Ferntree Gully North Primary School

Ferntree Gully North Primary School, in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, is located directly at the base of the Dandenong Ranges. Over the past four years the school has steadily increased in enrolment numbers, driven mainly by an increase in Preps. In 2013 we had student enrolments of 339 with anticipated further growth in 2014 to approximately 360 students. The school had 15 grades with 15 full time teachers, 2 non-teaching Principal class, 9 part time teaching staff and 12 Education Support Staff.
In 2013 we had funding confirmed by the State Government to enable a whole school rebuild to commence. The project was confirmed in May as a $4.5 million project and began in August after extensive consultation with Brand Architects who will manage the project on our behalf. We were able to design the buildings and siting on the school premises to customize the design to best suit the way in which we teach and work with students. It was anticipated and is on track that the building project will be completed in the second half of 2014. The school rebuild is based on the projected long term enrolments of our school for the demographics of the Ferntree Gully North PS catchment area which is 275 – 325. Temporary re-locatable classrooms, customized to match the new school will cater for the excess numbers of students.
Ferntree Gully North PS continues to develop programs aligned with Walker Learning Approach pedagogy and philosophy, which best caters for our broad range of students and families to ensure their continued achievement, engagement and wellbeing.
Our full website can be viewed at http://www.ferntree.vic.edu.au/
We welcome visitors and tours of our school and they can be arranged by contacting us on 9758 1662.

Cory Pearce
Acting Principal

2014 is the 60th Anniversary of Ferntree Gully North PS and we will be celebrating with the community on Saturday July 19th