McKinnon Secondary College

McKinnon Secondary College has a reputation for academic excellence and is a specialist music school. There are consistently more applications for entry to year 7 than places available. In recent years there have been 100 more applications for year 7 than places available. Most students who attend McKinnon aspire to university. Of the 2000 year 12 cohort, 99% were offered tertiary placements for 2001, 83% of which were at universities. A McKinnon education aims to enhance the intellectual, physical, social and emotional development of all students and to develop students' key competencies. The College strives to maintain a positive, caring and safe learning environment in which all students are provided with the opportunity to achieve success. Opportunities for success are provided within a challenging, comprehensive curriculum and an extensive co-curricular program. The College actively promotes a culture that encourages and celebrates the achievement of excellence, that values and respects individual diversity and that encourages participation by all members of the community. Students are encouraged to take pride in themselves and the College. Student achievements are formally recognised in College publications, at formal assemblies and at the annual Presentation Night.