This school, established in 1955 in Brighton East, is a Year 7 to 12 co-educational college with 1200 students. It has a formalised neighbourhood enrolment area. The student population has a female to male ratio of about 40:60, with 19% coming from families where a Language other than English is spoken at home. Up to 10% of the enrolment is international fee paying students. The families of our children are diverse in ethnic origin. Our motto is a Tradition of Excellence. The environment boasts a new VCE, Careers and Pathways centre, a Year 9 centre, a Year 8 Learning Community and other up-todate specialist facilities and resources. The college has produced a master plan under the auspices of the DEECD Building Futures Program which will, when approved will enhance the teaching and learning facilitiesand align with them with current BSC pedagogy. The College has extensive student wellbeing structures, policies and programs, a Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) program, a wide range of co-curricular programs at all year levels (including a growing music program) and Learning Advisor program for all students in Years 10 to 12. The College offers Year 10 students access to VCE Unit 1/2 studies and Year 11 access to VCE Unit 3/4 studies. Years 11 and 12 have access to Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL), Vocational Education and Training programs (VET) and an extensive School Leadership programs. This school has 89.6 equivalent fulltime staff and 24 Education Support Staff.