Teaching & Learning
Keilor Downs College provides a challenging academic curriculum and encourages a strong work ethic. All students experience a range of subject offerings in structured and sequential programs developed to enhance and extend capabilities.
To support students to achieve their potential the College provides the following support mechanisms and opportunities;
- a special Year 7 program to support a smooth transition to secondary school
- a ‘House’ sub-school structure to ensure every student is known and cared for
- extensive course and career counselling
- a Student Welfare team that looks after individual student needs
- active no tolerance anti-bullying and positive behaviour policies
- student leadership programs that enhance maturity, independence and community connectedness
- learning activity competitions in Chemistry, Science, Mathematics and Debating
- one of the largest selections of VCE subjects available
- senior level Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) to Year 12
- Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs to suit specific career aspirations
- language programs, including Japanese and Italian
- a close relationship with the Victorian School of Languages (VSL)
