High School for Coburg Survey Report: Towards a Coburg High in 2015

Finally the HSC working group are happy to be able to share the results of our online survey with the community.
The survey aims:

• To get a quick snapshot of what the local community would like their local 7-12 high school to be like.
• To enable Minister Dixon’s request that the Department consult with the community “to map out what the new school will look like.”

Please take some time to read the verbatim responses included in full in our report. The HSC Working Party would like to commend the survey respondents for their thoughtful and considered answers. We are proud to be part of this community and are confident the expanded Coburg Senior High School – our local high school, will reflect all the richness that is evident in the survey responses.

Towards a Coburg High in 2015 by HighSchoolForCoburg

Short survey : Towards a Coburg High in 2015

In July 2012 Victorian Education Minister Martin Dixon announced that in 2015 Coburg Senior High School will be expanded to a year 7-12 secondary school. High School for Coburg group welcome this decision and thank the community for their wonderful support.

We are pleased there has been such a positive reaction from the community and now seek to gather your early thoughts and ideas.

Please take a moment to fill in this short survey - there are only four questions.
These include an opened ended question about how you would like a 7-12 Coburg High School to be and we ask if and when any of you children may attend the school. To access survey, click on link below.

Survey - Towards a Coburg High in 2015

High School for Coburg group will offer your feedback to any formal consultation process.

We plan to keep the survey open through December but may extend this to first term 2013 depending on feedback level and circumstances.

Thank you for taking an interest.
High School for Coburg working group
www.highschoolforcoburg.org
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High School for Coburg Survey Report 2011

Last year a shortfall in state secondary provision was shown by the Department of Early Childhood Development (DEECD) Demographic Study. This year HSC having been working well with the Education Partnerships Division of the DEECD. While the DEECD are looking at the provision options, HSC has asked the community what they think by rolling out a survey - Options for State Secondary Education Provision in Coburg.

You can see the results here by looking at HSC's Survey Report 2011. Thank you to Hidden Creek Neighbourhood House (nee Newlands Community Centre) for assisting with printing and binding the Survey report.
HSC Survey Report May 2011 Sml


KEY RESULTS:

• 430 respondents representing 803 children 
• 574 of those children are at primary school right now (and need a local secondary option). 
• 63.4% live in Coburg and Coburg North. 
• 64% preferred the option of an open entry Years 7 to 12 at Coburg Senior High School. 

You can read the comments from 197 respondents -the main themes were:

• Many families are considering moving away or have already due to the lack of a school. 
• Frustrated, impatient, incredulous and / or angry that there is no school yet. 
• Want the school to be excellent but not rushed at the expense of quality. 
• Sooner rather than later. 

HSC are heartened that our community has opted for the most cost effective, risk free and sustainable option. The site of the old Moreland College offers lovely park-like setting which could only enhance the learning experience and  is currently under utilised. It has room now for 1100 students.

The need is proven, the support is there, the site is obvious - let's go!

This community needs a high school – tell us what sort you think is best

HSC is right now involved in a series of meetings with the Department of Education about what a state secondary school in Coburg could look like, where it could be located and how it would meet the needs of the community. We need your help to let them know what sort of school we need for this community. Please fill in our survey and help shape the future of secondary education for Coburg.

After the Department of Education report last year showed a shortfall in places for students in and around Coburg, HSC believes that there is an imperative to act before it is too late. The issue isn’t political anymore; just a simple matter of doing what is right for people who live here – like you. The Department has written to us outlining their plans for the next year and we need to make sure your voices continue to be heard in the ongoing consultative process and filling in the survey is one way you can do that. 

The survey is here – please lend us five minutes of your time to shape the way local children access local education.

Where will your children go to high school?

At the HSC Q & A night, a survey was launched to establish parental attitudes and intentions regarding current secondary education options available to the greater Coburg community (including Coburg and West Preston).

The survey was availble to complete at the Q & A night and then online. In total, 265 surveys were returned, covering 535 school age children. While the survey is by no means exhaustive, the main results are so strong that HSC believe it serves as an indicator of parental attitudes and highlights the very difficult choices that parents in Coburg and West Preston need to make regarding their childrens secondary education.

Click through below to read, download or email this survey.

High School for Coburg Survey Report October 2009

At the end of the survey, you can read what parents wrote in response to the open ended questions, giving a real insight into what people are thinking.

What are your thoughts? 

Where will your children go to high school?