Montpellier Primary School is situated in residential Highton. We provide quality education for the children of the surrounding areas and beyond. We currently operate 22 classrooms with straight grades for 501 students. The school has 32 equivalent full time staff: 3 Principal Class, 30 teachers and 6 Education Support Staff. A further 3 Education Support staff work in our OSHC program. Our community of students, parents and staff are highly motivated and share a vision of ‘striving for excellence’. The core purpose is to provide a comprehensive education for all students enabling them to reach their academic, social, emotional and physical potential. Our school maintains a very high reputation throughout the region for quality programs and outcomes, particularly in Literacy and Numeracy. There is a school tradition of academic excellence with children increasingly expected to take responsibility for their own learning, participate in decision making, work cooperatively, respect others and their belongings and to take pride in their best efforts. Students demonstrate a keen interest to learn, an ability to cooperate and support each other. The use of thinking skills and ICT enhances student learning and connects them to the world. Additional programs are developed to reflect the needs of the students and school community. The school has a full time curriculum coach who works in the classrooms with teachers to further improve student learning. The addition of a $3 milion BER gymnasium, new playgrounds, a synthetic oval has enhanced our extensive PE / sport program.