Haileybury is an ELC to Year 12 school of over 3,350 students operating on three sites (Brighton, Berwick and Keysborough) in Melbourne. Haileybury's mission is to develop high achieving students who are connected globally, to each-other and to the communities in which they live and which they will serve. Haileybury is a high achieving academic school. Haileybury uses the Parallel Education model. Parallel Education is an inspiring method of learning and teaching that recognises the diverse educational needs of boys and girls. While boys and girls benefit from learning together in their early years, better educational outcomes are generally derived through single gender classes in their middle and senior years. Boys and girls learn together until Year 4. From Years 5 to 12 boys and girls attend separate schools on the same sites. Haileybury has a commitment to small class sizes which helps support the individual needs of every student. The average class size in the Senior School in 2010 was 11 students. There is an emphasis on how teaching relates to the child, with an explicit instruction approach to Literacy and Numeracy in the Junior School, supplemented with a thinking and problem-solving pedagogy; a specific approach to learning needs in the Middle School, emphasising deeper understanding and higher level learning outcomes; and a diversity of programs and subjects for the Senior School. These are all directed at creating the resilient, independent learner. Haileybury has achieved outstanding results in the Victorian Certificate of Education and the International Baccalaureate over many years, with most students being placed in the top 20% of the Australian cohort. Haileybury offers a broad co-curricular program and is one of Victoria's leading sporting schools. Haileybury students are expected to have a commitment to social justice and an international outlook. Haileybury has sister schools in France, Japan and Sri Lanka and also delivers the Victorian Certificate of Education in China, in partnership with..