St Helena Secondary College is a co-educational secondary state school of 1516 students located in Eltham North. This school has equivalent full time teachers of 97.4, 4 Principal class, and 19.8 education support staff. St Helena draws its students largely from its Restricted Neighbourhood Zone with enrolment places in high demand, a reflection of the high esteem in which the College is held by the wider community. The College is a vibrant learning institution with a progressive attitude to change. Our commitment to building teacher capacity has paved the way for revising curriculum, incorporating information technology and higher order thinking skills and training in Marzano’s “Classroom Instruction that Works”. The College actively uses data to inform practice and improve student outcomes. The College obtained the Performance and Development culture accreditation in the first cohort. The College is warm and friendly with traditional values of respect, responsibility and personal best. It has one of the most extensive extra-curricular programs possible with musical bands, arts, performance and sporting opportunities. Our students enjoy a pleasant physical environment with state of the art facilities and landscaped grounds. We all live our motto “Dare to be Excellent”. The College completed its self evaluation this year and prepared a Strategic Plan for 2011 to 2014.