Gladstone Park Primary School is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children.
Our school community recognises the importance of, and a responsibility for, ensuring our school is a safe, supportive and enriching environment, which respects and fosters the dignity and self-esteem of children, and enables them to thrive in their learning and development.
Gladstone Park Primary School aims to provide a teaching and learning environment that effectively supports students to reach their potential, including high achieving and special needs students. The school provides many specialist teachers and supports this through dedicated facilities for a number of the associated learning areas. The students have access to an exciting array of extra- and intra-curricula programs that enhance personal and academic development. The school is well supported by the parent population both within the classroom and in fund-raising.
Gladstone Park Primary School opened in 1970 and is situated in a residential estate in the Northwestern suburbs, close to Melbourne Airport. The school is located next to Gladstone Park Secondary College. Enrolments currently sit between 400 and 420 students.
The Victorian School Building Authority has developed a Master Plan for the staged modernisation of the school. Stages One and Two have seen the construction of eight new state-of-the art classrooms along with withdrawal spaces/meeting rooms and staff offices. The second stage, completed in 2021- also saw the provision of a new student amenities block.
Although the majority of our students were born in Australia, many of their parents migrated from other countries and speak another language at home.
The dedicated and committed staff team work very well together in professional learning communities to support the children in their social, emotional, academic and physical development. School Council and the Parents and Friends Club (PFC) provide outstanding leadership and support for the staff, students and parents of the Gladstone Park Primary School community.
Gladstone Park Primary School provides a balanced curriculum featuring quality, sequential programs. The Victorian Curriculum is used as the framework for teaching and learning programs.
Specialist programs are offered in Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Languages (Italian), Library and English as an Additional Language (EAL). There are intervention programs in place to support students’ literacy and numeracy skills development. The Arts represents a major curriculum focus, involving, specialist programs, annual concerts, violin lessons, and a chamber choir.