The Macleay Vocational College vision is to actively promote the development of the whole person to allow students to become resilient, tolerant and self-confident participants in society. We provide a supportive and flexible environment where students can develop a sense of belonging, pride, personal identity and cultural awareness. The school achieves its mission by seeking a personal best performance by all students. It specialises in educating the whole person and provides an academic education which links into NSW credentials - School Certificate, Preliminary Statement of Attainment and a Higher School Certificate - matriculation or vocational. Some unique features of the school are that the College targets students who have been suspended or expelled from traditional education settings, chronic truant and /or exiting Juvenile Detention. It is classified as a Special Assistance School and has a very broad academic range in enrolment, including gifted and talented. The College plays an important role in the community by catering for students from Year 9 through to Year 12 (14 years of age onwards). Student enrolment varies from 70 to 95 students annually, about 70% are Indigenous and 60% are male. Macleay Vocational College consistently achieves a 93% + success rate (within 12 months of exiting formal education) for student post school outcomes into employment or further education. One parent recently returned to the College to advise that 18 months after exiting formal education all four of her boys were now employed - because the Macleay Vocational College made her boys want more! The Macleay Vocational College just doesn't know when to give up on kids ... Macleay Vocational College experiences significant disadvantage in attracting quality teaching staff due to the part-time nature of employment opportunities. It offers music, the arts, elite sports in addition to a vocational education program which has twice been identified as 'international best practice'. Given our initial student enrolment begins in..