Parkwood Green Primary School is located in the suburb of Hillside - part of the outer growth corridor of Western Metropolitan Melbourne. The school has built a very strong reputation in the community and boasts a student population in excess of 1100 students.The school has 85.3 equivalent fulltime staff: 3 Principal Class Officers, 62.4 Teachers and 20.6 Education Support Officers. We are well known as a school that very successfully caters for the needs of every child, and families travel from near and far to gain entry into our school. We believe that all students have a right to learn in a safe and friendly environment, where the academic and social needs of every student are at the forefront of everything we do. Our school motto of 'Excellence and Opportunity' is evident throughout the school, from our culture, to our appearance and our performance. All staff members at Parkwood Green have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to develop their professional abilities to the highest levels in order to provide the best possible education we can for our students. We are constantly reinforcing and strengthening our whole-school approaches to the teaching of literacy and numeracy and we work hard with a rapidly increasing staff population to build and maintain an effective team. While our School Performance Summary indicates solid performances, but we will always strive to achieve higher results in the future.