Grampians Region
About the region
The Grampians region covers an area extending in a wedge shape from Bacchus Marsh to the South Australian border. It includes a regional office located in Ballarat and sub regional offices in Horsham and Ararat.
The region provides educational services to approximately 26,500 students in 128 government schools:
- 98 primary schools
- nine P–12 colleges
- one P-8 college
- 15 secondary schools
- four specialist schools
- one other education provider (Sovereign Hill).
In the region, there are 181 licensed early childhood services which include long day care, kindergarten and occasional care programs.
2012 Principals' Conference Resources
The Grampians Region 2012 Principals' Conference, held in the first week in May in Lorne, attracted over 150 participants and was a great success. A range of resources provided by conference keynotes and workshop facilitators are progressively being added to this website up until 21 May 2012. To access these, see: Resources
Message from the Regional Director
Welcome to the Grampians region website.
The Grampians region is committed to providing support for all young people to achieve educational outcomes which will prepare them well to lead fulfilling and productive lives.
Our regional office includes staff from the Office of Government School Education and the Office for Children and Portfolio Co-ordination. This provides the region with the opportunity to more closely integrate the work of the Early Childhood Services staff and the school support staff. It is our aim to develop a seamless approach (0-18 years) to the provision of family support and early childhood and education services. We view this as important because the outcomes that young people achieve at age 18 are also dependent upon their experience and learning in the very early years of their lives.
The Grampians region sees the development of partnerships with local government, other State government departments and agencies in the region as important in contributing to a more holistic approach to the 0-18 years' agenda. The website provides information on the key partnerships in which the Grampians region is involved.
Through this website, we aim to provide useful current information to leaders and staff in early childhood and schools, as well as to parents and community. The website provides many relevant links to the DEECD website and also to our partners, regional events and online resources.
We hope you find this website informative, accessible and easy to use.
Malcolm Millar
Regional Director, Grampians Region