population, 2005–11

Year level

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Prep 33,208

(74.7%)

30,612

(68.9%)

27, 283

(61.8%)

26,607

(60.5%)

26,504

(58.8%)

25,673

(57.1%)

25,306

(53.9%)

Year 1 34,082

(77.9%)

31,825

(73%)

28,799

(66.2%)

27,496

(64.1%)

26,905

(61.6%)

27,090

(60.9%)

25,433

(57%)

Year 2 34,895

(79.5%)

32,275

(73.8%)

29,979

(69.1%)

28,892

(66.7%)

27,196

(63.1%)

27,185

(62.2%)

26,412

(58.9%)

Year 3 39,161

(88.6%)

36,707

(83.3%)

33,853

(77.3%)

32,298

(73.8%)

30,776

(70.8%)

29,930

(69.4%)

28,429

(65.3%)

Year 4 39,842

(89.1%)

37,168

(84.2%)

34,422

(78.7%)

32,275

(73.9%)

31,452

(71.5%)

31,053

(71.4%)

28,533

(66.2%)

Year 5 40,069

(89.3%)

37,969

(85.1%)

35,637

(81.3%)

34,073

(78.3%)

32,190

(74.2%)

32,141

(73.7%)

29,288

(68.1%)

Year 6 40,344

(89.1%)

38,398

(88%)

35,341

(81.3%)

34,098

(77.7%)

32,463

(74.3%)

31,943

(73.7%)

29,365

(67.6%)

Total 261,601

(84.1%)

244,504

(79.5%)

225,314

(73.6%)

215,739

(70.7%)

207,486

(67.7%)

205,015

(66.8%)

192,496

(62.3%)


20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Year 6

Year 5

Year 4

Year 3

Year 2

Year 1

Prep

Figure 3.4: Primary level Languages enrolments, by year level, 2005–11

Languages Taught

Sixteen languages were taught in government primary schools in 2011, with primary school

students also studying 45 languages through the VSL (out of a total of 45 languages available at

the VSL), including via distance education at the Year 6 level. Overall, primary school students

studied a total of 45 languages through schools and the VSL in 2011.

In primary schools, Italian retained the highest number of student enrolments (53,114 enrolments)

in 2011. Japanese (38,108), Indonesian (35,745), French (18,562), Chinese (Mandarin) (16,752)

and German (11,653) rounded out the six most studied languages, with these languages

accounting for 90.4% of all primary Languages enrolments in government schools. The other

languages taught in primary schools, in order of enrolment numbers, were Auslan, Spanish, Greek,

Karen, Turkish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean, Macedonian and Dutch. Table 3.4 provides details of

student enrolments by language and year level, while Figure 3.5 provides a proportional

representation of Languages enrolments in government schools at the primary level.

Between 2010 and 2011, fluctuations in enrolments occurred for most languages, mirroring the

changes in languages offered at schools, as detailed in the preceding Schools section. Amongst

the languages of larger candidature, German (-16.7%), Japanese (-11.8%) and Indonesian (-8.5%)

experienced notable decreases in enrolments, while conversely, enrolments in Chinese (Mandarin)

(17.2%) increased notably again. Amongst the languages of smaller candidature, enrolments

increased 48% for Karen and 28.2% for Turkish, while Korean (-65.7%), Vietnamese (-35.9%) and

Arabic (-42%) experienced decreases in enrolments.

Aboriginal Languages, Afrikaans, Maori, Swahili and Thai, which were offered in 2010, were not

offered in 2011.


Italian, 53,114

Japanese, 38,108

Indonesian, 35,745

French, 18,562

Chinese (Mandarin),

16,752

German, 11,653

Auslan, 11,017

Spanish, 2,377

Other, 5,168

Table 3.4: Primary enrolments, by language and year level, 2011

Language Prep Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Total %

Italian 7,191 7,052 7,110 8,107 7,825 7,927 7,902 53,114 27.6

Japanese 4,997 4,995 5,462 5,508 5,800 5,665 5,681 38,108 19.8

Indonesian 4,046 4,190 4,611 5,457 5,526 5,953 5,962 35,745 18.6

French 2,501 2,671 2,494 2,664 2,647 2,743 2,842 18,562 9.6

Chinese

(Mandarin) 2,213 2,181 2,106 2,547 2,495 2,632 2,578 16,752 8.7

German 1,452 1,426 1,505 1,637 1,821 1,904 1,908 11,653 6.1

Auslan 1,833 1,737 1,729 1,500 1,380 1,396 1,442 11,017 5.7

Spanish 368 408 383 324 312 298 284 2,377 1.2

Greek 336 358 346 297 345 244 261 2,187 1.1

Karen 112 104 117 106 121 190 190 940 0.5

Turkish 108 123 118 126 125 124 112 836 0.4

Arabic 55 87 71 72 61 57 40 443 0.2

Vietnamese 54 52 54 40 43 108 121 472 0.2

Korean 15 25 14 22 18 18 21 133 0.1

Macedonian 20 20 15 16 8 22 20 121 0.1

Dutch 5 4 7 6 6 7 1 36 <0.1

Total 25,306 25,433 26,142 28,429 28,533 29,288 29,365 192,496 100

Figure 3.5: Primary level enrolments, by language, 2011

Figure 3.6 outlines the changes in enrolments for the six most studied languages between 2005

and 2011. The most noticeable trend was the continuing decline in enrolments for Italian,

Indonesian, Japanese and German, while enrolments in French remained stable. Enrolments in

Chinese (Mandarin) remained strong and continued to grow in 2011.


0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Italian

Indonesian

Japanese

German

French

Chinese(Mandarin)

14.9

78.2

3.8 2.2 0.4 0.5 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

0 to 30minutes

31 to 60minutes

61 to 90minutes

91 to 120minutes

121 to 150minutes

More than150 minutes

2011

Figure 3.6: Primary enrolments for the six most studied languages, 2005–11

Contact Time

The amount of time primary students spent on Languages learning in 2011 ranged from 15 minutes

to 420 minutes per week, with an average of 55.3 minutes per week (excluding the bilingual

programs, which are provided for between 450 and 700 minutes per week. See the Bilingual

Program section for further details). The largest proportion of students, 78.2%, were in programs

that ran for between 31 and 60 minutes per week, while only 0.5% of students were in programs

that ran for the recommended minimum of 150 minutes per week(Figure 3.7). Figure 3.8 details the

average contact time per week between 2005 and 2011. Most notably, minutes per week spent on

Languages study has decreased 14.7% from a high of 64.6 minutes per week in 2007 to 55.1

minutes per week in 2011.

Figure 3.7: Enrolments in primary Languages programs, by minutes per week, 2011


63.4 62.5 64.6

57.5 57.1 56.2 55.3

0

30

60

90

120

150

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Figure 3.8: Average minutes of Languages study per week, 2005–11

Program Types

Individual Languages programs within schools can be divided into four types.

1. The first type is a Languages program, which focuses on the teaching and learning of the target language and understanding the connections between language and culture.

2. The second type of program is a Content and Languages Integrated Learning (CLIL)

program. These programs include teaching content from another curriculum area,

combined with explicit teaching of the target language with a focus on the vocabulary and

structures required for the additional curriculum area. Content may include all or part of

one or more curriculum areas.

3. The third type of program is a bilingual or immersion program. These programs include

teaching at least two key learning areas, in addition to the Language, in the target

language. (In 2011, there were 12 designated bilingual programs that are required to

provide at least 450 minutes per week).

4. The fourth type of program is a Cultural awareness and limited language program. These

programs focus on cultural awareness and introduce limited vocabulary in the target

language.

In 2011, 59.4% of students were in programs which focused on language acquisition. Specifically,

49.5% of Languages students were in Languages programs, 8.6% were in a CLIL program and

1.3% were in an immersion or bilingual program. The remaining 40.6% of students were in Cultural

awareness and limited language programs (Figure 3.9).

The percentage of Languages students in programs focused on language acquisition differed

according to the language being studied. For example, among the languages of larger candidature,

German (69.3%), Chinese (Mandarin) (67.2%) and French (66.2%) had high percentages of

students in programs focused on language acquisition, while this decreased to 48% for students of

Indonesian. Among the languages of smaller candidature, Spanish (74.7%), Auslan (71.4%) and

Greek (60.1%) had high percentages of students focusing on language acquisition, while Karen, a

recent introduction to the primary school system, only had 4.5% of students in programs focused on

language acquisition. See Table 3.5, following, for full details.


49.5

8.6 1.3

40.6

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Languages programs

Content and LanguagesIntegrated Learningprograms

Bilingual/ Immersionprograms

Cultural awareness andlimited language programs

Figure 3.9: Primary Languages enrolments (%), by program type, 2011

Table 3.5: Primary enrolments, by language and program type, 2011

Language Languages

program CLIL Bilingual/

immersion Cultural

awareness Total

Italian 26,574 3,717 213 22,610 53,114

Japanese 17,756 4,153 427 15,772 38,108

Indonesian 13,704 3,125 324 18,592 35,745

French 10,135 1,611 541 6,275 18,562

Chinese (Mandarin) 10,601 363 301 5,487 16,752

German 7,158 670 242 3,583 11,653

Auslan 5,596 2,189 83 3,149 11,017

Spanish 1,415 361 0 601 2,377

Greek 1,073 191 51 872 2,187

Karen 0 0 42 898 940

Turkish 658 0 0 178 836

Vietnamese 289 0 112 71 472

Arabic 429 0 0 14 443

Korean 0 126 0 7 133

Macedonian 0 0 92 29 121

Dutch 0 0 0 36 36

Total 95,388 16,506 2,428 78,174 192,496

Percentage 49.5% 8.6% 1.3% 40.6% 100%


60.6 63.6

54.1 62.3

30.9

87.5

62

75.3

66.4

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Regional Provision of Languages Study

Overall, 64.5% of government primary schools offered some form of Languages program in 2011.

The Eastern Metropolitan Region had the highest percentage of primary schools providing a

Languages program at 87.5% of schools, while the Gippsland Region had the lowest level of

provision at 30.9% of schools. A comparison of the percentage of schools providing Languages

programs in all educational regions in 2011 is provided in Figure 3.10, with details of both school

numbers and percentages for 2011 provided in Table 3.6.

Figure 3.10: Percentage of primary schools providing a Languages program, by region, 2011

Table 3.6: Primary schools providing Languages programs, by region, 2011

Region Schools teaching

Languages Total primary

schools % of primary schools

with language programs

Barwon South Western 63 104 60.6

Grampians 70 110 63.6

Loddon Mallee 72 133 54.1

Hume 81 130 62.3

Gippsland 38 123 30.9

Eastern Metropolitan 161 184 87.5

Western Metropolitan 62 100 62

Southern Metropolitan 140 186 75.3

Northern Metropolitan 93 140 66.4

Total 780 1,210 64.5


The language which was most studied differs greatly across regions. In the Western and Northern

Metropolitan Regions, Italian was the most studied language, with around 50% of Languages

students studying the language in both these regions. In the Barwon South Western and Loddon

Mallee Regions, Indonesian was the most studied language, again, with around 50% of all

Language students studying the language in both regions. In the Gippsland region, Auslan was the

most studied language, although enrolments were spread relatively evenly over the seven

languages taught in the region. Japanese was the most studied language in four regions – the

Grampians, Hume, Eastern Metropolitan and Southern Metropolitan Regions. However, in the

Grampians Region, the study of Chinese (Mandarin) continued to grow and enrolments nearly

equalled those of Japanese in 2011. In the other three regions, enrolments were spread over the

range of languages offered – eight languages in the Hume Region, nine languages in the Eastern

Metropolitan Region and 10 languages in the Southern Metropolitan Region.

Table 3.7: Primary enrolments, by language and region, 2011

Language B.S.W Gramp L.M. Hume Gipps. E.Met W.Met S.Met N.Met

Arabic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 443

Auslan 0 459 1,551 888 755 1,103 521 3,554 2,186

Chinese (Mandarin)

124 2,731 514 56 269 7,918 1,116 3,188 836

Dutch 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

French 1,630 923 1,364 995 409 4,763 504 7,257 717

German 226 527 364 174 725 7,158 107 2,072 300

Greek 0 0 0 0 0 430 0 385 1,372

Indonesian 5,789 271 4,719 1,931 662 7,192 2,978 10,270 1,933

Italian 2,840 1,506 353 1,834 391 10,191 10,318 9,593 16,088

Karen 0 0 0 0 0 0 940 0 0

Korean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0

Japanese 1,305 2,974 204 2,219 655 11,000 5,477 10,709 3,565

Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121

Spanish 215 27 0 24 0 502 271 1,338 0

Turkish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 836

Vietnamese 0 0 0 0 0 0 351 0 121

Total 12,129 9,454 9,069 8,121 3,866 50,257 22,583 48,499 28,518

34 Languages in Victorian government schools

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

47.3

3.3

9

12.3

11.6

4.3

2.5

9.7

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Years 7 to 12

Years 7 to 11

Years 7 to 10

Years 7 to 9

Years 7 to 8

Year 7 only

Upper secondary only

Other sequences

4. Victorian Government Secondary Colleges

Colleges In 2011, the number of government secondary colleges providing Languages programs increased by five to 277

colleges. This represents 87.4% of the 317 government schools teaching secondary level classes. Of the

secondary colleges that offered Languages programs, provision was highest at the lower secondary level, with

94.9% of the 277 colleges providing Languages programs at the Year 7 level. By the Year 12 level, Languages

provision had decreased to 57.4% of secondary colleges with Languages programs (Figure 4.1).

Of the secondary colleges that offered Languages programs in 2011, 47.3% provided continuous programs from

Years 7 to 12, enabling students the opportunity to study a language through to completion at school. Note that

around 6.5% of secondary colleges do not offer classes from Years 7 to 12. They include, for example, senior

secondary colleges, middle years’ colleges or Years 7 to 10 colleges (Figure 4.2).

Figure 4.1: Percentage of secondary colleges providing Languages programs, by year level, 2005–11*

*Among schools with Languages programs

Figure 4.2: Sequences of Languages programs in secondary colleges, 2011

‘Other sequences’ refers to the provision of Languages programs at non-sequential year levels or partial sequences.

Victorian government secondary colleges 35

There were a number of changes in the languages offered at colleges in 2011. Khmer, Maori and Thai,

which were offered in 2010, were not offered in 2011. There was a small increase in the number of

language programs for Chinese (Mandarin), Vietnamese, Spanish and Aboriginal languages and a

decrease for a small number of languages, most notably for Japanese, with five fewer colleges teaching

the language in 2011. See Table 4.1 for further detail.

Table 4.1: Number and percentage of secondary programs, by language, 2011

Language No. % * Change from 2010 (Number of programs)

Indonesian 96 30.3 -

Japanese 85 26.8 -5

French 83 26.2 -2

Italian 72 22.7 -1

German 59 18.6 -3

Chinese (Mandarin) 43 13.6 +1

Greek 9 2.8 -3

Vietnamese 9 2.8 +2

Auslan 6 1.9 -

Spanish 5 1.6 +1

Arabic 4 1.3 -1

Macedonian 3 0.9 -

Latin 2 0.6 -

Aboriginal Languages 1 0.3 +1

Classical Greek 1 0.3 1

Turkish 1 0.3 -

Khmer 0 - -1)

Maori 0 - -1)

Thai 0 - -1)

Note that many colleges offered more than one language. *As a percentage of all colleges.

The number of secondary colleges running compulsory Languages programs in 2011 changed from

2010, with a decrease in the number of compulsory programs at Years 9 and 10, but an increase in the

number of programs at Years 7 and 8 (Table 4.2 and Figure 4.3).

Table 4.2: Compulsory Languages study, by year level (Years 7 to 10), 2005–11*

Year Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10

2005 No.

%

270

89

241

79

102

34

25

8

2006 No.

%

263

85

237

76

100

32

22

7

2007 No.

%

250

88

221

78

87

30

19

7

2008 No.

%

252

92

222

81

89

33

21

8

2009 No.

%

249

90

223

81

95

34

21

8

2010 No.

%

241

89.3

214

79.3

85

31.5

23

8.5

2011 No.

%

258

93.1

228

82.3

83

30

12

4.3

*Among colleges providing a Languages program.


92.8

82

29.6

4 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Figure 4.3: Percentage of secondary colleges where a language is compulsory, by year level, 2005–11*

*As a percentage of colleges providing Languages programs.

Students

In 2011, 41.6% or 92,109 students studied a language in government secondary colleges (Table 4.3). A

further 2,267 enrolments represented students who studied more than one language through taster

programs, bringing the total number of Languages enrolments to 94,376. The number of students

studying a language in 2011 represents a small increase of 0.5% from 2010 student numbers, with

increases in participation rates occurring from Years 7 to 10, but a slight decrease in enrolments at Years

11 and 12 (Figure 4.4). 2011 student numbers are presented in Table 4.3.

Note that in Figures 4.4, 4.5, 4.9 and 4.12 and Tables 4.3 and 4.12 students are only counted once

(92,109 students). All other tables and figures in this section contain information on the number of

enrolments in Languages programs (94,376 enrolments). Enrolment figures double count students who

are studying more than one language through taster programs. Fifteen secondary colleges offered taster

courses in 2011, where, for example, students studied two languages for twenty weeks each per year.

Table 4.3: Secondary level Languages enrolments, by year level and as a percentage of total student population, 2005–11

Year level

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Year 7 38,140

(95.9%)

37,093

(94.6%)

35,479

(91.6%)

34,817

(91.9%)

33,993

(90.9%)

33,712

(91.1%)

33,494

(2.5%)

Year 8 34.668

(88.4%)

34,536

(86.8%)

32,754

(83.1%)

32,621

(83.7%)

31,759

(83%)

30,558

(81.1%)

31,278

(83.9%)

Year 9 20,530

(51.9%)

19,813

(50.7%)

18,018

(45.1%)

16,998

(42.7%)

17,281

(43.5%)

16,416

(42.3%)

16,402

(42.5%)

Year 10 7,701

(21.3%)

8,480

(22.9%)

6,938

(18.3%)

6,659

(17.1%)

6,212

(15.9%)

5,595

(14.1%)

5,728

(14.9%)

Year 11 3,631

(10.4%)

3,329

(9.7%)

3,472

(9.3%)

3,055

(8.3%)

2,926

(7.7%)

2,952

(7.7%)

2,834

(7.4%)

Year 12 2,520

(8.8%)

2,552

(8.8%)

2,695

(9.1%)

2,536

(8.2%)

2,526

(8.2%)

2,424

(7.6%)

2,373

(7.3%)

Total 107,190

(49.1)%

105,803

(48.2%)

99,356

(44.5%)

96,686

(43.3%)

94,697

(42.4%)

91,657

(41.1%)

92,109

(41.6%)

Note: Students enrolled in taster courses are only counted once in the above table.


0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

49.1 48.2 44.5 43.3 42.4 41.1 41.6

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Figure 4.4: Percentage of secondary students studying a language, by year level, 2005–11


Furthermore, the Year 12 enrolment figures in this section count students enrolled in Year 12 and studying a

language. Note, that a large number of students complete Languages study to the Unit 4 level before they are

actually enrolled in Year 12. These students are not included in Year 12 figures in this section. The section,

Languages Study at the VCE Level, explains this discrepancy and provides further details about the study of

Languages through to the Year 12 (Unit 4) level amongst graduating students.

As can be seen in Figure 4.5, the proportion of secondary students enrolled in Languages programs at the

secondary level increased slightly for the first time a number of years, up from 41.1% of secondary students

in 2010 to 41.6% in 2011. However, student enrolment figures were down 0.2% from 2010, indicating that

the increase in percentage was due to changes in the overall number of students enrolled at the secondary

level. The long term trend showed a decline of 7.5 percentage points between 2005 and 2011.

Figure 4.5: Percentage of secondary level students studying a language, 2005–11

[



Languages Taught

Sixteen languages were taught in secondary colleges in 2011, with secondary college students also

studying 44 languages through the VSL (of a total of 45 languages available at the VSL), including via

distance education. Overall, students at secondary colleges studied a total of 47 languages through

colleges and/ or the VSL in 2011.

There were a number of changes in the study of languages at the secondary level in 2011. While French

remained the most studied language, a 2.8% decrease in enrolments in Japanese and a 6.3% increase

in enrolments in Italian resulted in Italian becoming the second most studied language and Japanese the

third. Enrolments also declined notably for German (-8.3%), Greek (-14.5%) and Spanish (-72.2%). On

the other hand, enrolments increased for Italian (6.3%), Chinese (Mandarin) (15.1%) and Vietnamese

(29.1%). Khmer, Maori and Thai, which were offered in 2010, were not offered in 2011. The study of

Aboriginal Languages was reintroduced in 2011.

Table 4.4: Secondary enrolments, by language and year level, 2011

Language Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Total %

French 6,638 6,478 3,780 1,502 718 514 19,630 20.8

Italian 7,140 6,705 3,823 938 277 222 19,105 20.2

Japanese 6,663 5,523 2,994 1,407 571 444 17,602 18.7

Indonesian 7,201 6,542 1,958 707 315 289 17,012 18.0

German 4,010 3,378 2,056 721 381 290 10,836 11.5

Chinese (Mandarin)

2,209 1,823 1,181 208 373 451 6,245 6.6

Greek 338 367 169 15 46 18 953 1.0

Auslan 351 303 77 30 32 20 813 0.9

Vietnamese 236 93 33 23 48 51 484 0.5

Arabic 112 141 87 63 6 6 415 0.4

Spanish 147 204 13 0 1 4 369 0.4

Macedonian 87 84 76 19 3 19 288 0.3

Latin 102 50 49 51 17 10 279 0.3

Turkish 64 42 73 25 30 20 254 0.3

Classical Greek

0 0 23 14 16 15 68 0.1


4 4 10 5 0 0 23 <0.1

Total 35,302 31,737 16,402 5,728 2,834 2,373 94,376 100

Figure 4.6 provides a proportional representation of all Languages enrolments in government secondary

colleges in 2011, while Figure 4.7 provides a trend analysis of enrolments in the six most widely studied

languages. As can be seen in Figure 4.7, between 2005 and 2011, enrolments in German have

continually declined, while for Chinese (Mandarin), enrolments continually increased. Among the four

most studied languages, enrolments in Japanese declined in recent years, while enrolments in

Indonesian and Italian appeared to stabilise in 2011. Enrolments in French remained relatively stable



French, 19,630

Italian, 19,105

Japanese, 17,602

Indonesian, 17,012 German,

10,836 Chinese (Mandarin), 6,245

Greek, 953

Auslan, 813

Other , 2,180

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Indonesian

French

Italian

Japanese

German

Chinese(Mandarin)

Figure 4.6: Secondary enrolments, by language, 2011

Figure 4.7: Secondary enrolments, six most widely studied languages, 2005–11

Table 4.5 represents changes in the percentage of students who study the eight most widely studied

languages at the Year 7 level and at the Year 12 level. French, Indonesian, Italian and Japanese were

the most studied languages at the Year 7 level, but by Year 12, proportional enrolments in Italian and

Indonesian had decreased significantly. This trend was countered by a dramatic increase in proportional

enrolments in Chinese (Mandarin). This increase in Chinese (Mandarin) enrolments is largely due to a

notable increase, at the senior secondary level, in the number of students in Chinese as a first language

programs (Table 4.8). While German, Greek and Vietnamese had proportionately lower enrolments at

the Year 7 level, retention rates for these languages were strong.


52.1% 51.7% 47.7%

41.7% 37.8% 38.4%

47.9% 48.3% 52.3%

58.3% 62.2% 61.6%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12

Male

Female

Table 4.5: Secondary enrolments as a percentage of all Languages enrolments, selected languages, Years 7 and 12, 2011 (%)

Language Year 7 Year 12

Chinese (Mandarin) 6.3 19

French 18.8 21.7

German 11.4 12.2

Greek 1.0 0.8

Indonesian 20.4 12.2

Italian 20.2 9.4

Japanese 18.9 18.7

Vietnamese 0.7 2.1

Male/Female Enrolments

Equivalent numbers of males and females undertook Languages study at the Year 7 and 8 levels in

2011 due to the predominantly compulsory nature of Languages study at these levels. Changes in

the proportion of males and females studying Languages over year levels followed similar patterns

to 2010, with enrolments starting as fairly even between genders at Year 7 but by Year 12, 61.6%

of students of Languages were female (Figure 4.8). Table 4.6 provides a breakdown of gender by

language. The overall proportion of secondary Languages students was 50.2% female and 49.8%

male (Table 4.6).

Among the 10 most studied languages, notably more females studied French (55%) and Arabic

(70.8%) than males, while there were slightly more males than females (53.1%) studying

Vietnamese and Greek (57.5%).

Figure 4.8: Secondary Languages enrolments, by gender and year level, 2011


Table 4.6: Secondary enrolments, by gender and language, 2011

Language Male Female Total

No. % No. % No.

Aboriginal Languages 14 60.9 9 39.1 23

Auslan 381 46.9 432 53.1 813

Arabic 121 29.2 294 70.8 415

Chinese (Mandarin) 3,234 51.8 3,011 48.2 6,245

Classical Greek 42 61.8 26 38.2 68

French 8,838 45 10,792 55 19,630

German 5,545 51.2 5,291 48.8 10,836

Greek 548 57.5 405 42.5 953

Italian 9,998 52.3 9,107 47.7 19,105

Indonesian 8,489 49.9 8,523 50.1 17,012

Japanese 8,905 50.6 8,697 49.4 17,602

Latin 137 49.1 142 50.9 279

Macedonian 141 49 147 51 288

Spanish 191 51.8 178 48.2 369

Turkish 134 52.8 120 47.2 254

Vietnamese 257 53.1 227 46.9 484

Total 46,975 49.8 47,401 50.2 94,376

Languages Study at the VCE Level

VCE (Years 11 & 12) enrolment figures in Tables 4.3 and 4.4 refer to students who are studying

Languages at each year level. However, the flexible nature of the Victorian curriculum results in

many students completing a Languages course before they enrol in Year 12. While Table 4.4

(above) indicates that 2,373 students are studying a language in Year 12, it is important to note that

over 2,000 Year 12 students had either already completed a Languages course or were continuing

Languages study with the VSL or through a community language school.

Similarly, although Table 4.3 (above) indicates that 7.3% of students enrolled in Year 12 were

completing Unit 4 in a Languages course, this figure rises considerably once we consider

government secondary college students who completed a Languages course (Unit 4) at an earlier

year level or outside of regular school classes through the VSL or a community language school.

Among students from government colleges who were eligible to graduate in 2011, 17.7% had

completed a Languages course either through their school, through the VSL (including via distance

education) or through a community language school. (This data was provided by the Victorian

Curriculum and Assessment Authority.) Table 4.7 lists the most widely studied languages by

students eligible to graduate from VCE in 2011, as well as figures for 2008 to 2010.


Table 4.7: Student enrolments (government colleges) by language, students eligible to graduate from VCE, 2008 –11 (based on VCE unit 4 enrolments)

Language Number of students

2008 2009 2010 2011

Arabic 88 87 67 80

Chinese (Mandarin) 1,179 1,191 1,364 1,452

French 588 535 549 548

German 378 360 331 352

Greek 147 134 132 124

Indonesian 470 351 376 325

Italian 284 220 235 230

Japanese 539 588 530 526

Korean 56 91 90 91

Turkish 150 136 129 102

Vietnamese 284 400 371 422

Other 548 551 559 530

Total 4,711 4,644 4,733 4,782

Percentage of all

graduating

students

-17.60% -17.50% -17.40% -17.70%

Source: VCAA, 2012.

Snapshot of students eligible to graduate from VCE in 2011 (students from Victorian government colleges) and the languages studied

Table 4.8, following, provides detailed information about the students who graduated in 2011 having

completed a Languages course during their senior secondary schooling. As outlined in Table 4.8, this

included finishing a Languages course when enrolled in Year 10, Year 11 or Year 12. Overall, a majority

of students, 59.1%, completed Unit 4 of a Languages course when they were enrolled in Year 12 (2011).

A further 38.5% of students completed Unit 4 of a Languages course when they were enrolled in Year 11

(2010), while the remaining 2.4% completed Unit 4 when they were enrolled in Year 10 (2009).


Table 4.8: Students eligible to graduate from VCE, 2011 (government colleges): number of students who completed a VCE Unit 4 Languages course by year undertaken

Year Unit 4 undertaken

Language Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Total

Chinese (Mandarin)

Chinese First Language

Chinese Second Language Advanced

Chinese Second Language

60

(24)

(19)

(17)

976

(585)

(128)

(263)

416

(209)

(60)

(147)

1,428

(818)

(207)

(427)

French 1 38 509 548

Japanese

Japanese First Language

Japanese Second Language

0

0

0

80

17

63

446

4

442

526

21

505

Vietnamese 23 243 156 422

German 1 47 304 352

Indonesian

Indonesian First Language

Indonesian Second Language

0

0

0

40

6

34

285

4

281

325

10

315

Italian 0 13 217 230

Greek 2 66 56 124

Turkish 1 34 67 102

Korean

Korean First Language

Korean Second Language

13

6

7

58

19

39

20

8

12

91

33

58

Arabic 0 25 55 80

Persian 3 23 42 68

Other 9 200 253 462

Total 113 1,843 2,826 4,782

Percentage 2.4 38.5 59.1 100.0

Source: VCAA, 2011.

Students eligible to graduate from VCE in 2011 (students from Victorian government

colleges)

Year 10 (2009) snapshot: Students who completed Unit 4 when enrolled in Year 10 (113 students)

studied 15 languages, with the highest percentage studying Chinese language courses (53.1%). The

second most studied language was Vietnamese, with 20.4% of students.

Students eligible to graduate from VCE in 2011 (students from Victorian government colleges)

Year 11 (2010) snapshot: Students who completed Unit 4 when enrolled in Year 11 (1,843 students)

studied 36 languages, with the highest percentage again studying Chinese language courses (53%).

The second most studied language was again Vietnamese, with 13.2% of students.

Students eligible to graduate from VCE in 2011 (students from Victorian government colleges)

Year 12 (2011) snapshot: Students who completed Unit 4 when enrolled in Year 12 (2,826 students)

studied 36 languages, with the highest percentage of students studying French (18%), followed by

Japanese (15.8%).

Note that there is a discrepancy between the number of government secondary college students

enrolled in Year 12 studying a language, as reported by colleges, in Table 4.4 (2,373 students) and the


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Year 12

Year 11

Year 10

Year 9

Year 8

Year 7

number of government secondary college students enrolled in Year 12 studying a language in Table

4.9 (2,826 students), as reported by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. This

discrepancy is due to the fact that some students, who are enrolled in a government secondary college

during the day, studied a language through a community language school after hours or on the

weekend while enrolled in Year 12.

Contact Time

The average contact time for Languages programs varied at each year level and across colleges. At the

Year 7 level, the average time allocated for Languages programs was 145.5 minutes per week,

increasing across the year levels to an average of 231.9 minutes at Year 12. Average contact times at

other year levels were as follows: Year 8: 150.4 minutes, Year 9: 166.9 minutes, Year 10: 203.4 minutes

and Year 11: 225 minutes (Figure 4.9).

The time allocated to Languages study also varied from college to college. In 2011, 70% of Year 7

Languages students (slightly up from 66.1% in 2010) and 72.3% of Year 8 Languages students (up from

69% in 2010) were in programs that ran for a minimum of 140 minutes per week. (The recommended

minimum is 150 minutes per week, although many school and college timetables produce 140–145

minute allotments per week). At Years 11 and r 12 levels, 93.4% and 96.1% of students respectively,

studied a language for more than 190 minutes per week.

Figure 4.9: Average minutes per week for Languages programs, by year level, 2005–11

Program Types

The range of Languages programs provided and the teaching methods used in secondary colleges

varied according to student needs and available resources. Individual Languages programs within

schools can be divided into four types.

1. The first type is a Languages program, which focuses on the teaching and learning of the target language and understanding the connections between language and culture.

2. The second type of program is a Content and Languages Integrated Learning (CLIL) program.

These programs include teaching content from another curriculum area, combined with explicit

teaching of the target language with a focus on the vocabulary and structures required for the

additional curriculum area. Content may include all or part of one or more curriculum areas.

3. The third type of program is a bilingual or immersion program. These programs include teaching at

least two key learning areas, in addition to the Language, in the target language. In 2011, there were

no designated bilingual schools at the secondary level.

4. The fourth type of program is a Cultural awareness and limited language program. These programs

focus on cultural awareness and introduce limited vocabulary in the target language.


The percentage of students enrolled in programs focused on language acquisition stood at 98.2% in

2011. This was comprised of Languages programs (96.2%) and Content and Languages Integrated

Learning (CLIL) programs (2%). Enrolments in language and cultural awareness programs accounted for

1.8% of students (Table 4.9).

Table 4.9: Secondary Languages enrolments, by language and program type, 2011

Language Languages program

CLIL Cultural awareness

Total

French 19,469 38 123 19,630

Italian 18,273 679 153 19,105

Japanese 16,975 218 409 17,602

Indonesian 15,910 407 695 17,012

German 10,456 151 229 10,836

Chinese (Mandarin) 5,871 357 17 6,245

Greek 894 19 40 953

Auslan 813 0 0 813

Vietnamese 484 0 0 484

Arabic 415 0 0 415

Spanish 367 2 0 369

Macedonian 288 0 0 288

Latin 279 0 0 279

Turkish 254 0 0 254

Classical Greek 68 0 0 68

Aboriginal Languages 23 0 0 23

Total 90,839 1,871 1,666 94,376

Percentage 96.2% 2% 1.8% 100%

Regional Provision of Languages

In 2011, the percentage of students studying a language in metropolitan areas was higher than in

regional areas at all year levels. The gap between metropolitan and regional students increased from

Year 7 onwards, with a particularly large decrease in enrolments at the Year 9 level in regional colleges.

As a result, the proportion of Languages students in metropolitan areas was around double that of

regional secondary colleges from Year 9 onwards (Figure 4.10). Further details are available in Table

4.10. Overall, 44.5% of students studied a language in metropolitan areas, while the percentage of

students in regional areas studying a language stood at 35.1% in 2011.


93.7 89.1

51.2

16.9

8.3 8.4

89.7

72.7

23.4

10.3 5.4 4.6 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12

Metropolitan

Regional

Figure 4.10: Secondary Languages student numbers in metropolitan and regional areas, by year level, 2011

Table 4.10: Secondary Languages enrolments, by metropolitan and regional areas, by year level, 2011

Year level Regional Metropolitan

Languages students

All students

% Languages students

All

students

%

Year 7 10,274 11,448.4 89.7 23,220 24,779 93.7

Year 8 8,579 11,796.8 72.7 22,699 25,481 89.1

Year 9 2,856 12,193.0 23.4 13,546 26,440 51.2

Year 10 1,241 12,010.8 10.3 4,487 26,544 16.9

Year 11 632 11,722.8 5.4 2,202 26,674 8.3

Year 12 430 9,296.3 4.6 1,943 23,099 8.4

Total 24,012 68,468 35.1 68,097 153,017 44.5


While German was the most studied language in the Hume Region in 2011, Indonesian was the most

studied language in the four other regional areas – Barwon South Western, Grampians, Loddon Mallee

and Gippsland Regions. In the metropolitan regions, French (Eastern and Southern Metropolitan

Regions) and Italian (Western and Northern Metropolitan Regions) were the most studied languages at

the secondary level (highlighted in bold in Table 4.11). Among the 16 languages taught at the secondary

level in secondary colleges, five languages, French, Italian, Japanese, Indonesian and German were

offered across all regions, although Chinese (Mandarin) was offered in all regions expect for the Hume

Region. Overall, between six and 12 languages were studied within each educational region in 2011.


Table 4.11: Secondary enrolments, by region and language, 2011

Language B.S.W Gramp. L.M Hume Gipps. E.Met W.Met S.Met N.Met

French 1,380 266 1,510 307 316 6,561 1,557 5,673 2,060

Italian 954 218 464 701 361 2,448 5,838 1,642 6,479

Japanese 1,306 887 498 1,595 875 2,974 3,149 5,185 1,133

Indonesian 2,211 423 3,256 1,860 1,184 1,510 1,140 4,557 871

German 622 1,023 491 159 549 3,282 776 2,750 1,184

Chinese (Mandarin) 352 882 222 0 119 2,207 302 1,375 786

Greek 0 0 155 0 0 231 156 48 363

Auslan 0 0 145 294 0 282 4 0 88

Vietnamese 0 0 0 0 0 11 424 10 39

Arabic 0 0 0 0 0 0 208 0 207

Spanish 0 0 0 49 0 236 84 0 0

Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 288

Latin 0 0 0 0 0 0 169 110 0

Turkish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254

Classical Greek

0 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 0


0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0

Total 6,825 3,699 6,741 4,965 3,427 19,810 13,807 21,350 13,752

Percentage of all students

42.5% 37.2% 40.5% 37.4% 27.3% 47% 43.5% 45.8% 42.4%

Regional differences at Years 11 and 12

Overall, 8.3% and 8.4% of students enrolled in Years 11 and 12 in metropolitan areas studied a

language in 2011, or 8.3% overall at the senior secondary level. In regional areas, the proportion of

Languages students increased slightly to 5.4% and 4.6% at Years 11 and 12 respectively, or 5.1% at

the senior secondary level (Figure 4.11). However, it is important to bear in mind the caveats outlined

in the second paragraph of the section Languages Study at the VCE level, with enrolments at the

senior secondary levels likely to be slightly higher in both regional and metropolitan areas than the

numbers in Figure 4.11 indicate.


10.4 10.2 9.8

9.1

8.7

8.8

8.3 8.1

7.5 7.7

6.5 6.2

4.9 5.1

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Metropolitan

Regional

Figure 4.11: Languages enrolments at Years 11 and 12, by regional or metropolitan regions, 2005–11

Teachers of languages 49

572

113

954

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1,000

Primary school

P to 12 school

Secondary college

5. Teachers of Languages in Victorian Government

Schools and Colleges

In 2011, there were 1,639 teachers teaching in Victorian government primary schools and secondary

colleges, who had some level of Languages qualification (Figure 5.1). Among the Languages

teachers, a small percentage played multiple roles, teaching in more than one school or college, or

at both the primary and secondary levels For example, 48 teachers taught at two schools. Another

28 teachers taught at between three and seven schools.

In addition, over 994 teachers teaching or assisting in Languages programs did not have recognised

Languages qualifications, although some of these teachers were undertaking Languages studies

and/or Languages methodology training in 2011. In some instances, rather than have a specialist

Languages teacher teaching the Languages program, all classroom teachers in some primary

schools incorporated Languages teaching into the general curriculum (with the support of a qualified

Languages teacher). A further 235 qualified teachers of Languages in primary schools and

secondary colleges were not teaching a language in 2011. These teachers taught other subjects,

assumed other roles within schools or were on leave.

Figure 5.1: Languages teachers, by school type, 2011

Teachers of Asian languages represented 46% of Languages teachers, European language

teachers accounted for 51.1% of teachers, while teachers of Aboriginal Languages, Arabic, Auslan,

and Turkish made up the remaining 2.9% of Languages teachers. There were more teachers of

Italian than any of the other languages in 2011 (20% of all Languages teachers), followed by

teachers of Indonesian (18.5% of Languages teachers).

The percentage of Languages teachers who were male stood at 18.4% in 2011. Amongst teachers

of Asian languages, 19.7% were male, while 17.2% of teachers of European languages were male.

Amongst the larger candidature languages, Japanese was the language with the highest percentage

of male teachers (21.9%), while only males taught Classical Greek and Latin. On the other hand,

only females taught Aboriginal Languages and Karen (Table 5.1). Numerically, there were 1,337

female Languages teachers and 302 male teachers in primary schools and secondary colleges in

2011 (Table 5.1).


Table 5.1: Teachers by gender and language, 2011

Language Male Female Total

Italian 45 282 327

Indonesian 55 248 303

Japanese 65 232 297

French 54 222 276

German 32 144 176

Chinese (Mandarin) 25 107 132

Greek 6 27 33

Auslan 5 25 30

Vietnamese 3 15 18

Spanish 2 11 13

Arabic 2 7 9

Macedonian 1 7 8

Turkish 2 5 7

Karen 1 3 4

Latin 3 0 3


0 1 1

Classical Greek 1 0 1

Korean 0 1 1

Total 302 1,337 1,639

Percentage 18.4% 81.6% 100%

Among the Languages teachers represented in Figure 5.2, 64.6% were fully qualified, 54% at the

primary level and 71.7% at the secondary level. These teachers have completed:

A three-year post-VCE major sequence or a four year beginners sequence at the

tertiary level in the language they were teaching (or have received a statement of

equivalence from a Victorian university), as well as an approved Languages

teaching methodology course, including theory and practicum;

or

A two-year post-VCE sequence or a three year beginners tertiary language

sequence. (These were acceptable secondary Languages teaching qualifications

for teachers entering the profession up to the beginning of 1996. Such teachers

are deemed to be qualified provided they have had continuing employment with

the Department since that time).

The remaining teachers had various levels of qualifications, from a two-year post-VCE tertiary level

course, to TAFE or adult education level courses (Figure 5.2). Overall, 83.5% of Languages

teachers had undertaken Languages methodology training (theory) at the tertiary level, regardless of

the level of qualifications they held in the language they taught.

Teachers of languages 51

7

10.7

4.3

2.7

4.5

4.5

4.3

14.8

47.2

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Three year (post-VCE)tertiary language study (orequiv.)

Four year (beginners)tertiary language study

Two year (post-VCE) tertiarylanguage study

Three year (beginners)tertiary language study

Languages accreditation

One year (beginners or post-VCE)/ two years beginnerstertiary language study

Further tertiary studies e.g.Masters in AppliedLinguistics, PhD

Native speaker, no formalLanguages qualifications

Other (e.g. one year living inJapan)

Figure 5.2: Qualification levels of Languages teachers, 2011

Figure 5.3 provides a comparison of the number of hours Languages teachers spend teaching

Languages each week. Among teachers at the primary level, the largest proportion of teachers, 61.6%,

taught for less than 10 hours per week, while at the secondary level, the highest proportion of teachers,

51.4%, taught for between 10 to 20 hours per week. This difference was also reflected in the

employment load of teachers. At the primary level, only 30.6% of Languages teachers are employed

full time, in comparison to the secondary level, where 66.7% of teachers are employed full time.

Despite the differences in employment level, the average time teaching Languages per week was

similar at the primary and secondary levels, with primary teachers teaching for an average of 9.4

hours per week and secondary teachers teaching for an average of 10.6 hours per week. Although

at both the primary and secondary levels, staff who were employed full time taught more hours of

Languages per week, with full time primary and secondary teachers teaching for an average of 12.4

and 11.6 hours per week, respectively. For part time staff, teachers at the primary and secondary

levels taught for an average of 8.1 and 8.5 hours per week, respectively.


61.6

26.1

12.3

46.9 51.4

1.7

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Less than 10 hours 10 to 20 hours More than 20 hours

Primary

Secondary

Figure 5.3: Hours spent teaching Languages each week, primary and secondary levels, 2011

Bilingual Programs in Victorian government schools 53

6. Bilingual Programs in Victorian Government

Schools

In 2011, one specialist school and eleven primary schools offered designated bilingual programs

(Table 6.1). Bilingual programs provide students with the opportunity to learn curriculum content in,

and through, both English and another language. In addition to the language curriculum, content-

based teaching takes place in two or more of the domains within the Discipline-based Learning

Strand of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards. Schools may choose from Science,

Mathematics, The Arts and The Humanities. Within these domains, bilingual classes are run for

subject areas such as ICT, cultural studies, visual arts, performing arts, health, sport and physical

education, civics and citizenship, economics, geography, history and the study of society and

environment (see Table 6.1). Students are taught in or through the language for between 450 and

700 minutes per week. Additionally, other activities at these schools may also be run in the

language such as library time, school assemblies, camps and excursions.

Teachers in the designated bilingual primary schools and secondary college are highly qualified and

are often supported by teaching aides, assistants offered directly to primary schools by overseas

governments or volunteers from the community. As well as their teaching duties at schools, teachers

also share their knowledge at a local, national and international level. Within local clusters of schools,

for example, they may provide activities for other schools to use in their language classes. Teachers

also provide training and support for student teachers and also host teachers from overseas, modelling

effective teaching and learning strategies for use in their home countries. Many schools and teachers

also work with university researchers around Australia to conduct research into teaching methodology,

student outcomes and the benefits of bilingual education.

Once students near the end of their primary schooling, teachers and schools work with staff at

secondary colleges in their areas to provide the maximum opportunity for students to continue with

their Languages studies at an appropriate level. This includes developing student portfolios so that

secondary college staff are aware of each student’s linguistic achievements and, where possible,

provide an advanced curriculum from the Year 7 level.

Table 6.1, following, sets out details of the designated bilingual schools and their programs.


Table 6.1: Designated bilingual programs, 2011

School Languages Domains Year levels Student numbers

Abbotsford Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) The Humanities, Mathematics, ICT and Languages P–6 32

Aurora School Auslan The Humanities, Mathematics and Languages P 6

Bayswater South Primary School German The Humanities, Science, The Arts and Languages P–6 278

Benalla East Primary School Indonesian The Humanities, Mathematics, Science and Languages 1–6 233

Camberwell Primary School French Mathematics, Science and Languages P–6 468

Caulfield Primary School Japanese The Humanities, The Arts and Languages P–6 119

Footscray Primary School Vietnamese The Humanities, Mathematics, Science, The Arts and Languages P–6 91

Gruyere Primary School Japanese The Arts, The Humanities and Languages P–6 37

Huntingdale Primary School Japanese The Humanities, The Arts, Science and Languages P–6 208

Kennington Primary School Auslan The Humanities and Mathematics P–1, 3 & 5–6 95

Lalor North Primary School Macedonian and Greek The Humanities, Mathematics, Science, The Arts and Languages P–6 143

Richmond West Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) Vietnamese

The Humanities, Mathematics and Languages P–6

P–2

78

26

55 The Victorian School of Languages

15,438 16,097 15,790

8,814 9,183 9,032

6,317 6,914 6,758

0

3,000

6,000

9,000

12,000

15,000

18,000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Total

Secondary

Primary

7. The Victorian School of Languages

In 2011, the Victorian School of Languages, a government school, provided programs in 45

languages through its 40 centres (28 in the metropolitan area and 12 in regional areas), as well as

through the Distance Education section. The government-run VSL provides for students from all

educational sectors who wish to develop their home or heritage language, students who may be

seeking continuity in Languages study after changing schools, or students who wish to learn a new

language. Lessons are generally provided outside regular school hours, usually on Saturday

mornings, and are typically of three hours’ duration.

In total, 15,790 students from Prep to Year 12 studied Languages through the VSL in 2011

(including enrolments via distance education). Of these, 6,758 were primary level students and

9,032 were secondary level students. Total enrolments at the VSL remained stable between 2010

and 2011.

Forty-five languages were taught at the VSL in 2011, with no changes between the languages

studied in 2010 and in 2011.

Distance education continued to provide an important avenue for Languages study, with enrolments

in distance education representing 21.1% of secondary level VSL enrolments in 2011. A further

eight students studied through distance education in Year 6. All figures referring to the VSL in this

section include enrolments through distance education. Further details on distance education are

available in the following section: Distance Education Section of the Victorian School of Languages.

Figure 7.1 provides a comparison of all VSL enrolments from 2005 to 2011 at the primary and

secondary levels and shows that enrolments at both the primary and secondary levels remained

stable between 2010 and 2011.

Figure 7.1: Enrolments at the VSL, 2005–11

Table 7.1 sets out the total VSL enrolments for each language by year level and shows that 45

languages were offered through the VSL in 2011. Forty four of the languages taught at the VSL

were studied at both the primary and secondary levels, with Bulgarian only studied at the primary

level. The five most popular languages overall were Chinese (Mandarin), Vietnamese, Greek,

Turkish and Japanese. Together, these five languages accounted for 47.1% of total enrolments in

the VSL, with the remaining students spread over a wide range of languages.


Table 7.1: VSL enrolments, by language and year level, 2011

Language Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Total %

Chinese (Mandarin)

294 246 256 159 185 197 172 134 156 181 317 438 2,735 17.3

Vietnamese 239 184 150 143 156 149 119 119 135 127 183 306 2,010 12.7

Greek 194 100 132 112 94 68 88 44 36 27 29 27 951 6.0

Turkish 73 85 86 81 80 83 63 62 64 77 80 67 901 5.7

Japanese 12 2 12 17 13 24 110 90 110 107 175 175 847 5.4

French 21 12 23 17 9 21 111 65 78 99 136 133 725 4.6

Arabic 85 74 58 57 42 42 48 53 35 31 85 110 720 4.6

Italian 32 34 37 25 40 30 87 44 51 111 94 81 666 4.2

Spanish 46 31 34 34 28 24 71 35 67 51 76 103 600 3.8

Sinhala 88 65 64 51 43 28 27 26 35 24 30 34 515 3.3

German 3 12 3 4 7 11 75 32 73 66 116 90 492 3.1

Macedonian 38 31 26 40 39 51 39 45 38 21 54 41 463 2.9

Punjabi 41 51 36 32 49 48 42 32 34 30 35 31 461 2.9

Indonesian 0 0 0 0 0 6 25 19 38 76 105 114 383 2.4

Croatian 24 28 30 37 37 22 33 28 33 27 20 31 350 2.2

Korean 25 17 19 10 17 14 14 13 19 9 79 82 318 2.0

Hindi 29 42 25 26 22 19 20 19 14 13 33 46 308 2.0

Karen 22 29 25 31 26 31 21 31 28 41 0 0 285 1.8

Dari 14 17 20 17 30 23 28 31 36 40 0 1 257 1.6

Chin (Hakha) 13 21 12 21 25 12 35 14 25 19 0 0 197 1.2

Polish 6 4 5 3 6 5 14 11 29 26 35 47 191 1.2

Persian 5 5 1 2 0 1 4 7 8 9 52 95 189 1.2

Bosnian 5 10 6 11 9 20 17 9 28 19 9 26 169 1.1

Khmer 16 19 11 17 12 7 13 10 13 12 12 23 165 1.0

Serbian 5 7 7 4 11 9 7 10 4 9 20 10 103 0.7

The Victorian School of Languages 57

Language Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Total %

Latin 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 9 18 10 20 22 103 0.7

Russian 16 14 9 11 6 6 2 3 2 6 10 11 96 0.6

Hebrew 9 2 2 5 10 14 9 7 7 2 10 12 89 0.6

Portuguese 2 9 4 8 4 2 6 5 8 3 11 15 77 0.5

Albanian 16 9 4 3 3 1 2 6 2 2 4 8 60 0.4

Filipino 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 12 13 23 59 0.4

Maltese 2 4 5 5 5 3 6 3 4 3 0 6 46 0.3

Dutch 3 7 0 2 1 3 1 0 3 2 10 7 39 0.2

Hungarian 4 2 4 1 1 3 0 0 4 3 5 7 34 0.2

Dinka 1 3 2 4 1 3 4 5 3 3 0 0 29 0.2

Syriac 2 2 3 5 2 6 1 2 3 1 0 0 27 0.2

Pushto 1 3 2 2 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 19 0.1

Bengali 7 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 0.1

Romanian 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 8 18 0.1

Amharic 4 1 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.1

Chinese (Cantonese)

3 2 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 17 0.1

Tigrinya 1 0 3 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.1

Swahili 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 12 0.1

Bulgarian 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.1

Lithuanian 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 <0.1

Total 1,405 1,191 1,131 1,012 1,027 992 1,352 1,032 1,251 1,305 1,862 2,230 15,790 100.0


70.5% 71.1%

29.5% 28.9%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Primary Secondary

Government school students

Non-government school students

Chinese (Mandarin) and Vietnamese were strongly represented across the primary and

secondary sectors – both languages have around 1,000 students each at primary and

secondary levels. Turkish and Arabic also had consistent enrolments over the primary and

secondary levels. There were, however, noticeable differences in patterns of enrolments

between the primary and secondary levels for some other languages. Community languages

such as Greek and Sinhala, for example, had stronger enrolments in the primary than in the

secondary sector. By contrast, Japanese, French, Italian, German and Spanish had a higher

proportion of total enrolments at secondary level.

Figure 7.2 represents the proportions of primary and secondary students studying at the VSL

who attend government and non-government schools and colleges and shows that access to

Languages study through the VSL remained important to both government and non-

government school students. Overall, the majority of students at the VSL at both the primary

and secondary levels were government school students, 70.8% of enrolments overall, with

non-government school students making up the remaining 29.2% of enrolments.

Figure 7.2: Languages enrolments at the VSL, by sector, 2011

Distance Education Section of the Victorian School of Languages

In 2011, the Distance Education Section of the Victorian School of Languages offered Languages

programs in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese,

Latin and Spanish to primary (Year 6) and secondary level students wishing to study a language

which was not offered at their school, or to those not currently attending a school. Of all secondary

students enrolled at the VSL in 2011, 1,709 students or 21.1% were studying a language through

distance education (Table 7.2). Enrolments through distance education have increased 34.7%


Enrolments in distance education fluctuated between 2005 and 2011, with enrolments in most of

the six most studied languages increasing between 2009 and 2011 (Figure 7.3).

The Victorian School of Languages 59

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

French

German

Japanese

Italian

Indonesian

Spanish

Table 7.2: Student enrolments in distance education, by language and year level, 2011

Language Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Total

French 0 72 24 48 34 80 67 325

German 1 56 16 54 38 82 58 305

Japanese 0 38 20 34 38 79 74 283

Italian 0 37 11 18 57 66 45 234

Indonesian 6 15 3 25 42 44 55 190

Spanish 1 45 0 20 0 22 35 123

Latin 0 23 9 18 11 20 22 103

Chinese (Mandarin) 0 0 0 0 0 38 34 72

Greek 0 15 8 4 2 14 8 51

Arabic 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 23

Total 8 301 91 221 222 458 408 1,709

Figure 7.3: Student enrolments in distance education (six most studied languages), 2005–11


APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Languages by Government Primary

Schools, 2011 Arabic (4 schools) School no.

Bayside P–12 College 8800

Campbellfield Heights Primary School 5034

Coolaroo South Primary School 4952

Dallas Primary School 4900

Auslan (42 schools) School no.

Airly Primary School 4169

Bairnsdale West Primary School 4725

Balliang East Primary School 3787

Cardinia Primary School 3689

Chum Creek Primary School 3279

Cranbourne East Primary School 5518

Dallas North Primary School 4933

Diamond Creek East Primary School 5037

Drummartin Primary School 1473

Dunolly Primary School 1582

Eagle Point Primary School 3215

Eastwood Primary School 4702

Epping Views Primary School 5513

Exford Primary School 3423

Golden Square Primary School 5531

Goongerah P–8 School (interim name) 5547

Harrisfield Primary School 4730

Hillsmeade Primary School 5482

Horsham Primary School (interim name) 5548

Kennington Primary School 3686

Lynbrook Primary School 5494

Manor Lakes P–12 College 8848

Mansfield Primary School 1112

Middle Kinglake Primary School 3315

Mildura South Primary School 4389

Morang South Primary School 1975

Nunawading (Mount Pleasant Road)

Primary School 4808

Officer Primary School 2742

Orbost Primary School 2744

Orchard Grove Primary School 5285

Red Cliffs Primary School 4057

Rosanna Golf Links Primary School 4753

Rowellyn Park Primary School 5313

Seville Primary School 2820

Shepparton (Guthrie Street) Primary

School 5020

St Albans East Primary School 4741

Swifts Creek School (interim name) 8892

The Lakes South Morang P–9 School 8846

Traralgon (Liddiard Road) Primary School 4700

Wesburn Primary School 3466

Willmott Park Primary School 5342

Woorinen District Primary School 5439

Chinese (Mandarin) (86 schools) School no.

Abbotsford Primary School 1886

Alvie Consolidated School 620

Ararat North Primary School 4995

Ararat Primary School 800

Ararat West Primary School 4720

Aspendale Gardens Primary School 530

Auburn Primary School 2948

Auburn South Primary School 4183

Bacchus Marsh Primary School 28

Balliang East Primary School 3787

Balwyn North Primary School 4638

Bentleigh West Primary School 4318

Beverley Hills Primary School 4813

Birralee Primary School 4991

Black Rock Primary School 3631

Blackburn Primary School 2923

Briagolong Primary School 1117

Burwood East Primary School 454

Cape Clear Primary School 1484

Carlton Gardens Primary School 2605

Chandler Park Primary School 5533

Chewton Primary School 1054

Clifton Hill Primary School 1360

Appendix 1: Languages by Victorian government primary schools 61

Coimadai Primary School 716

Collingwood College 6212

Darley Primary School 5200

Delacombe Primary School 5201

Derrimut Primary School 5512

Doncaster Gardens Primary School 5454

Doncaster Primary School 197

Elsternwick Primary School 2870

Footscray City Primary School 1912

Glen Waverley Primary School 5425

Glendal Primary School 5010

Golden Square Primary School 5531

Gordon Primary School 755

Hallam Primary School 244

Hawkesdale P–12 College 5434

Highvale Primary School 4986

Jells Park Primary School 5176

Jindivick Primary School 1951

Kingsbury Primary School 4845

Knox Gardens Primary School 5234

Labertouche Primary School 2471

Lal Lal Primary School 863

Laurimar Primary School 5497

Little Bendigo Primary School 2093

Livingstone Primary School 5113

Loch Sport Primary School 5245

Magpie Primary School 2271

Marnoo Primary School 1554

Milgate Primary School 5212

Moorabbin Primary School 1111

Mount Blowhard Primary School 2037

Mount Clear Primary School 427

Mount View Primary School 4923

Mulgrave Primary School 2172

Nangiloc Colignan and District Primary

School

5402

Napoleons Primary School 1072

Neerim District Rural Primary School 5394

Neerim South Primary School 2432

Noojee Primary School 4098

Parkhill Primary School 5416

Parkmore Primary School 4881

Pentland Primary School 5369

Preston South Primary School 824

Red Cliffs East Primary School 4123

Red Cliffs Primary School 4057

Reservoir East Primary School 4686

Richmond West Primary School 5044

Rokewood Primary School 531

Rosewood Downs Primary School 5087

Rupanyup Primary School 1595

Serpell Primary School 5168

Stawell West Primary School 4934

Sunshine Primary School 3113

Templeton Primary School 5196

Thomas Mitchell Primary School 5294

Wales Street Primary School 3139

Werrimull P–12 School 6257

Wheelers Hill Primary School 5094

Whitehorse Primary School 5530

Willowmavin Primary School 3479

Wycheproof P–12 College 8831

Yarra Primary School 5271

Yawarra Primary School 5429

Dutch (1 school) School no.

Laharum Primary School 2805

French (98 schools) School no.

Amphitheatre Primary School 1637

Avenel Primary School 8

Ballarat North Primary School 4690

Balmoral P–12 Community College

(interim name)

8872

Baranduda Primary School 2222

Beaconsfield Primary School 3033

Bellaire Primary School 4873

Bolinda Primary School 1070

Boort District P–12 School 8882

Buangor Primary School 2072

Burwood Heights Primary School 4932

Camberwell Primary School 888

Camelot Rise Primary School 5111

Carrington Primary School 5426

Carwatha P–12 College 5435

Castlemaine Primary School 119


Caulfield Junior College 3820

Cheltenham Primary School 84

Chiltern Primary School 327

Clarkefield Primary School 3035

Clifton Hill Primary School 1360

Clifton Springs Primary School 5280

Coatesville Primary School 4712

Dandenong North Primary School 4723

Dandenong Primary School 1403

Dandenong West Primary School 4217

Deepdene Primary School 3680

Dhurringile Primary School 3944

Dorset Primary School 5132

East Bentleigh Primary School 4837

Edithvale Primary School 3790

Falls Creek Primary School 5067

Glen Iris Primary School 1148

Glendal Primary School 5010

Greta Valley Primary School 5398

Greythorn Primary School 4694

Guthridge Primary School 4853

Heathcote Primary School 300

Heyfield Primary School 1108

Karingal Primary School 4922

Katunga South Primary School 2269

Kew Primary School 1075

Keysborough Primary School (interim

name)

5534


Kunyung Primary School 5182

Kyabram P–12 College (interim name) 7965

Lake Bolac College 854

Landsborough Primary School 1862

Langwarrin Primary School 3531

Lavers Hill P–12 College 6231

Lightning Reef Primary School 5541

Macarthur Primary School 1571

Malmsbury Primary School 1408

Melton Primary School 430

Merrijig Primary School 1379

Middle Park Primary School 2815

Montmorency South Primary School 4925

Montpellier Primary School 4972

Moonambel Primary School 1683

Mornington Park Primary School 5040

Mornington Primary School 2033

Mount Eliza North Primary School 5140

Mount Macedon Primary School 415

Mountain Gate Primary School 4905

Moyhu Primary School 1335

Myrrhee Primary School 2677

Napoleons Primary School 1072

Natte Yallock Primary School 1347

Navarre Primary School 1330

Newham Primary School 1913

Numurkah Primary School 2134

Oberon Primary School 4735

Osbornes Flat Primary School 1463

Patterson Lakes Primary School 5190

Port Melbourne Primary School 2932

Scoresby Primary School 1028

Silverton Primary School 5120

South Yarra Primary School 583

Southern Cross Primary School 5235

Spring Parks Primary School 5538

St Albans Heights Primary School 4948

St Arnaud Primary School 1646

Stanley Primary School 550

Talbot Primary School 954

Talgarno Primary School 1954

Tawonga Primary School 2282

Terang College 6236

Timor Primary School 1207

Tongala Primary School 6255

Toora Primary School 2253

Toorak Primary School 3016

Trawalla Primary School 1150

Wahgunyah Primary School 644

Wandin Yallock Primary School 1033

Weeden Heights Primary School 5157

Weeroona College 7405

Wheelers Hill Primary School 5094

White Hills Primary School 1916


German (61 schools) School no.

Amsleigh Park Primary School 5428

Ashby Primary School 1492

Bayswater North Primary School 4143

Bayswater Primary School 2163

Bayswater South Primary School 4973

Benalla West Primary School 4850

Berwick Primary School 40

Billanook Primary School 5193

Bimbadeen Heights Primary School 5011

Boneo Primary School 1184

Boronia Heights Primary School 4967

Boronia Primary School 4081

Branxholme-Wallacedale Community

School

5377

Bright P–12 College 776

Carrum Primary School 3385

Cavendish Primary School 116


Churchill North Primary School 5117

Concongella Primary School 1136

Dimboola Primary School 1372

Dixons Creek Primary School 1585

Don Valley Primary School 3956

East Loddon P–12 College 6217

Edenhope College 5432

Gladysdale Primary School 3982

Glen Huntly Primary School 3703

Halls Gap Primary School 3058

Harrietville Primary School 843

Highvale Primary School 4986

Hoddles Creek Primary School 2541

Horsham West – Haven Primary School 4697


Livingstone Primary School 5113

Macleod College 6242


Montrose Primary School 2259

Morwell (Commercial Road) Primary

School

2136

Morwell Park Primary School 4975

Mossgiel Park Primary School 5205

Mount Dandenong Primary School 3284

Mount Waverley North Primary School 5430

Murtoa College 1549


Primary School

4808

Old Orchard Primary School 4715

Poowong Consolidated School 6245

Rangeview Primary School 5431

Red Hill Consolidated School 6249

Reservoir East Primary School 4686

Rolling Hills Primary School 5241

Sassafras Primary School 3222

Seaford North Primary School 4974

Selby Primary School 4685

Silvan Primary School 1801

Somers Primary School 4458

Spring Gully Primary School 3505

Stawell Primary School 502

The Basin Primary School 2329

Toongabbie Primary School 856

Upwey Primary School 4530

Woori Yallock Primary School 1259

Yellingbo Primary School 4705

Greek (12 schools) School no.

Clarinda Primary School 3336

Coburg Primary School 484

Coburg West Primary School 3941

Lalor North Primary School 5035

Pinewood Primary School 4874


Richmond Primary School 5269

Serpell Primary School 5168

Stonnington Primary School 1896


Westgarth Primary School 4177

Yarra Primary School 5271

Indonesian (172 schools) School no.

Albany Rise Primary School 5427

Anglesea Primary School 4332

Antonio Park Primary School 4844

Apollo Bay P–12 College 6203

Axedale Primary School 1008

Ballam Park Primary School 5005


Bandiana Primary School 4691

Barnawartha Primary School 1489

Barwon Heads Primary School 1574


Beaconsfield Upper Primary School 2560

Bealiba Primary School 749

Beechworth Primary School 1560

Bellbridge Primary School 5254

Benalla East Primary School 2256

Berwick Lodge Primary School 5213

Bonbeach Primary School 4798


Brunswick North West Primary School 4399

Bundarra Primary School 5228

Camp Hill Primary School 1976

Campbells Creek Primary School 120

Carisbrook Primary School 1030

Caroline Springs College 5483

Carraragarmungee Primary School 1704

Casterton Primary School 2058

Castlemaine North Primary School 2051

Charlton College 8830

Chelsea Primary School 3729

Chirnside Park Primary School 5194

Colac South West Primary School 4775

Coldstream Primary School 5127

Coral Park Primary School 5292

Corryong College 8843

Courtenay Gardens Primary School 5371

Craigieburn South Primary School 5243

Cranbourne Park Primary School 4887

Cranbourne Primary School 2068

Creswick Primary School 122

Croydon Hills Primary School 5255

Croydon Primary School 2900

Darraweit Guim Primary School 878

Dederang Primary School 1772

Deer Park West Primary School 5032

Drysdale Primary School 1645

Eastbourne Primary School 5133

Echuca West Primary School 3916

Elliminyt Primary School 2028

Elmhurst Primary School 959

Eltham Primary School 209

Elwood Primary School 3942

Eppalock Primary School 1788

Frankston East Primary School 4682

Garfield Primary School 2724

Glenrowan Primary School 1742

Great Ryrie Primary School 5478

Greenvale Primary School 890

Guildford Primary School 264

Hampton Park Primary School 4062

Hastings Primary School 1098

Hastings Westpark Primary School 5202

Heany Park Primary School 5345

Herne Hill Primary School 4681

Hesket Primary School 1004

Heywood Consolidated School 6225

Hughesdale Primary School 4176

James Cook Primary School 5136

Kangaroo Flat Primary School 981

Karingal Heights Primary School 5053

Karoo Primary School 5295

Kensington Primary School 2374

Kerang South Primary School 4949

Kilberry Valley Primary School 5350

Kinglake Primary School 2188


Koroit And District Primary School 618


Kyneton Primary School 343

Langley Primary School 1275


Leitchville Primary School 2087

Leongatha Primary School 2981

Leopold Primary School 1146

Lilydale West Primary School 5057

Lloyd Street Primary School 4139

Lorne – Aireys Inlet P–12 College 2162

Lysterfield Primary School 1866

Macedon Primary School 1660

Manifold Heights Primary School 4224

Marong Primary School 400


Maryborough Education Centre 8845

Mckinnon Primary School 4366

Mentone Primary School 2950

Mickleham Primary School 1051

Middle Indigo Primary School 1115

Mitcham Primary School 2904

Mitta Mitta Primary School 887

Monbulk Primary School 3265

Moolap Primary School 1911

Mount Beauty Primary School 4644

Mount Eliza Primary School 1368

Murrabit Group School 3859

Murrayville Community College 5433

Nanneella Estate Primary School 3708

Nar Nar Goon Primary School 2248

Narre Warren North Primary School 1901

Narre Warren South P–12 College 8839

New Gisborne Primary School 467

Newport Lakes Primary School 113

Newstead Primary School 452

Newtown Primary School 1887

Nhill College 8833

Noojee Primary School 4098

Noorat Primary School 1178

Oatlands Primary School 5363

Ocean Grove Primary School 3100

Orbost North Primary School 4767

Oxley Primary School 1399

Pakenham Lakeside Primary School 5504

Park Ridge Primary School 5281


Plenty Parklands Primary School 1915

Point Cook P–9 College 4159

Portland North Primary School 1194

Portland Primary School 489

Pyalong Primary School 2005

Pyramid Hill College 1712

Quambatook Group School 2443

Quarry Hill Primary School 1165

Queenscliff Primary School 1190

Redesdale Mia Mia Primary School 2571

Ringwood Heights Primary School 4911

Ringwood North Primary School 4120

Rochester Primary School 795

Roslyn Primary School 4663

Seaford Primary School 3835

Simpson Primary School 4895

Somerville Primary School 2656

Somerville Rise Primary School 5372

Specimen Hill Primary School 1316

St Leonards Primary School 866

Stratford Primary School 596

Strathfieldsaye Primary School 1211

Tallangatta Primary School 1365

Tallangatta Valley Primary School 2337

Tarnagulla Primary School 1023

Tarwin Lower Primary School 4275

Tarwin Valley Primary School 5420

The Lake Primary School 3581

Thomas Mitchell Primary School 5294

Timbarra P–9 College 5479

Tooborac Primary School 1225

Torquay P–9 College 3368

Tyabb Railway Station Primary School 3544

Tylden Primary School 621

Upper Sandy Creek Primary School 3145

Vermont Primary School 1022

Wallan Primary School 664

Walwa Primary School 2806

Wandin North Primary School 3892

Warburton Primary School 1485

Warrenheip Primary School 1591

Watsonia North Primary School 4988

Wedderburn College 6262

Weeden Heights Primary School 5157


Welton Primary School 4041

Winters Flat Primary School 652

Winton Primary School 1870

Wonga Park Primary School 3241

Yackandandah Primary School 1103

Yarra Road Primary School 4219


Italian (187 schools) School no.

Aberfeldie Primary School 4220

Albert Park Primary School 1181

Albion North Primary School 4855

Alphington Primary School 3599

Altona P–9 College 8857

Andersons Creek Primary School 5104

Apollo Parkways Primary School 5184

Ardeer South Primary School 5064

Armadale Primary School 2634

Arthurs Creek Primary School 1666

Ascot Vale Primary School 2608

Athol Road Primary School 5536

Avondale Primary School 4812

Baden Powell P–9 College 5315

Baimbridge College 8814

Bayles Regional Primary School 5421


Bayswater West Primary School 5039

Bell Primary School 4309

Bellbrae Primary School 319

Belle Vue Park Primary School 5453

Belle Vue Primary School 4733

Belmont Primary School 26

Bentleigh West Primary School 4318

Birmingham Primary School 5048

Birregurra Primary School 723

Blackburn Lake Primary School 4860

Boroondara Park Primary School 5288

Brandon Park Primary School 5038

Brighton Primary School 1542

Brunswick East Primary School 3179

Brunswick North Primary School 3585

Brunswick South Primary School 2743

Brunswick South West Primary School 4304

Bullarto Primary School 1288

Cairnlea Park Primary School 1434

Caledonian Primary School 5384

Camberwell South Primary School 4170

Canterbury Primary School 3572

Cardross Primary School 4263

Carlton North Primary School 1252

Carnegie Primary School 2897

Caulfield South Primary School 4315

Ceres Primary School 1602

Chalcot Lodge Primary School 5231

Cheltenham East Primary School 4754


Chilwell Primary School 2061

Christmas Hills Primary School 1362


Coburg West Primary School 3941

Darley Primary School 5200

Daylesford Primary School 1609

Diamond Creek Primary School 1003

Donburn Primary School 5019

Donvale Primary School 4961

Doreen Primary School 945

Drummond Primary School 1848

Eildon Primary School 3931

Elphinstone Primary School 220

Essendon North Primary School 4015

Everton Primary School 5399

Fawkner Primary School 3590

Fitzroy North Primary School 1490

Flemington Primary School 250

Footscray Primary School 253

Footscray West Primary School 3890

Gladesville Primary School 5066

Gladstone Park Primary School 5007

Glen Katherine Primary School 5260

Glenferrie Primary School 1508

Greenhills Primary School 4893

Grovedale Primary School 283

Grovedale West Primary School 5076

Hamlyn Banks Primary School 4804

Hartwell Primary School 4055

Hepburn Primary School 767

Highton Primary School 304

Horsham Primary School (interim

name)

5548

Hurstbridge Primary School 3939

Invergordon Primary School 4896

Iramoo Primary School 5152


Irymple South Primary School 3702

Ivanhoe East Primary School 4386

Ivanhoe Primary School 2436

Kangaroo Ground Primary School 2105

Keilor Heights Primary School 4877

Keilor Views Primary School 5539

Kew East Primary School 3161

Kialla Central Primary School 1366

Kialla West Primary School 1727


Kingston Heath Primary School 5101

Kingsville Primary School 3988

Koo Wee Rup Primary School 2629

Korumburra Primary School 3077

Laburnum Primary School 4863



Lara Lake Primary School 769

Mackellar Primary School 5297

Malvern Primary School 2586

Manorvale Primary School 5091

Melrose Primary School 5141


Mentone Park Primary School 4955

Mernda Primary School 488

Merri Creek Primary School 3110

Milawa Primary School 737

Mill Park Heights Primary School 5325

Mill Park Primary School 5160

Monbulk Primary School 3265

Mont Albert Primary School 3943

Moomba Park Primary School 4876

Moonee Ponds Central School 3987

Moriac Primary School 4117

Mossfiel Primary School 5002

Mount Duneed Regional Primary

School

5380

Mount Evelyn Primary School 3642

Mount Ridley P–12 College 8853

Mountain Gate Primary School 4905

Mullum Primary School 4886

Myrtleford P–12 College (interim name) 8873

Niddrie Primary School 5410

North Melbourne Primary School 1402

Northcote Primary School 1401

Orrvale Primary School 3805

Panton Hill Primary School 1134

Park Orchards Primary School 4854

Parktone Primary School 4843

Pascoe Vale Primary School 3081

Pascoe Vale South Primary School 4704

Patterson Lakes Primary School 5190

Penders Grove Primary School 3806


Porepunkah Primary School 1144

Preston North East Primary School 4764

Preston Primary School 1494

Preston West Primary School 3885

Princes Hill Primary School 2955

Reservoir Primary School 3960

Reservoir West Primary School 4711

Ripponlea Primary School 4087

Rollins Primary School 4867

Rosanna Primary School 4568

Rowville Primary School 5000

Roxburgh Homestead Primary School 5443

Roxburgh Rise Primary School 5493

Rye Primary School 1667

Sandringham Primary School 267

Seabrook Primary School 5337

Shepparton (St Georges Road) Primary

School

4666

Shepparton East Primary School 1713

Southmoor Primary School 4910

Spensley Street Primary School 3146

St Albans Meadows Primary School 5118

St Kilda Park Primary School 2460

Strathaird Primary School 5463

Strathewen Primary School 3947

Streeton Primary School 5438

Sunnycliffs Primary School 4416

Surrey Hills Primary School 2778

Teesdale Primary School 2065

Templestowe Heights Primary School 5004


Templestowe Valley Primary School 4985

Thornbury Primary School 3889

Tooradin Primary School 1503

Trentham District Primary School 1588

Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School 4687

Undera Primary School 1771


Wallarano Primary School 5055

Wandiligong Primary School 275

Wangaratta Primary School 643

Watsonia North Primary School 4988

Watsonia Primary School 4838

Wattle Park Primary School 3841

Wedge Park Primary School 5206

Westmeadows Primary School 982

Whitfield District Primary School 5397

Whorouly Primary School 1373

Williamstown Primary School 1183

Woodlands Primary School 5319

Yandoit Primary School 691

Yarrambat Primary School 2054

Yarraville West Primary School 2832

Yarrawonga P–12 College 8883

Japanese (158 schools) School no.

Alexandra Primary School 912

Alfredton Primary School 1091

Altona Primary School 3923

Anakie Primary School 1910

Appin Park Primary School 5207

Aspendale Primary School 4193

Bairnsdale Primary School 754

Ballarat (Pleasant Street) Primary

School 695

Balnarring Primary School 1698



Beaufort Primary School 60

Beaumaris North Primary School 4803

Beaumaris Primary School 3899

Belgrave South Primary School 3551

Bell Park North Primary School 4962

Benton Junior College 5488

Berwick Chase Primary School 5503

Birchip P–12 School 8832

Black Hill Primary School 2043

Bona Vista Primary School 3612

Box Hill North Primary School 4717

Briar Hill Primary School 4341


Brighton Beach Primary School 2048

Buln Buln Primary School 2017

Buninyong Primary School 1270

Bunyip Primary School 2229

Carranballac P–9 College 5486

Carrum Downs Primary School 3613

Caulfield Primary School 5489

Chatham Primary School 4314

Clayton North Primary School 734

Clunes Primary School 1552

Cockatoo Primary School 3535

Cohuna Consolidated School 6211

Craigieburn Primary School 4770

Croydon West Primary School 4879

Cudgee Primary School 105

Currawa Primary School 3907

Darnum Primary School 2319

Dartmoor Primary School 1035

Derinya Primary School 4996

Derrinallum P–12 College 5375

Dingley Primary School 4257

Dromana Primary School 184

Ellinbank Primary School 2189

Elmhurst Primary School 959

Eltham East Primary School 4897

Emerald Primary School 3381

Essendon Primary School 483

Ferntree Gully North Primary School 4718

Frankston Heights Primary School 4815

Frankston Primary School 1464

Gardenvale Primary School 3897

Gembrook Primary School 2506

Glen Waverley South Primary School 5436

Glenroy West Primary School 4809

Grasmere Primary School 5381


Greensborough Primary School 2062

Gruyere Primary School 2956

Hawthorn West Primary School 293

Heathmont East Primary School 4819

Heidelberg Primary School 294

Huntingdale Primary School 4716

Jamieson Primary School 814

Jeparit Primary School 2988

Kalinda Primary School 5121

Kananook Primary School 5418

Katamatite Primary School 2069

Kent Park Primary School 5082

Kerrimuir Primary School 4816

Kinglake West Primary School 3255

Kings Park Primary School 5236


Kingswood Primary School 5106

Kyabram P–12 College (interim Name) 7965

Landsborough Primary School 1862

Launching Place Primary School 2599

Lethbridge Primary School 1386

Lilydale Primary School 876

Longwood Primary School 2707

Lucknow Primary School 1231

Malvern Central School 1604

Malvern Valley Primary School 4669

Manchester Primary School 5009

Monmia Primary School 5336

Moonee Ponds West Primary School 2901

Mount Martha Primary School 5171

Mount Pleasant Primary School 1436


Mount Waverley Primary School 3432

Movelle Primary School 5139

Murrumbeena Primary School 3449

Myrniong Primary School 487

Navarre Primary School 1330

Newport Gardens Primary School 4665

Niddrie Primary School 5410

Nilma Primary School 2712

Norris Bank Primary School 3618

Northern Bay P–12 College 8901

Nungurner Primary School 4226

Oak Park Primary School 4721

Oakleigh Primary School 1601

Oakleigh South Primary School 4823

Overport Primary School 4780

Peranbin Primary College 5367

Pomonal Primary School 2859

Port Fairy Consolidated School 6247

Research Primary School 2959

Roberts McCubbin Primary School 5419

Ruskin Park Primary School 4916

Rutherglen Primary School 522

Sale Primary School 545

Sandringham East Primary School 4429

Skye Primary School 1222

Solway Primary School 4641

Springhurst Primary School 1583

St Kilda Primary School 1479

Stanley Primary School 550

Strathmore North Primary School 4821

Sussex Heights Primary School 4832

Swan Reach Primary School 1631

Sydenham - Hillside Primary School 3559

Syndal South Primary School 4924

Taggerty Primary School 2544

Tecoma Primary School 3356

Templestowe Park Primary School 5129

The Patch Primary School 5173

Thornton Primary School 1371

Timboon P–12 School 6260

Tinternvale Primary School 5075

Toolangi Primary School 3237

Trawalla Primary School 1150

Tullamarine Primary School 4852

Upper Ferntree Gully Primary School 3926

Upwey South Primary School 4894

Urquhart Park Primary School 2103

Valkstone Primary School 4778

Viewbank Primary School 4892

Waaia Yalca South Primary School 5401

Wangaratta West Primary School 4642

Wantirna Primary School 3709


Warrandyte Primary School 12

Warranwood Primary School 3476

Warrnambool Primary School 1743

Waverley Meadows Primary School 5105

Wendouree Primary School 1813

Williamstown North Primary School 1409

Windermere Primary School 1856

Woady Yaloak Primary School 5440

Wodonga Primary School 37

Wooranna Park Primary School 4989

Yarra Junction Primary School 3216

Yarraman Oaks Primary School (interim

name)

4807

Yarrunga Primary School 4761

Yering Primary School 1034

Zeerust Primary School 4359

Karen (3 schools) School no.

Thomas Chirnside Primary School 5343

Werribee Primary School 649

Wyndham Park Primary School 5540

Korean (2 schools) School no.

Mordialloc Beach Primary School 846

Ormond Primary School 3074

Macedonian (2 schools) School no.



Spanish (13 schools) School no.

Ascot Vale West Primary School 4025

Boneo Primary School 1184

Bungaree Primary School 1960

Christmas Hills Primary School 1362

Clayton South Primary School 4384

Geelong (Tate Street) Primary School 4398

Hampton Primary School 3754

Hastings Primary School 1098

Point Lonsdale Primary School 3322

Regency Park Primary School 5131

Selby Primary School 4685

Sherbrooke Community School 6252

Wooragee Primary School 653

Turkish (4 schools) School no.


Coolaroo South Primary School 4952

Dallas Brooks Community Primary School 5546

Meadow Heights Primary School 5227

Vietnamese (5 schools) School no.

Abbotsford Primary School 1886

Albanvale Primary School 5179

Footscray Primary School 253

Richmond West Primary School 5044

Sunshine North Primary School 4745

Appendix 2: Languages by Victorian government secondary colleges 71

Appendix 2: Languages by Government Secondary

Colleges, 2011

Aboriginal Languages (1 school) School no.

Woolum Bellum College (interim Name) 8879

Arabic (4 schools) School no.


Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College 8227

Preston Girls Secondary College 8240

Thomastown Secondary College 8383

Auslan (6 schools) School no.

Charles La Trobe P–12 College 8890

Manor Lakes P–12 College 8848

Bendigo Senior Secondary College 7595

Bendigo South East 7–10 Secondary

College 7837

Forest Hill College 8724

Shepparton High School 8320

Chinese (Mandarin) (43 schools) School no.

Alkira Secondary College 8874

Ashwood Secondary College 8743

Bacchus Marsh College 8777

Balwyn High School 7550



College

7837

Box Hill High School 7635

Brighton Secondary College 7650

Brunswick Secondary College 8807

Camberwell High School 7680

Collingwood College 6212

Cranbourne East Secondary College 8898

Doncaster Secondary College 7776

Elwood College 7810

Essendon East Keilor District College 8806


Glen Eira College 8704

Glen Waverley Secondary College 8808

Hawkesdale P–12 College 5434

Hawthorn Secondary College 7934

Horsham College 8818

Kew High School 7950

Keysborough Secondary College 8867

Koonung Secondary College 7954

Kurnai College 8716

Lowanna College 8821

Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary

College

8022

Melbourne Girls College 8819

Mount Clear College 7267

Neerim District Secondary College 8145

Northcote High School 8180


Stawell Secondary College 8731

Strathmore Secondary College 8345

Suzanne Cory High School 8866

Templestowe College 8823

Thornbury High School 8797

Traralgon College 8803

Victoria University Secondary College 8891

Wantirna College 8428

Werribee Secondary College 8465

Werrimull P–12 School 6257

Westall Secondary College 8470

Classical Greek (1 school) School no.


French (83 schools) School no.

Albert Park College 8889

Ararat Community College Secondary 8753

Ashwood Secondary College 8743

Balmoral P–12 Community College

(interim name)

8872


Bellarine Secondary College 8250


Blackburn High School 7610





Canterbury Girls Secondary College 7690

Carwatha College P–12 5435

Castlemaine Secondary College 8824

Colac Secondary College 8864

Crusoe 7–10 Secondary College 7205

Dandenong High School (interim name) 8858

Donald High School 7775


Drouin Secondary College 7785

Eaglehawk Secondary College 7790

Eltham High School 7805

Elwood College 7810


Frankston High School 7850

Gisborne Secondary College 7857

Gladstone Park Secondary College 7858

Glen Eira College 8704


Hampton Park Secondary College 8709

Heywood District Secondary College 7910

Highvale Secondary College 7918

John Monash Science School 8856


Keysborough Secondary College 8867


Kyabram P–12 College (interim Name) 7965

Kyneton Secondary College 7970

Lake Bolac College 854

Lalor Secondary College 7985

Lilydale High School 7995

Lyndale Secondary College 8000

MacRobertson Girls High School 8135

Mallacoota P–12 College 3515

Mansfield Secondary College 8010

Maroondah Secondary College 8017


College 8022

Mckinnon Secondary College 8125

Melbourne Girls College 8819

Melbourne High School 8025

Mentone Girls Secondary College 8030

Monterey Secondary College 8809

Montmorency Secondary College 8068

Mordialloc College 8075


Norwood Secondary College 8185

Nossal High School 8865

Pakenham Secondary College 8223

Parkdale Secondary College 8225


Princes Hill Secondary College 8245

Ringwood Secondary College 8270

Roxburgh College 8407

Rutherglen High School 8300

Sandringham College 8739

Scoresby Secondary College 8307

South Gippsland Secondary College 7845

St Albans Secondary College 8330

Staughton College 7247

Suzanne Cory High School 8866

Swinburne Senior Secondary College 7366

Terang College 6236

University High School 8405

Upwey High School 8415

Vermont Secondary College 8420

Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary

School

7384

Warrnambool College 8811


Wellington Secondary College 8462


Western Heights Secondary College 8820

Wheelers Hill Secondary College 8474

Williamstown High School 8475

German (59 schools) School no.

Bairnsdale Secondary College 8466

Ballarat High School 7540

Ballarat South Community Learning

Precinct (interim name)

8900

Bayswater Secondary College 7560



College

7837

Berwick Secondary College 7603


Blackburn High School 7610

Boronia Heights College 7048

Box Hill High School 7635

Brentwood Secondary College 7647


Buckley Park College 7670

Bundoora Secondary College 7874


Cranbourne Secondary College 7747

Croydon Secondary College 7755

Crusoe 7-10 Secondary College 7205

Dimboola Memorial Secondary College 7770

East Loddon P–12 College 6217

Edenhope College 5432

Endeavour Hills Secondary

College(interim Name)

8871

Fairhills High School 7823


Fountain Gate Secondary College(interim

name)

8870

Geelong High School 7855

Gleneagles Secondary College(interim

name)

8869

Heathmont College 8816

Highvale Secondary College 7918

Hopetoun Secondary College 7920

Horsham College 8818

Kambrya College 8421

Kurnai College 8716

Macleod College 6242


Mckinnon Secondary College 8125


Melton Secondary College 8027

Mill Park Secondary College 8775

Mirboo North Secondary College 8050

Monbulk College 8065

Mooroolbark College 8071

Mount Eliza Secondary College 8102

Mount Waverley Secondary College 8105

Mullauna Secondary College 8744

Murtoa College 1549

Noble Park Secondary College 8813

North Geelong Secondary College 7856

Oberon High School 8210

Patterson River Secondary College 8725

Rainbow Secondary College 8255

Stawell Secondary College 8731

Traralgon College 8803


Upper Yarra Secondary College 8410



Viewbank College 8812

Wangaratta High School 8425

Greek (9 schools) School no.


Bentleigh Secondary College 7255

Chaffey Secondary College 7250




South Oakleigh Secondary College 8801



Indonesian (96 schools) School no.

Alexandra Secondary College 7505

Apollo Bay P–12 College 6203

Ballarat Secondary College 8828

Beechworth Secondary College 7575

Bellarine Secondary College 8250

Benalla College 8810



College

7837


Berwick Secondary College 7603



Caroline Springs College 5483

Casterton Secondary College 7695



Charlton College 8830


Corryong College 8843

Craigieburn Secondary College 8705

Crusoe 7–10 Secondary College 7205

Dromana Secondary College 7122

Eaglehawk Secondary College 7790

Echuca College 8855

Elisabeth Murdoch College 8722

Eltham High School 7805

Fountain Gate Secondary College(interim

name)

8870


Gleneagles Secondary College(interim

name)

8869

Glenroy Secondary College 8893

Goroke P–12 College 6223

Grovedale College 7183

Heathmont College 8816

Irymple Secondary College 7198

Kerang Tech High School 7945


Kyneton Secondary College 7970

Lara Secondary College 8841

Leongatha Secondary College 8745

Lilydale Heights College 7219

Lilydale High School 7995

Lorne - Aireys Inlet P–12 College 2162


Lyndhurst Secondary College 7108


Maffra Secondary College 8005

Mansfield Secondary College 8010

Maryborough Education Centre 8845


College

8022


Merbein P–10 College 8886

Mildura Senior College 8045

Mooroopna Secondary College 8073

Mornington Secondary College 8804

Mount Beauty Secondary College 8100

Mount Eliza Secondary College 8102

Mount Erin Secondary College 7028

Mullauna Secondary College 8744

Narre Warren South P–12 College 8839

Nathalia Secondary College 8140

Newcomb Secondary College 8151

Nhill College 8833

Norwood Secondary College 8185


Orbost Secondary College 8215

Parkwood Secondary College 8226

Patterson River Secondary College 8725

Point Cook P–9 College 4159

Portland Secondary College 8798

Pyramid Hill College 1712

Red Cliffs Secondary College 8260

Ringwood Secondary College 8270

Rochester Secondary College 8280

Rosebud Secondary College 8290

Rowville Secondary College 8734


Seymour P–12 College (interim name) 8884

Somerville Secondary College 8875

Tallangatta Secondary College 8370


Timbarra P–9 College 5479

Torquay P–9 College 3368

Trafalgar High School 8395


Wallan Secondary College 8791


Warragul Regional College 8827

Warrnambool College 8811

Wedderburn College 6262


Western Port Secondary College 7893

Wheelers Hill Secondary College 8474

Whittlesea Secondary College 7408


Wodonga Middle Years College 8851

Wonthaggi Secondary College 8736

Yea High School 8500


Italian (72 schools) School no.

Altona P–9 College 8857

Baden Powell P–9 College 5315

Baimbridge College 8814


Belmont High School 7585

Brunswick Secondary College 8807


Cheltenham Secondary College 7720

Copperfield College 8799

Craigieburn Secondary College 8705

Daylesford Secondary College 7115

Debney Park Secondary College 7763

Diamond Valley College 8746


East Doncaster Secondary College 7773

Elisabeth Murdoch College 8722

Epping Secondary College 7813


Fitzroy High School 8742

Footscray City College 8836

Galvin Park Secondary College 7402

Gilmore Girls College 7841

Gladstone Park Secondary College 7858


Greensborough Secondary College 8750


Hoppers Crossing Secondary College 8710

Irymple Secondary College 7198

John Fawkner Secondary College 8894

Keilor Downs Secondary College 8715

Koo Wee Rup Secondary College 7955

Korumburra Secondary College 7960

Kurunjang Secondary College 8718

Lalor North Secondary College 7986




Mallacoota P–12 College 3515

Maribyrnong Secondary College 8015

Mc Guire College 7331

Mildura Senior College 8045

Mill Park Secondary College 8775

Moonee Ponds Central School 3987

Mooroopna Secondary College 8073


Myrtleford P–12 College (interim name) 8873




Princes Hill Secondary College 8245

Reservoir High School 8708

Rosehill Secondary College 7275

Rowville Secondary College 8734

Roxburgh College 8407


St Helena Secondary College 8730


Sunbury College 8350

Sunbury Downs Secondary College 8723

Sunshine College 8790

Taylors Lakes Secondary College 8787

Templestowe College 8823

The Grange P–12 College 8783




Wanganui Park Secondary College 8422


Warrandyte High School 8437


William Ruthven Secondary College 8895

Yarra Hills Secondary College 8815

Japanese (85 schools) School no.

Alexandra Secondary College 7505

Bairnsdale Secondary College 8466

Ballarat High School 7540


Beaufort Secondary College 7565


Birchip P–12 School 8832

Brauer Secondary College 7395


Brentwood Secondary College 7647



Broadford Secondary College 7655

Buckley Park College 7670

Canterbury Girls Secondary College 7690

Carrum Downs Secondary College 8423

Cobram Secondary College 7725

Cohuna Secondary College 7735

Copperfield College 8799

Dandenong High School (interim name) 8858

Derrinallum P–12 College 5375

Dromana Secondary College 7122

Drouin Secondary College 7785

Elwood College 7810

Emerald Secondary College 8707


Euroa Secondary College 7820

Fairhills High School 7823


Frankston High School 7850

Geelong High School 7855



Healesville High School 7900

John Monash Science School 8856

Kambrya College 8421

Keilor Downs Secondary College 8715




Leongatha Secondary College 8745

Lilydale Heights College 7219



Malvern Central School 1604

Maroondah Secondary College 8017

McClelland Secondary College 8835


Melton Secondary College 8027

Mentone Girls Secondary College 8030

Monbulk College 8065

Montmorency Secondary College 8068

Mornington Secondary College 8804

Mount Clear College 7267


Mount Waverley Secondary College 8105

Noble Park Secondary College 8813

Northern Bay P–12 College 8901

Nossal High School 8865


Parkdale Secondary College 8225


Rosebud Secondary College 8290

Rosehill Secondary College 7275

Sale College 8834


Shepparton High School 8320

South Oakleigh Secondary College 8801



Sunbury College 8350

Taylors Lakes Secondary College 8787

Timboon P–12 School 6260

Upper Yarra Secondary College 8410


Viewbank College 8812

Wanganui Park Secondary College 8422


Warracknabeal Secondary College 8430

Warragul Regional College 8827


Western Heights Secondary College 8820


Wodonga Middle Years College 8851

Wodonga Senior Secondary College 8480

Wonthaggi Secondary College 8736

Latin (2 schools) School no.

Dandenong High School 8858



Macedonian (3 schools) School no.

Epping Secondary College 7813



Spanish (5 schools) School no.


Numurkah Secondary College 8190

Sherbrooke Community School 6252



Turkish (1 school) School no.

Roxburgh Secondary College 8407

Vietnamese (9 schools) School no.

Braybrook College 7645

Debney Park Secondary College 7763

Gilmore Girls College 7841



Sunshine College 8790





Appendix 3: Government Primary Schools and

Languages Provided, 2011

School name Language School no.

Abbotsford Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and

Vietnamese 1886

Aberfeldie Primary School Italian 4220

Airly Primary School Auslan 4169

Albanvale Primary School Vietnamese 5179

Albany Rise Primary School Indonesian 5427

Albert Park Primary School Italian 1181

Albion North Primary School Italian 4855

Alexandra Primary School Japanese 912

Alfredton Primary School Japanese 1091

Alphington Primary School Italian 3599

Altona P–9 College Italian 8857

Altona Primary School Japanese 3923

Alvie Consolidated School Chinese (Mandarin) 6201

Amphitheatre Primary School French 1637

Amsleigh Park Primary School German 5428

Anakie Primary School Japanese 1910

Andersons Creek Primary School Italian 5104

Anglesea Primary School Indonesian 4332

Antonio Park Primary School Indonesian 4844

Apollo Bay P–12 College Indonesian 6203

Apollo Parkways Primary School Italian 5184

Appin Park Primary School Japanese 5207

Ararat North Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4995

Ararat Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 800

Ararat West Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4720

Ardeer South Primary School Italian 5064

Armadale Primary School Italian 2634

Arthurs Creek Primary School Italian 1666

Ascot Vale Primary School Italian 2608

Ascot Vale West Primary School Spanish 4025

Ashby Primary School German 1492

Aspendale Gardens Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5301

Aspendale Primary School Japanese 4193

Athol Road Primary School Italian 5536

Auburn Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2948

Auburn South Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4183

Avenel Primary School French 8

Appendix 3: Government primary schools and languages provided 79


Avondale Primary School Italian 4812

Axedale Primary School Indonesian 1008

Bacchus Marsh Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 28

Baden Powell P–9 College Italian 5315

Baimbridge College Italian 8814

Bairnsdale Primary School Japanese 754

Bairnsdale West Primary School Auslan 4725

Ballam Park Primary School Indonesian 5005

Ballarat (Pleasant Street) Primary School Japanese 695

Ballarat North Primary School French 4690

Balliang East Primary School Auslan and Chinese (Mandarin) 3787

Balmoral K–12 Community College French 8872

Balnarring Primary School Japanese 1698

Balwyn North Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4638

Bandiana Primary School Indonesian 4691

Baranduda Primary School French 2222

Barnawartha Primary School Indonesian 1489

Barwon Heads Primary School Indonesian 1574

Bayles Regional Primary School Italian 5421

Bayside P–12 College Arabic, Italian and Japanese 8800

Bayswater North Primary School German 4143

Bayswater Primary School German 2163

Bayswater South Primary School German 4973

Bayswater West Primary School Italian 5039

Beaconsfield Primary School French, Indonesian & Japanese 3033

Beaconsfield Upper Primary School Indonesian 2560

Bealiba Primary School Indonesian 749

Beaufort Primary School Japanese 60

Beaumaris North Primary School Japanese 4803

Beaumaris Primary School Japanese 3899

Beechworth Primary School Indonesian 1560

Belgrave South Primary School Japanese 3551

Bell Park North Primary School Japanese 4962

Bell Primary School Italian 4309

Bellaire Primary School French 4873

Bellbrae Primary School Italian 319

Bellbridge Primary School Indonesian 5254

Belle Vue Park Primary School Italian 5453

Belle Vue Primary School Italian 4733

Belmont Primary School Italian 26

Benalla East Primary School Indonesian 2256



Benalla West Primary School German 4850

Bentleigh West Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and Italian 4318

Benton Junior College Japanese 5488

Berwick Chase Primary School Japanese 5503

Berwick Lodge Primary School Indonesian 5213

Berwick Primary School German 40

Beverley Hills Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4813

Billanook Primary School German 5193

Bimbadeen Heights Primary School German 5011

Birchip P–12 School Japanese 8832

Birmingham Primary School Italian 5048

Birralee Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4991

Birregurra Primary School Italian 723

Black Hill Primary School Japanese 2043

Black Rock Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 3631

Blackburn Lake Primary School Italian 4860

Blackburn Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2923

Bolinda Primary School French 1070

Bona Vista Primary School Japanese 3612

Bonbeach Primary School Indonesian 4798

Boneo Primary School German and Spanish 1184

Boort District P–12 School French and Indonesian 8882

Boronia Heights Primary School German 4967

Boronia Primary School German 4081

Boroondara Park Primary School Italian 5288

Box Hill North Primary School Japanese 4717

Brandon Park Primary School Italian 5038

Branxholme-Wallacedale Community

School

German 5377

Briagolong Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 1117

Briar Hill Primary School Japanese 4341

Bright P–12 College German and Japanese 776

Brighton Beach Primary School Japanese 2048

Brighton Primary School Italian 1542

Brunswick East Primary School Italian 3179

Brunswick North Primary School Italian 3585

Brunswick North West Primary School Indonesian 4399

Brunswick South Primary School Italian 2743

Brunswick South West Primary School Italian 4304

Buangor Primary School French 2072

Bullarto Primary School Italian 1288

Buln Buln Primary School Japanese 2017



Bundarra Primary School Indonesian 5228

Bungaree Primary School Spanish 1960

Buninyong Primary School Japanese 1270

Bunyip Primary School Japanese 2229

Burwood East Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 454

Burwood Heights Primary School French 4932

Cairnlea Park Primary School Italian 1434

Caledonian Primary School Italian 5384

Camberwell Primary School French 888

Camberwell South Primary School Italian 4170

Camelot Rise Primary School French 5111

Camp Hill Primary School Indonesian 1976

Campbellfield Heights Primary School Arabic 5034

Campbells Creek Primary School Indonesian 120

Canterbury Primary School Italian 3572

Cape Clear Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 1484

Cardinia Primary School Auslan 3689

Cardross Primary School Italian 4263

Carisbrook Primary School Indonesian 1030

Carlton Gardens Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2605

Carlton North Primary School Italian 1252

Carnegie Primary School Italian 2897

Caroline Springs College Indonesian 5483

Carranballac P–9 College Japanese 5486

Carraragarmungee Primary School Indonesian 1704

Carrington Primary School French 5426

Carrum Downs Primary School Japanese 3613

Carrum Primary School German 3385

Carwatha P–12 College French 5435

Casterton Primary School Indonesian 2058

Castlemaine North Primary School Indonesian 2051

Castlemaine Primary School French 119

Caulfield Junior College French 3820

Caulfield Primary School Japanese 5489

Caulfield South Primary School Italian 4315

Cavendish Primary School German 116

Ceres Primary School Italian 1602

Chalcot Lodge Primary School Italian 5231

Chandler Park Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5533

Charlton College Indonesian 8830

Chatham Primary School Japanese 4314



Chelsea Primary School Indonesian 3729

Cheltenham East Primary School Italian 4754

Cheltenham Primary School French, German and Italian 84

Chewton Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 1054

Chiltern Primary School French 327

Chilwell Primary School Italian 2061

Chirnside Park Primary School Indonesian 5194

Christmas Hills Primary School Italian and Spanish 1362

Chum Creek Primary School Auslan 3279

Churchill North Primary School German 5117

Clarinda Primary School Greek 3336

Clarkefield Primary School French 3035

Clayton North Primary School Japanese 734

Clayton South Primary School Spanish 4384

Clifton Hill Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and French 1360

Clifton Springs Primary School French 5280

Clunes Primary School Japanese 1552

Coatesville Primary School French 4712

Coburg Primary School Greek, Italian and Turkish 484

Coburg West Primary School Greek and Italian 3941

Cockatoo Primary School Japanese 3535

Cohuna Consolidated School Japanese 6211

Coimadai Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 716

Colac South West Primary School Indonesian 4775

Coldstream Primary School Indonesian 5127

Collingwood College Chinese (Mandarin) 6212

Concongella Primary School German 1136

Coolaroo South Primary School Arabic and Turkish 4952

Coral Park Primary School Indonesian 5292

Corryong College Indonesian 8843

Courtenay Gardens Primary School Indonesian 5371

Craigieburn Primary School Japanese 4770

Craigieburn South Primary School Indonesian 5243

Cranbourne East Primary School Auslan 5518

Cranbourne Park Primary School Indonesian 4887

Cranbourne Primary School Indonesian 2068

Creswick Primary School Indonesian 122

Croydon Hills Primary School Indonesian 5255

Croydon Primary School Indonesian 2900

Croydon West Primary School Japanese 4879

Cudgee Primary School Japanese 105



Currawa Primary School Japanese 3907

Dallas Brooks Community Primary

School

Arabic and Turkish 5546

Dallas North Primary School Auslan 4933

Dandenong North Primary School French 4723

Dandenong Primary School French 1403

Dandenong West Primary School French 4217

Darley Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and Italian 5200

Darnum Primary School Japanese 2319

Darraweit Guim Primary School Indonesian 878

Dartmoor Primary School Japanese 1035

Daylesford Primary School Italian 1609

Dederang Primary School Indonesian 1772

Deepdene Primary School French 3680

Deer Park West Primary School Indonesian 5032

Delacombe Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5201

Derinya Primary School Japanese 4996

Derrimut Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5512

Derrinallum P–12 College Japanese 5375

Dhurringile Primary School French 3944

Diamond Creek East Primary School Auslan 5037

Diamond Creek Primary School Italian 1003

Dimboola Primary School German 1372

Dingley Primary School Japanese 4257

Dixons Creek Primary School German 1585

Don Valley Primary School German 3956

Donburn Primary School Italian 5019

Doncaster Gardens Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5454

Doncaster Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 197

Donvale Primary School Italian 4961

Doreen Primary School Italian 945

Dorset Primary School French 5132

Dromana Primary School Japanese 184

Drummartin Primary School Auslan 1473

Drummond Primary School Italian 1848

Drysdale Primary School Indonesian 1645

Dunolly Primary School Auslan 1582

Eagle Point Primary School Auslan 3215

East Bentleigh Primary School French 4837

East Loddon P–12 College German 6217

Eastbourne Primary School Indonesian 5133

Eastwood Primary School Auslan 4702



Echuca West Primary School Indonesian 3916

Edenhope College German 5432

Edithvale Primary School French 3790

Eildon Primary School Italian 3931

Elliminyt Primary School Indonesian 2028

Ellinbank Primary School Japanese 2189

Elmhurst Primary School Indonesian and Japanese 959

Elphinstone Primary School Italian 220

Elsternwick Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2870

Eltham East Primary School Japanese 4897

Eltham Primary School Indonesian 209

Elwood Primary School Indonesian 3942

Emerald Primary School Japanese 3381

Eppalock Primary School Indonesian 1788

Epping Views Primary School Auslan 5513

Essendon North Primary School Italian 4015

Essendon Primary School Japanese 483

Everton Primary School Italian 5399

Exford Primary School Auslan 3423

Falls Creek Primary School French 5067

Fawkner Primary School Italian 3590

Ferntree Gully North Primary School Japanese 4718

Fitzroy North Primary School Italian 1490

Flemington Primary School Italian 250

Footscray City Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 1912

Footscray Primary School Italian and Vietnamese 253

Footscray West Primary School Italian 3890

Frankston East Primary School Indonesian 4682

Frankston Heights Primary School Japanese 4815

Frankston Primary School Japanese 1464

Gardenvale Primary School Japanese 3897

Garfield Primary School Indonesian 2724

Geelong (Tate Street) Primary School Spanish 4398

Gembrook Primary School Japanese 2506

Gladesville Primary School Italian 5066

Gladstone Park Primary School Italian 5007

Gladysdale Primary School German 3982

Glen Huntly Primary School German 3703

Glen Iris Primary School French 1148

Glen Katherine Primary School Italian 5260

Glen Waverley Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5425



Glen Waverley South Primary School Japanese 5436

Glendal Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and French 5010

Glenferrie Primary School Italian 1508

Glenrowan Primary School Indonesian 1742

Glenroy West Primary School Japanese 4809

Golden Square Primary School Auslan and Chinese (Mandarin) 5531

Goongerah P-8 School (interim name) Auslan 5547

Gordon Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 755

Grasmere Primary School Japanese 5381

Great Ryrie Primary School Indonesian 5478

Greenhills Primary School Italian 4893

Greensborough Primary School Japanese 2062

Greenvale Primary School Indonesian 890

Greta Valley Primary School French 5398

Greythorn Primary School French 4694

Grovedale Primary School Italian 283

Grovedale West Primary School Italian 5076

Gruyere Primary School Japanese 2956

Guildford Primary School Indonesian 264

Guthridge Primary School French 4853

Hallam Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 244

Halls Gap Primary School German 3058

Hamlyn Banks Primary School Italian 4804

Hampton Park Primary School Indonesian 4062

Hampton Primary School Spanish 3754

Harrietville Primary School German 843

Harrisfield Primary School Auslan 4730

Hartwell Primary School Italian 4055

Hastings Primary School Indonesian and Spanish 1098

Hastings Westpark Primary School Indonesian 5202

Hawkesdale P–12 College Chinese (Mandarin) 5434

Hawthorn West Primary School Japanese 293

Heany Park Primary School Indonesian 5345

Heathcote Primary School French 300

Heathmont East Primary School Japanese 4819

Heidelberg Primary School Japanese 294

Hepburn Primary School Italian 767

Herne Hill Primary School Indonesian 4681

Hesket Primary School Indonesian 1004

Heyfield Primary School French 1108

Heywood Consolidated School Indonesian 6225



Highton Primary School Italian 304

Highvale Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and

German

4986

Hillsmeade Primary School Auslan 5482

Hoddles Creek Primary School German 2541

Horsham Primary School (interim name) Auslan and Italian 5548

Horsham West - Haven Primary School German 4697

Hughesdale Primary School Indonesian 4176

Huntingdale Primary School Japanese 4716

Hurstbridge Primary School Italian 3939

Invergordon Primary School Italian 4896

Iramoo Primary School Italian 5152

Irymple South Primary School Italian 3702

Ivanhoe East Primary School Italian 4386

Ivanhoe Primary School Italian 2436

James Cook Primary School Indonesian 5136

Jamieson Primary School Japanese 814

Jells Park Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5176

Jeparit Primary School Japanese 2988

Jindivick Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 1951

Kalinda Primary School Japanese 5121

Kananook Primary School Japanese 5418

Kangaroo Flat Primary School Indonesian 981

Kangaroo Ground Primary School Italian 2105

Karingal Heights Primary School Indonesian 5053

Karingal Primary School French 4922

Karoo Primary School Indonesian 5295

Katamatite Primary School Japanese 2069

Katunga South Primary School French 2269

Keilor Heights Primary School Italian 4877

Keilor Views Primary School Italian 5539

Kennington Primary School Auslan 3686

Kensington Primary School Indonesian 2374

Kent Park Primary School Japanese 5082

Kerang South Primary School Indonesian 4949

Kerrimuir Primary School Japanese 4816

Kew East Primary School Italian 3161

Kew Primary School French 1075

Keysborough Primary School French 5534

Kialla Central Primary School Italian 1366

Kialla West Primary School Italian 1727

Kilberry Valley Primary School Indonesian 5350



Kinglake Primary School Indonesian 2188

Kinglake West Primary School Japanese 3255

Kings Park Primary School Japanese 5236

Kingsbury Primary School Chinese (Mandarin), French,

German, Indonesian, Italian and

Japanese

4845

Kingston Heath Primary School Italian 5101

Kingsville Primary School Italian 3988

Kingswood Primary School Japanese 5106

Knox Gardens Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5234

Koo Wee Rup Primary School Italian 2629

Koroit And District Primary School Indonesian 618

Korumburra Primary School Italian 3077

Kunyung Primary School French 5182

Kyabram P–12 College French, Indonesian and

Japanese

7965

Kyneton Primary School Indonesian 343

Labertouche Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2471

Laburnum Primary School Italian 4863

Laharum Primary School Dutch 2805

Lake Bolac College French 854

Lal Lal Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 863

Lalor North Primary School Greek, Italian and Macedonian 5035

Landsborough Primary School French and Japanese 1862

Langley Primary School Indonesian 1275

Langwarrin Primary School French, Indonesian and Italian 3531

Lara Lake Primary School Italian 769

Launching Place Primary School Japanese 2599

Laurimar Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5497

Lavers Hill P–12 College French 6231

Leitchville Primary School Indonesian 2087

Leongatha Primary School Indonesian 2981

Leopold Primary School Indonesian 1146

Lethbridge Primary School Japanese 1386

Lightning Reef Primary School French 5541

Lilydale Primary School Japanese 876

Lilydale West Primary School Indonesian 5057

Little Bendigo Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2093

Livingstone Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and

German

5113

Lloyd Street Primary School Indonesian 4139

Loch Sport Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5245

Longwood Primary School Japanese 2707



Lorne – Aireys Inlet P–12 College Indonesian 2162

Lucknow Primary School Japanese 1231

Lynbrook Primary School Auslan 5494

Lysterfield Primary School Indonesian 1866

Macarthur Primary School French 1571

Macedon Primary School Indonesian 1660

Mackellar Primary School Italian 5297

Macleod College German 6242

Magpie Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2271

Malmsbury Primary School French 1408

Malvern Central School Japanese 1604

Malvern Primary School Italian 2586

Malvern Valley Primary School Japanese 4669

Manchester Primary School Japanese 5009

Manifold Heights Primary School Indonesian 4224

Manor Lakes P–12 College Auslan 8848

Manorvale Primary School Italian 5091

Mansfield Primary School Auslan 1112

Marnoo Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 1554

Marong Primary School Indonesian 400

Maryborough Education Centre Indonesian 8845

Mckinnon Primary School Indonesian 4366

Meadow Heights Primary School Turkish 5227

Melrose Primary School Italian 5141

Melton Primary School French, German and Italian 430

Mentone Park Primary School Italian 4955

Mentone Primary School Indonesian 2950

Mernda Primary School Italian 488

Merri Creek Primary School Italian 3110

Merrijig Primary School French 1379

Mickleham Primary School Indonesian 1051

Middle Indigo Primary School Indonesian 1115

Middle Kinglake Primary School Auslan 3315

Middle Park Primary School French 2815

Milawa Primary School Italian 737

Mildura South Primary School Auslan 4389

Milgate Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5212

Mill Park Heights Primary School Italian 5325

Mill Park Primary School Italian 5160

Mitcham Primary School Indonesian 2904

Mitta Mitta Primary School Indonesian 887



Monbulk Primary School Indonesian and Italian 3265

Monmia Primary School Japanese 5336

Mont Albert Primary School Italian 3943

Montmorency South Primary School French 4925

Montpellier Primary School French 4972

Montrose Primary School German 2259

Moolap Primary School Indonesian 1911

Moomba Park Primary School Italian 4876

Moonambel Primary School French 1683

Moonee Ponds Central School Italian 3987

Moonee Ponds West Primary School Japanese 2901

Moorabbin Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 1111

Morang South Primary School Auslan 1975

Mordialloc Beach Primary School Korean 846

Moriac Primary School Italian 4117

Mornington Park Primary School French 5040

Mornington Primary School French 2033

Morwell (Commercial Road) Primary

School

German 2136

Morwell Park Primary School German 4975

Mossfiel Primary School Italian 5002

Mossgiel Park Primary School German 5205

Mount Beauty Primary School Indonesian 4644

Mount Blowhard Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2037

Mount Clear Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 427

Mount Dandenong Primary School German 3284

Mount Duneed Regional Primary School Italian 5380

Mount Eliza North Primary School French 5140

Mount Eliza Primary School Indonesian 1368

Mount Evelyn Primary School Italian 3642

Mount Macedon Primary School French 415

Mount Martha Primary School Japanese 5171

Mount Pleasant Primary School Japanese 1436

Mount Ridley P–12 College Italian and Japanese 8853

Mount View Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4923

Mount Waverley North Primary School German 5430

Mount Waverley Primary School Japanese 3432

Mountain Gate Primary School French and Italian 4905

Movelle Primary School Japanese 5139

Moyhu Primary School French 1335

Mulgrave Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2172

Mullum Primary School Italian 4886



Murrabit Group School Indonesian 3859

Murrayville Community College Indonesian 5433

Murrumbeena Primary School Japanese 3449

Murtoa College German 1549

Myrniong Primary School Japanese 487

Myrrhee Primary School French 2677

Myrtleford P–12 College Italian 8873

Nangiloc Colignan and District Primary

School

Chinese (Mandarin) 5402

Nanneella Estate Primary School Indonesian 3708

Napoleons Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and French 1072

Nar Nar Goon Primary School Indonesian 2248

Narre Warren North Primary School Indonesian 1901

Narre Warren South P–12 College Indonesian 8839

Natte Yallock Primary School French 1347

Navarre Primary School French and Japanese 1330

Neerim District Rural Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5394

Neerim South Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 2432

New Gisborne Primary School Indonesian 467

Newham Primary School French 1913

Newport Gardens Primary School Japanese 4665

Newport Lakes Primary School Indonesian 113

Newstead Primary School Indonesian 452

Newtown Primary School Indonesian 1887

Nhill College Indonesian 8833

Niddrie Primary School Italian and Japanese 5410

Nilma Primary School Japanese 2712

Noojee Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and

Indonesian

4098

Noorat Primary School Indonesian 1178

Norris Bank Primary School Japanese 3618

North Melbourne Primary School Italian 1402

Northcote Primary School Italian 1401

Northern Bay P–12 College Japanese 8901

Numurkah Primary School French 2134


Primary School

Auslan and German 4808

Nungurner Primary School Japanese 4226

Oak Park Primary School Japanese 4721

Oakleigh Primary School Japanese 1601

Oakleigh South Primary School Japanese 4823

Oatlands Primary School Indonesian 5363



Oberon Primary School French 4735

Ocean Grove Primary School Indonesian 3100

Officer Primary School Auslan 2742

Old Orchard Primary School German 4715

Orbost North Primary School Indonesian 4767

Orbost Primary School Auslan 2744

Orchard Grove Primary School Auslan 5285

Ormond Primary School Korean 3074

Orrvale Primary School Italian 3805

Osbornes Flat Primary School French 1463

Overport Primary School Japanese 4780

Oxley Primary School Indonesian 1399

Pakenham Lakeside Primary School Indonesian 5504

Panton Hill Primary School Italian 1134

Park Orchards Primary School Italian 4854

Park Ridge Primary School Indonesian 5281

Parkhill Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5416

Parkmore Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4881

Parktone Primary School Italian 4843

Pascoe Vale Primary School Italian 3081

Pascoe Vale South Primary School Italian 4704

Patterson Lakes Primary School French and Italian 5190

Penders Grove Primary School Italian 3806

Pentland Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5369

Peranbin Primary College Japanese 5367

Pinewood Primary School Greek, Indonesian and Italian 4874

Plenty Parklands Primary School Indonesian 1915

Point Cook P–9 College Indonesian 4159

Point Lonsdale Primary School Spanish 3322

Pomonal Primary School Japanese 2859

Poowong Consolidated School German 6245

Porepunkah Primary School Italian 1144

Port Fairy Consolidated School Japanese 6247

Port Melbourne Primary School French 2932

Portland North Primary School Indonesian 1194

Portland Primary School Indonesian 489

Preston North East Primary School Italian 4764

Preston Primary School Italian 1494

Preston South Primary School Chinese (Mandarin), Greek and

Macedonian 824

Preston West Primary School Italian 3885

Princes Hill Primary School Italian 2955



Pyalong Primary School Indonesian 2005

Pyramid Hill College Indonesian 1712

Quambatook Group School Indonesian 2443

Quarry Hill Primary School Indonesian 1165

Queenscliff Primary School Indonesian 1190

Rangeview Primary School German 5431

Red Cliffs East Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4123

Red Cliffs Primary School Auslan and Chinese (Mandarin) 4057

Red Hill Consolidated School German 6249

Redesdale Mia Mia Primary School Indonesian 2571

Regency Park Primary School Spanish 5131

Research Primary School Japanese 2959

Reservoir East Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and

German 4686

Reservoir Primary School Italian 3960

Reservoir West Primary School Italian 4711

Richmond Primary School Greek 5269

Richmond West Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and

Vietnamese

5044

Ringwood Heights Primary School Indonesian 4911

Ringwood North Primary School Indonesian 4120

Ripponlea Primary School Italian 4087

Roberts McCubbin Primary School Japanese 5419

Rochester Primary School Indonesian 795

Rokewood Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 531

Rolling Hills Primary School German 5241

Rollins Primary School Italian 4867

Rosanna Golf Links Primary School Auslan 4753

Rosewood Downs Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5087

Roslyn Primary School Indonesian 4663

Rowellyn Park Primary School Auslan 5313

Rowville Primary School Italian 5000

Roxburgh Homestead Primary School Italian 5443

Roxburgh Rise Primary School Italian 5493

Rupanyup Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 1595

Ruskin Park Primary School Japanese 4916

Rutherglen Primary School Japanese 522

Rye Primary School Italian 1667

Sale Primary School Japanese 545

Sandringham East Primary School Japanese 4429

Sandringham Primary School Italian 267

Sassafras Primary School German 3222



Scoresby Primary School French 1028

Seabrook Primary School Italian 5337

Seaford North Primary School German 4974

Seaford Primary School Indonesian 3835

Selby Primary School German and Spanish 4685

Serpell Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and Greek 5168

Seville Primary School Auslan 2820

Shepparton (Guthrie Street) Primary

School

Auslan 5020

Shepparton (St Georges Road) Primary

School

Italian 4666

Shepparton East Primary School Italian 1713

Sherbrooke Community School Spanish 6252

Silvan Primary School German 1801

Silverton Primary School French 5120

Simpson Primary School Indonesian 4895

Skye Primary School Japanese 1222

Solway Primary School Japanese 4641

Somers Primary School German 4458

Somerville Primary School Indonesian 2656

Somerville Rise Primary School Indonesian 5372

South Yarra Primary School French 583

Southern Cross Primary School French 5235

Southmoor Primary School Italian 4910

Specimen Hill Primary School Indonesian 1316

Spensley Street Primary School Italian 3146

Spring Gully Primary School German 3505

Spring Parks Primary School French 5538

Springhurst Primary School Japanese 1583

St Albans East Primary School Auslan 4741

St Albans Heights Primary School French 4948

St Albans Meadows Primary School Italian 5118

St Arnaud Primary School French 1646

St Kilda Park Primary School Italian 2460

St Kilda Primary School Japanese 1479

St Leonards Primary School Indonesian 866

Stanley Primary School French and Japanese 550

Stawell Primary School German 502

Stawell West Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 4934

Stonnington Primary School Greek 1896

Stratford Primary School Indonesian 596

Strathaird Primary School Italian 5463



Strathewen Primary School Italian 3947

Strathfieldsaye Primary School Indonesian 1211

Strathmore North Primary School Japanese 4821

Streeton Primary School Italian 5438

Sunnycliffs Primary School Italian 4416

Sunshine North Primary School Vietnamese 4745

Sunshine Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 3113

Surrey Hills Primary School Italian 2778

Sussex Heights Primary School Japanese 4832

Swan Reach Primary School Japanese 1631

Swifts Creek School (interim name) Auslan 8892

Sydenham - Hillside Primary School Japanese 3559

Syndal South Primary School Japanese 4924

Taggerty Primary School Japanese 2544

Talbot Primary School French 954

Talgarno Primary School French 1954

Tallangatta Primary School Indonesian 1365

Tallangatta Valley Primary School Indonesian 2337

Tarnagulla Primary School Indonesian 1023

Tarwin Lower Primary School Indonesian 4275

Tarwin Valley Primary School Indonesian 5420

Tawonga Primary School French 2282

Tecoma Primary School Japanese 3356

Teesdale Primary School Italian 2065

Templestowe Heights Primary School Italian 5004

Templestowe Park Primary School Japanese 5129

Templestowe Valley Primary School Italian 4985

Templeton Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5196

Terang College French 6236

The Basin Primary School German 2329

The Lake Primary School Indonesian 3581

The Lakes South Morang P–9 School Auslan 8846

The Patch Primary School Japanese 5173

Thomas Chirnside Primary School Karen 5343

Thomas Mitchell Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and

Indonesian

5294

Thornbury Primary School Italian 3889

Thornton Primary School Japanese 1371

Timbarra P–9 College Indonesian 5479

Timboon P–12 School Japanese 6260

Timor Primary School French 1207

Tinternvale Primary School Japanese 5075



Tongala Primary School French 6255

Tooborac Primary School Indonesian 1225

Toolangi Primary School Japanese 3237

Toongabbie Primary School German 856

Toora Primary School French 2253

Tooradin Primary School Italian 1503

Toorak Primary School French 3016

Torquay P–9 College Indonesian 3368

Traralgon (Liddiard Road) Primary School Auslan 4700

Trawalla Primary School French and Japanese 1150

Trentham District Primary School Italian 1588

Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School Italian 4687

Tullamarine Primary School Japanese 4852

Tyabb Railway Station Primary School Indonesian 3544

Tylden Primary School Indonesian 621

Undera Primary School Italian 1771

Upper Ferntree Gully Primary School Japanese 3926

Upper Sandy Creek Primary School Indonesian 3145

Upwey Primary School German 4530

Upwey South Primary School Japanese 4894

Urquhart Park Primary School Japanese 2103

Valkstone Primary School Japanese 4778

Vermont Primary School Indonesian 1022

Viewbank Primary School Japanese 4892

Waaia Yalca South Primary School Japanese 5401

Wahgunyah Primary School French 644

Wales Street Primary School Chinese (Mandarin), Greek and

Italian

3139

Wallan Primary School Indonesian 664

Wallarano Primary School Italian 5055

Walwa Primary School Indonesian 2806

Wandiligong Primary School Italian 275

Wandin North Primary School Indonesian 3892

Wandin Yallock Primary School French 1033

Wangaratta Primary School Italian 643

Wangaratta West Primary School Japanese 4642

Wantirna Primary School Japanese 3709

Warburton Primary School Indonesian 1485

Warrandyte Primary School Japanese 12

Warranwood Primary School Japanese 3476

Warrenheip Primary School Indonesian 1591

Warrnambool Primary School Japanese 1743



Watsonia North Primary School Indonesian and Italian 4988

Watsonia Primary School Italian 4838

Wattle Park Primary School Italian 3841

Waverley Meadows Primary School Japanese 5105

Wedderburn College Indonesian 6262

Wedge Park Primary School Italian 5206

Weeden Heights Primary School French and Indonesian 5157

Weeroona College French and Indonesian 7405

Welton Primary School Indonesian 4041

Wendouree Primary School Japanese 1813

Werribee Primary School Karen 649

Werrimull P–12 School Chinese (Mandarin) 6257

Wesburn Primary School Auslan 3466

Westgarth Primary School Greek 4177

Westmeadows Primary School Italian 982

Wheelers Hill Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and French 5094

White Hills Primary School French 1916

Whitehorse Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5530

Whitfield District Primary School Italian 5397

Whorouly Primary School Italian 1373

Williamstown North Primary School Japanese 1409

Williamstown Primary School Italian 1183

Willmott Park Primary School Auslan 5342

Willowmavin Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 3479

Windermere Primary School Japanese 1856

Winters Flat Primary School Indonesian 652

Winton Primary School Indonesian 1870

Woady Yaloak Primary School Japanese 5440

Wodonga Primary School Japanese 37

Wonga Park Primary School Indonesian 3241

Woodlands Primary School Italian 5319

Wooragee Primary School Spanish 653

Wooranna Park Primary School Japanese 4989

Woori Yallock Primary School German 1259

Woorinen District Primary School Auslan 5439

Wycheproof P–12 College Chinese (Mandarin) 8831

Wyndham Park Primary School Karen 5540

Yackandandah Primary School Indonesian 1103

Yandoit Primary School Italian 691

Yarra Junction Primary School Japanese 3216

Yarra Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) and Greek 5271



Yarra Road Primary School Indonesian 4219

Yarraman Oaks Primary School Japanese 4807

Yarrambat Primary School Italian 2054

Yarraville West Primary School Italian 2832

Yarrawonga P–12 College Italian 8883

Yarrunga Primary School Japanese 4761

Yawarra Primary School Chinese (Mandarin) 5429

Yellingbo Primary School German 4705

Yering Primary School Japanese 1034

Zeerust Primary School Japanese 4359


Appendix 4: Government Secondary Colleges and

Languages Provided, 2011


Albert Park College French 8889

Alexandra Secondary College Indonesian and Japanese 7505

Alkira Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin) 8874

Altona P–9 College Italian 8857

Apollo Bay P–12 College Indonesian 6203

Ararat Community College Secondary French 8753

Ashwood Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin) and French 8743

Bacchus Marsh College Chinese (Mandarin) 8777

Baden Powell P–9 College Italian 5315

Baimbridge College Italian 8814

Bairnsdale Secondary College German and Japanese 8466

Ballarat High School German and Japanese 7540

Ballarat Secondary College Indonesian 8828

Ballarat South Community Learning

Precinct (interim name)

German 8900

Balmoral K-12 Community College French 8872

Balwyn High School Chinese (Mandarin), Classical Greek,

French and Greek

7550

Bayside P–12 College Arabic, Italian and Japanese 8800

Bayswater Secondary College German 7560

Beaufort Secondary College Japanese 7565

Beechworth Secondary College Indonesian 7575

Bellarine Secondary College French and Indonesian 8250

Belmont High School Italian 7585

Benalla College Indonesian 8810

Bendigo Senior Secondary College Auslan, Chinese (Mandarin), French,

German and Indonesian

7595


College

Auslan, Chinese (Mandarin), French,

German and Indonesian

7837

Bentleigh Secondary College Greek, Indonesian and Japanese 7255

Berwick Secondary College German and Indonesian 7603

Birchip P–12 School Japanese 8832

Blackburn High School French and German 7610

Boort District P–12 School French and Indonesian 8882

Boronia Heights College German 7048

Box Hill High School Chinese (Mandarin) and German 7635

Brauer Secondary College Japanese 7395

Braybrook College Vietnamese 7645

Appendix 4: Government secondary colleges and languages provided 99


Brentwood Secondary College German and Japanese 7647

Bright P–12 College German and Japanese 776

Brighton Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), French and Japanese 7650

Broadford Secondary College Japanese 7655

Brunswick Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin) and Italian 8807

Buckley Park College German and Japanese 7670

Bundoora Secondary College German 7874

Camberwell High School Chinese (Mandarin), French and

Indonesian

7680

Canterbury Girls Secondary College French and Japanese 7690

Caroline Springs College Indonesian 5483

Carrum Downs Secondary College Japanese 8423

Carwatha P–12 College French 5435

Casterton Secondary College Indonesian 7695

Castlemaine Secondary College French, German and Indonesian 8824

Chaffey Secondary College Greek, Indonesian and Italian 7250

Charles La Trobe P–12 College Auslan 8890

Charlton College Indonesian 8830

Cheltenham Secondary College Italian 7720

Cobram Secondary College Japanese 7725

Cohuna Secondary College Japanese 7735

Colac Secondary College French 8864

Collingwood College Chinese (Mandarin) 6212

Copperfield College Italian and Japanese 8799

Corryong College Indonesian 8843

Craigieburn Secondary College Indonesian and Italian 8705

Cranbourne East Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin) 8898

Cranbourne Secondary College German 7747

Croydon Secondary College German 7755

Crusoe 7–10 Secondary College French, German and Indonesian 7205

Dandenong High School French, Japanese and Latin 8858

Daylesford Secondary College Italian 7115

Debney Park Secondary College Italian and Vietnamese 7763

Derrinallum P–12 College Japanese 5375

Diamond Valley College Italian 8746

Dimboola Memorial Secondary College German 7770

Donald High School French 7775

Doncaster Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), French and Italian 7776

Dromana Secondary College Indonesian and Japanese 7122

Drouin Secondary College French and Japanese 7785

Eaglehawk Secondary College French and Indonesian 7790



East Doncaster Secondary College Italian 7773

East Loddon P–12 College German 6217

Echuca College Indonesian 8855

Edenhope College German 5432

Elisabeth Murdoch College Indonesian and Italian 8722

Eltham High School French and Indonesian 7805

Elwood College Chinese (Mandarin), French and Japanese 7810

Emerald Secondary College Japanese 8707

Endeavour Hills Secondary College German 8871

Epping Secondary College Italian and Macedonian 7813

Essendon East Keilor District College Chinese (Mandarin), Italian and Japanese 8806

Euroa Secondary College Japanese 7820

Fairhills High School German and Japanese 7823

Fitzroy High School Italian 8742

Footscray City College Italian, Japanese and Spanish 8836

Forest Hill College Auslan, Chinese (Mandarin), French and

German

8724

Fountain Gate Secondary College German and Indonesian 8870

Frankston High School French and Japanese 7850

Galvin Park Secondary College Italian 7402

Geelong High School German and Japanese 7855

Gilmore Girls College Italian and Vietnamese 7841

Gisborne Secondary College French, Indonesian and Japanese 7857

Gladstone Park Secondary College French and Italian 7858

Glen Eira College Chinese (Mandarin) and French 8704

Glen Waverley Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), French and Italian 8808

Gleneagles Secondary College German and Indonesian 8869

Glenroy Secondary College Indonesian 8893

Goroke P–12 College Indonesian 6223

Greensborough Secondary College Italian 8750

Grovedale College Indonesian, Italian and Japanese 7183

Hampton Park Secondary College French 8709

Hawkesdale P–12 College Chinese (Mandarin) 5434

Hawthorn Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), Greek and

Vietnamese

7934

Healesville High School Japanese 7900

Heathmont College German and Indonesian 8816

Heywood District Secondary College French 7910

Highvale Secondary College French and German 7918

Hopetoun Secondary College German 7920

Hoppers Crossing Secondary College Italian 8710



Horsham College Chinese (Mandarin) and German 8818

Irymple Secondary College Indonesian and Italian 7198

John Fawkner Secondary College Italian 8894

John Monash Science School French and Japanese 8856

Kambrya College German and Japanese 8421

Keilor Downs Secondary College Italian and Japanese 8715

Kerang Tech High School Indonesian 7945

Kew High School Chinese (Mandarin), French and Japanese 7950

Keysborough Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin) and French 8867

Koo Wee Rup Secondary College Italian 7955

Koonung Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), French and Japanese 7954

Korumburra Secondary College Italian 7960

Kurnai College Chinese (Mandarin) and German 8716

Kurunjang Secondary College Italian 8718

Kyabram P–12 College French, Indonesian and Japanese 7965

Kyneton Secondary College French and Indonesian 7970

Lake Bolac College French 854

Lalor North Secondary College Italian 7986

Lalor Secondary College French, Greek, Italian and Macedonian 7985

Lara Secondary College Indonesian 8841

Leongatha Secondary College Indonesian and Japanese 8745

Lilydale Heights College Indonesian and Japanese 7219

Lilydale High School French and Indonesian 7995

Lorne – Aireys Inlet P–12 College Indonesian 2162

Lowanna College Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian and Italian 8821

Lyndale Secondary College French, Italian and Japanese 8000

Lyndhurst Secondary College Indonesian 7108

Macleod College German 6242

MacRobertson Girls’ High School French, German, Indonesian and

Japanese

8135

Maffra Secondary College Indonesian 8005

Mallacoota P–12 College French and Italian 3515

Malvern Central School Japanese 1604

Manor Lakes P–12 College Auslan 8848

Mansfield Secondary College French and Indonesian 8010

Maribyrnong Secondary College Italian 8015

Maroondah Secondary College French and Japanese 8017

Maryborough Education Centre Indonesian 8845

Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), French and

Indonesian

8022

Mc Guire College Italian 7331



McClelland Secondary College Japanese 8835

Mckinnon Secondary College French and German 8125

Melbourne Girls College Chinese (Mandarin) and French 8819

Melbourne High School French, German, Indonesian and

Japanese

8025

Melton Secondary College German and Japanese 8027

Mentone Girls Secondary College French and Japanese 8030

Merbein P-10 College Indonesian 8886

Mildura Senior College Indonesian and Italian 8045

Mill Park Secondary College German and Italian 8775

Mirboo North Secondary College German 8050

Monbulk College German and Japanese 8065

Monterey Secondary College French 8809

Montmorency Secondary College French and Japanese 8068

Moonee Ponds Central School Italian 3987

Mooroolbark College German 8071

Mooroopna Secondary College Indonesian and Italian 8073

Mordialloc College French 8075

Mornington Secondary College Indonesian and Japanese 8804

Mount Beauty Secondary College Indonesian 8100

Mount Clear College Chinese (Mandarin) and Japanese 7267

Mount Eliza Secondary College German and Indonesian 8102

Mount Erin Secondary College Indonesian 7028

Mount Ridley P–12 College Italian and Japanese 8853

Mount Waverley Secondary College German and Japanese 8105

Mullauna Secondary College German and Indonesian 8744

Murtoa College German 1549

Myrtleford P–12 College Italian 8873

Narre Warren South P–12 College Indonesian 8839

Nathalia Secondary College Indonesian 8140

Neerim District Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin) 8145

Newcomb Secondary College Indonesian 8151

Nhill College Indonesian 8833

Noble Park Secondary College German and Japanese 8813

North Geelong Secondary College German 7856

Northcote High School Chinese (Mandarin), French, Greek and

Italian

8180

Northern Bay P–12 College Japanese 8901

Norwood Secondary College French and Indonesian 8185

Nossal High School French and Japanese 8865

Numurkah Secondary College Spanish 8190



Oberon High School German, Indonesian and Japanese 8210

Orbost Secondary College Indonesian 8215

Pakenham Secondary College French 8223

Parkdale Secondary College French and Japanese 8225

Parkwood Secondary College Indonesian 8226

Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College Arabic, French, Italian and Japanese 8227

Patterson River Secondary College German and Indonesian 8725

Point Cook P–9 College Indonesian 4159

Portland Secondary College Indonesian 8798

Preston Girls Secondary College Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin) and Italian 8240

Princes Hill Secondary College French and Italian 8245

Pyramid Hill College Indonesian 1712

Rainbow Secondary College German 8255

Red Cliffs Secondary College Indonesian 8260

Reservoir High School Italian 8708

Ringwood Secondary College French and Indonesian 8270

Rochester Secondary College Indonesian 8280

Rosebud Secondary College Indonesian and Japanese 8290

Rosehill Secondary College Italian and Japanese 7275

Rowville Secondary College Indonesian and Italian 8734

Roxburgh College French, Italian and Turkish 8407

Rutherglen High School French 8300

Sale College Japanese 8834

Sandringham College French, Indonesian and Japanese 8739

Scoresby Secondary College French 8307

Seymour P–12 College (interim name) Indonesian 8884

Shepparton High School Auslan and Japanese 8320

Sherbrooke Community School Spanish 6252

Somerville Secondary College Indonesian 8875

South Gippsland Secondary College French 7845

South Oakleigh Secondary College Greek and Japanese 8801

St Albans Secondary College French, Italian, Japanese and Vietnamese 8330

St Helena Secondary College Italian 8730

Staughton College French 7247

Stawell Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin) and German 8731

Strathmore Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), Greek , Italian and

Japanese

8345

Sunbury College Italian and Japanese 8350

Sunbury Downs Secondary College Italian 8723

Sunshine College Italian and Vietnamese 8790

Suzanne Cory High School Chinese (Mandarin) and French 8866



Swinburne Senior Secondary College French 7366

Tallangatta Secondary College Indonesian 8370

Taylors Lakes Secondary College Italian and Japanese 8787

Templestowe College Chinese (Mandarin) and Italian 8823

Terang College French 6236

The Grange P–12 College Italian 8783

Thomastown Secondary College Arabic, Italian, Macedonian and

Vietnamese

8383

Thornbury High School Chinese (Mandarin), Greek, Indonesian

and Italian

8797

Timbarra P–9 College Indonesian 5479

Timboon P–12 School Japanese 6260

Torquay P–9 College Indonesian 3368

Trafalgar High School Indonesian 8395

Traralgon College Chinese (Mandarin) and German 8803

University High School French, German and Latin 8405

Upper Yarra Secondary College German and Japanese 8410

Upwey High School French, German and Japanese 8415

Vermont Secondary College French, German and Indonesian 8420

Victoria University Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), Italian and

Vietnamese

8891

Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary

School French

7384

Viewbank College German and Japanese 8812

Wallan Secondary College Indonesian 8791

Wanganui Park Secondary College Italian and Japanese 8422

Wangaratta High School German, Italian and Japanese 8425

Wantirna College Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian and

Spanish

8428

Warracknabeal Secondary College Japanese 8430

Warragul Regional College Indonesian and Japanese 8827

Warrandyte High School Italian 8437

Warrnambool College French and Indonesian 8811

Wedderburn College Indonesian 6262

Weeroona College French and Indonesian 7405

Wellington Secondary College French 8462

Werribee Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), Italian, Japanese and

Spanish

8465

Werrimull P–12 School Chinese (Mandarin) 6257

Westall Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), French and

Vietnamese

8470

Western Heights Secondary College French and Japanese 8820

Western Port Secondary College Indonesian 7893



Wheelers Hill Secondary College French and Indonesian 8474

Whittlesea Secondary College Indonesian 7408

William Ruthven Secondary College Italian 8895

Williamstown High School French, Indonesian and Japanese 8475

Wodonga Middle Years College Indonesian and Japanese 8851

Wodonga Senior Secondary College Japanese 8480

Wonthaggi Secondary College Indonesian and Japanese 8736

Woolum Bellum College (interim name) Aboriginal Languages 8879

Yarra Hills Secondary College Italian 8815

Yea High School Indonesian 8500

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Appendix 5: VSL Centres and Languages

Provided, 2011 VSL centre Languages

1. Altona North Campus (Bayside P–12 College)

Arabic, Croatian, Hindi, Macedonian and

Vietnamese

2. Ballarat High School Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Greek

and Italian

3. Beaconhills College (Pakenham) Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi and Spanish

4. Bendigo Senior Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin) and German

5. Bentleigh Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), Greek, Russian and

Turkish

6. Blackburn High School Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Punjabi and

Vietnamese

7. Box Hill High School Chin (Hakha), Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch,

German, Italian, Persian and Spanish

8. Brentwood Secondary College (Glen Waverley)

Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese and Sinhala

9. Brimbank College (St Albans) Arabic, Bosnian, Spanish and Vietnamese

10. Brunswick Secondary College Albanian, Chinese (Mandarin), Greek,

Indonesian and Italian

11. Carwatha College (Noble Park) Arabic, Bosnian, French, Greek, Italian,

Sinhala and Spanish

12. Cobram Secondary College Arabic

13. Collingwood College Spanish and Vietnamese

14. Dandenong High School Chinese (Mandarin), Dari, Filipino, Hindi,

Hungarian, Macedonian, Persian, Polish,

Pushto, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Tigrinya

and Turkish

15. Distance Education Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French German,

Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin

and Spanish

16. Doncaster Secondary College Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin)

and Greek

17. Footscray City College Amharic, Greek, Spanish and Vietnamese

18. Galvin Park Secondary College (Werribee)

Albanian, Bosnian, Karen, Korean, Punjabi

and Sinhala

19. Gisborne Secondary College French, Italian and Japanese

20. Glen Waverley Secondary College Bulgarian, Chinese (Mandarin), French,

Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese and

Persian

21. Haileybury College (Keysborough) Chinese (Mandarin), Greek, Italian,

Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese

22. Hampton Park Secondary College Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dari, French,

Japanese, Khmer, Punjabi and Sinhala

23. Hume Central Secondary College (Broadmeadows)

Syriac and Vietnamese

24. Keilor Downs College Croatian, Greek, Macedonian and Turkish

25. Lalor Secondary College Arabic and Vietnamese

26. McKinnon Secondary College Hebrew and Russian


VSL centre Languages

27. Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College (Geelong)

Chinese (Mandarin), German, Italian,

Japanese, Persian and Spanish

28. Mildura Secondary College Italian and Turkish

29. Mill Park Secondary College Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Greek, Hindi,

Italian, and Sinhala

30. North Geelong Secondary College Bosnian, Croatian, Karen, Macedonian,

Polish, Russian, Turkish and Vietnamese

31. Princes Hill Secondary College Arabic, German, Lithuanian, Polish,

Portuguese and Turkish

32. Roxburgh College (Roxburgh Park) Arabic, Croatian, Sinhala, Spanish, and

Turkish

33. Shepparton High School Albanian, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dari,

Filipino, French, Greek, Hindi, Persian,

Punjabi, Swahili and Turkish

34. Sunshine Secondary College Chin (Hakha), Dinka, Hindi and Vietnamese

35. Taylors Lakes Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), Maltese and Punjabi

36. Thomastown Secondary College Macedonian, Punjabi and Turkish

37. Traralgon Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin)

38. University High School (Parkville) Chinese (Mandarin), French, Japanese and

Spanish

39. Warrnambool College Chinese (Mandarin), French and Italian

40. Westall Secondary College Bengali, Croatian, German, Khmer and

Vietnamese

41. Wodonga West Secondary College Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian,

Japanese and Spanish

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