About Us

Altona PS has an enrolment of over 450 children. There are 21 classrooms with straight grade Preps and composite grades of 1 / 2, 3 / 4 and 5 / 6 throughout the remainder of the school

Altona PS provides high quality programs in; Music, Art, ICT, LOTE and Physical Education. The school is involved in the Performing Arts and Sport at a district, regional and state level. Individual children and teams often compete at state championships in sport. The children's art is regularly featured in Art promotions. The children regularly perform at the regional concerts at the Melbourne Concert Hall and at the State Concert; 'Join in the Chorus', at the Rod Laver Arena.

The 2007 school AIM Grade 5 Data  with an average cohort improvement 58% above the state mean from 2005 - 2007 was one of the many highlights of 2006.

Altona PS was a reference school for Performance and Development Culture in 2007. The school was awarded a National Literacy and Numeracy Award in 2005. The Outside School Hours Care at Altona PS was again nationally accredited as a Quality Assurance Operator in 2007.

A combination of expert, accomplished and graduate teachers provide an educational and engaging curriculum. The school is collaboratively lead by a strong leadership team. The quality of the staff and their relationship with the students and parents is a fundamental strength at Altona PS. Both the Staff and Parent surveys are above state and like school. The Students Attitude to School survey data indicates 82% of survey data in the high end of the 'Effective' range.

Staff professional development and leadership capacity building are driving forces at Altona PS. Strategic on site professional development, professional learning teams and learning forums accelerate the continuous improvement of learning and teaching at Altona PS.

The school enjoys formidable Community involvement via the School Council, the Parents Club, school activities and events, and the many parent helpers within the classroom.

The school has a professional partnership with the Victorian University at Footscray. The innovative, research partnership involves the school, trainee teachers and classroom children in an action research project amalgamating ICT, a combined train the trainer model and children as leaders/trainers within their classrooms.  

Altona PS is striving to:

• Continuously improve the Learning and Teaching throughout the school.
• Provide high quality Physical Education, Music, Art, LOTE and Drama programs to develop the 'whole' child, promote self confidence and provide a conduit for student connectedness to school.
• Provide the best possible social, emotional and educational outcomes for each and every student.
• Increase the literacy and numeracy levels of each and every child.
• Form a strong connection with all students.
• Strategically build the capacity of all staff.
• Build the leadership capacity throughout the school.
• Continue to form strong partnership with the school community.
• Strengthen and form new partnerships with the wider community.
• Maintain its high level of student welfare support and positive behaviours through the You Can Do It program.

Community feedback, the connection of staff, students and parents to the school and the positioning of the school as the vibrant 'hub' of community, all robustly indicate a strong, energetic and successful school.