Oakleigh Greek Orthodox College

Our Mission Statement


The College seeks through the teaching and practice of the Greek Orthodox Faith, to create a caring and learning environment; one which tolerates and supports individual differences, values equity and justice and aims for all students to reach their full potential.

Each student is encouraged to participate fully in the school community in order to grow in knowledge, understanding and self-confidence, to become socially disciplined and responsible and tolerant of people with other beliefs and customs and thus acquire self-worth as an individual.

The pursuit of excellence is recognised as integral to the development of the "whole person" spiritually, socially, emotionally, physically and academically.

The College encourages and offers:

  • a comprehensive curriculum catering for a wide range of abilities and interests;

  • the structuring of learning to foster motivation and engagement, explaining and establishing expectations for students that are clear, challenging and achievable and which increase the learner's own sense of enjoyment and responsibility for learning;

  • the use of new and innovative teaching strategies in classrooms, in this way fostering mutual respect and co-operation;

  • opportunity for professional development of teachers, collaboration, collegiality, their contribution to decision-making processes and their active participation in areas of curriculum organisation and administration;

  • the participation and contribution of parents from the school community; and

  • the use of on-going and varied evaluation and review processes for the future planning of learning experiences and the setting of achievable school goals.