Virginia Primary School is a Pre-school to Year 7 school of approximately 250 students. The school is made up of a pre-school with 30 to 40 children and 10 classes, from R to 7. The pre-school on site enables continuity of learning from pre-school to school. The school is located in the township of Virginia in a well-established multicultural market gardening community about 30 km from the centre of Adelaide. While the school is located on the northern outskirts of metropolitan Adelaide, it has a rural feel. The school reflects the wider community with students being from culturally and linguistically diverse families. The main cultural groups represented in the school are Vietnamese, Anglo-Australian, Greek, Italian and Cambodian. The school has a strong culture of positive well-being based on the school values of caring, respect, fairness, achievement and diversity. High expectations of student academic achievement are embedded in the school culture with effective intervention in place for students requiring extra support. Specialist areas of learning are science, cultural studies, the arts, cultural dance and first language (Khmer, Italian, Greek, and Vietnamese.)