Gladstone Park Secondary College | |
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Established: | 1974 |
Motto: | Knowledge is Power |
Type: | Co-educational public comprehensive secondary school |
Enrolment: | 1644[1] |
Enrolment As Of: | 2018 |
Years: | 7–12 |
Colours: | Dark green, white, grey & black |
Campus: | Taylor Drive |
City: | Gladstone Park |
State: | Victoria |
Country: | Australia |
Coordinates: | -37.6886°N 144.8914°W |
Principal: | Veronica Hoy |
Gladstone Park Secondary College is a public state school in Melbourne, Australia founded in 1974.
The school has around More than 1600 students, a figure which has remained roughly constant for over a decade. When it first opened, Gladstone Park Secondary School (GPSC) quickly became the largest school in terms of matriculated students within a 10 km radius, a position which it still holds today.
The school has a special disability partnership with the local TAFE institutes, where most GPSC graduates enrol to do apprenticeships or diplomas.
The school grounds contain many sports facilities including a football and soccer oval, outdoor basketball and netball courts, cricket nets and an outdoor hockey/ futsal pitch. There is an indoor sports centre with two basketball courts, squash courts and gym facilities. The school library is open to students and the public.
A joint senior school office and year 12 study centre building opened in 2017.