Brighton Secondary College

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Brighton Secondary College
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Address
Brighton Secondary College
120 Marriage Road

,
Australia
Coordinates 37°55′15″S145°1′7″E / 37.92083°S 145.01861°E / -37.92083; 145.01861
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TypeState, secular co-educational
MottoA tradition of Excellence
Established1955
PrincipalLisa Higgins
Grades7–12
Enrolment>1,200
Colour(s)Green, purple, grey, white     
NewspaperHighlights
YearbookVoyager
Website Brighton Secondary College

Brighton Secondary College is a year 7 to 12 co-educational public secondary school, located in the City of Bayside, Brighton East, Victoria, Australia. The college was established in 1955, where until 1988, it was known as Brighton High School. More than 1200 pupils are enrolled at the school. [1]

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Leadership

This school was the first co-educational school of more than a thousand pupils to be led by a woman. The state had removed the gender barrier and this had led to several girls schools being led by men but no woman was leading any large school that was not a gorl's school. The headship here became vacant and Molly Brennan became the head here in 1970 after she appealed against an initial decision to appoint a less qualified man. The libary here is named for her. [2]

Television

In 2006/2007 (filming concluded on 2 February 2007) Brighton Secondary College became the set for Chris Lilley's new show Summer Heights High which premiered on the ABC on Wednesday 5 September 2007. [3] Students starred as extras in the show.

Controversies

On 24 October 2008, staff and students were evacuated from the school grounds in the morning after a suspicious home made device was spotted on school property during muck up day activities from Year 12 students. [4]

In 2014 a former staff member was convicted after stealing around $40,000 from the school. The employee had used a corporate credit card and stolen funds from the school's canteen to support a drug addiction. [5]


In 2020, female Year 7 students were forced by staff to line up and kneel for uniform checks at the outrage of parents. [6]

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References

  1. Podbury, Julie. "Welcome to Brighton Secondary College". brightonsc.vic.edu.au. Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. Melbourne, The University of. "Brennan, Molly - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  3. Ryan, Denise (29 October 2007). "How we scaled Summer Heights". The Age. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. Lobo, Larissa Ham and Stacey (24 October 2008). "Students evacuated over suspect package". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. Andrews, Jon (15 August 2014). "Former Brighton Secondary College employee stole more than $40K from school to feed drug habit". Herald Sun. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  6. "Parents outraged after Melbourne schoolgirls subjected to 'upsetting, demeaning' uniform check". 7NEWS. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.