Though it is debatable, Boarding Schools are good or bad for children, they provide an option for students who for various reasons, have to live away from home. Boarding Schools provide children with quality education in a supportive and caring environment, away from home.
Government Schools in Victoria don’t offer boarding, but there are a few schools in Catholic and independent sector offering boarding facility. The options can range from seven days accommodation to weekday only accommodation.
Types of boarding facilities schools can arrange
Boarding Schools
Boarding Schools are like home away from home. The students stay in the school’s boarding section. There will be provisions for extracurricular activities, outings and entertainments for the boarders. The boarders will be provided with all facilities like library, study area etc. to excel in their studies. Boarding schools are usually run by a resident teacher or a house parent and their family.
Details such as Boarding School fees, scholarships are available from http://www.boardingschools.com.au
Home Stay
Many independent and Government Schools now organise home stay for students especially for international students. The school has a responsibility to make sure that you are happy in your homestay arrangement. Your host family will become like a second family.
Boarding Schools in Melbourne
Assumption College Kilmore
Address: Sutherland Street, Kilmore VIC 3764, Australia
Landline: +61 3 5782 1422
Facsimile: +61 3 5782 1902 Email: registrar@assumption.vic.edu.au
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.co/AssumptionCollegeKilmore Twitter: https://twitter.com/ACKilmore
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ackilmore/ Web: http://assumption.vic.edu.au/
The Kilmore International School
Address: 40 White St, Kilmore, Victoria, 3764
Phone: 61- 3-57822211
Facsimile: 61- 3-57822525
Email: info@kilmore.vic.edu.au
Web: http://www.kilmore.vic.edu.au
Caulfield Grammar Schools
Address: 217 Glen Eira Road East, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Telephone: 03 9524 6300
Facsimile: 03 9524 6299
Email: cgs@caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au
Web: https://www.caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au
Geelong Grammar School
Address: 50 Biddlecombe Avenue, Corio, Victoria, Australia, 3214
Tel: +61 3 5273 9200
Fax: +61 3 5274 1695
Email: admissions@ggs.vic.edu.au
Web: https://www.ggs.vic.edu.au
Melbourne Girls Grammar
Address: 86 Anderson Street, South Yarra 3141
Telephone: +613 9862 9200 / (+613) 9862 9214.
Email: enrolments@mggs.vic.edu.au
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Girls-Grammar/295125693018
Melbourne Grammar School
The School is organised into three campuses to meet the needs of different age groups. Junior School, Grimwade House (Prep to Year 6) is located in Caulfield, and is coeducational with 680 girls and boys. The Middle School, Wadhurst (Years 7 and 8), and Senior School (Years 9 to 12) are in South Yarra and cater for 1,120 boys – day students and boarders.
Melbourne Grammar School Reception
Phone: +61 3 9865 7555
Fax: +61 3 9865 7577
Email: mgs@mgs.vic.edu.au
Web: http:// mgs.vic.edu.au
Admissions / Enrolment Enquiries
Phone: +61 3 9865 7570
Fax: +61 3 9865 7577
Email: enrol@mgs.vic.edu.au
Campuses
Grimwade House Campus
Years Prep – 6, co-educational
Address: 67 Balaclava Road, Caulfield, VIC, 3161, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9865 7800
Fax: +61 3 9865 7888
Wadhurst Campus
Years 7 & 8, boys only, day & boarding
Address: 1 Domain Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9865 7700
Fax: +61 3 9865 7755
Senior School Campus
Years 9 – 12, boys only, day & boarding
Address:Domain Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9865 7555
Scotch College
Scotch College has been accepting boarders ever since the College started in 1851 and boarders are an integral part of the school community. On the ‘Hill’, overlooking the Scotch Senior School, the College’s 150 boarders live in one of three separate boarding houses: School House, McMeckan House and Arthur Robinson House. The houses are set around a broad drive and are surrounded by trees and beautiful, well-manicured gardens.
Address: 1 Morrison Street, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
Phone: (03) 9810 4321
Facsimile: (03) 9810 4333
Email: admissions@ scotch.vic.edu.au
Web: https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au
Presbyterian Ladies School
Address: 141 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9808 5811
Fax: +61 3 9808 5998
Email: registrar@plc.vic.edu.au
Web: http://www.plc.vic.edu.au
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