Private secondary school Brighton

Students can enjoy the best of both worlds at Haileybury Brighton, with our acclaimed Parallel Education learning model. The model applies from Middle School through to Senior School.

We understand that boys and girls learn differently and have different educational needs, so separating boys and girls into their respective gender classes from Middle School and above provides a more comfortable and less distracting environment for our students. It also promotes a better work ethic and more confidence in taking risks with their learning.

While our students learn separately, they have ample opportunity to be involved in all other aspects of school life together, including recess and lunch, assemblies, house events, social justice, drama, music and band events.

When students continue into Senior School, some specialist VCE subject classes may incorporate co-educational learning opportunities due to class size and campus location.

Here at Haileybury, we are understandably proud of our outstanding VCE results, but academic excellence is only one area of focus for us. Our programs, both curricular and co-curricular, are designed to provide our students with a holistic education, where there is equal emphasis on sport, music, performing, visual arts, social justice and entrepreneurship. 

We aim to support our graduating students on their journey to be well-rounded people, with good character, who can go out into the world and be good citizens.

The Pre-Senior year is a unique year in the Haileybury journey, bridging Middle School to Senior School, moving students from dependence on structures towards independence, confidence and character. Students continue their secondary education based at Haileybury Brighton while, staying connected to their campus, their families, their co-curricular activities and the broader life of Haileybury. This allows them to experience, a program specifically designed for this important age and stage, including the highly anticipated Explore and Expeditions program.

Find out more about our Pre-Senior Program.

Senior School students at Haileybury Brighton are part of the One Haileybury model, bringing together students from all four campuses for a shared learning experience.

In Year 9 (Pre-Senior), all students will be together at Senior School at Keysborough on a Tuesday from midday for assemblies, personal excellence sessions and sport.

From Years 10-12, students attend Keysborough for a full day on Tuesdays and a half day on Thursdays, participating in classes, assemblies, wellbeing programs, House activities and sport alongside their peers from across Haileybury.

On Tuesdays, students can travel via the Haileybury private bus service, extensive public transport network, or parents can drop-off and pick-up.

On Thursdays, students are transported to Keysborough at 12.25 pm to attend the final two classes of subjects delivered on that campus.

Late buses operate on both Tuesdays and Thursdays to support students participating in co-curricular activities, including music, sport, drama and staff meetings.

This cross-campus model strengthens connection and community across Haileybury. From Year 10, Haileybury Brighton senior students may also choose to transition to the Keysborough campus full-time for the remainder of their Senior School education (Years 10-12).

From Middle School, students can enjoy a range of opportunities including core subjects and specialist subjects, with elective subjects and Languages commencing from Year 8.

Core subjects comprise of English, Maths, Science and Humanities.  Additionally, all students also study Music, Drama, Art and Computer Science.

In Pre-Senior, our program provides students with a strong academic program in preparation for Year 10 and the VCE. The core program includes English, Mathematics (both with two levels), Science, Languages, History and Geography split across semesters. Furthermore, a range of electives can be chosen in each semester, including Computer Science, Drama and Theatre Studies, Music, Visual Arts and Design, Entrepreneurship and Social Justice.

In Senior School, our students complete their VCE studies over three years, beginning in Year 10.

In addition to their Year 10 core subjects, English, Mathematics, Science, all Year 10 students complete VCE Units 1 and 2 Modern History and depending on whether they continue their study of a language, they'll also undertake one or two further VCE Units 1 and 2 subjects. 

For Middle School students in Year 5 and 6, their Sport program is completed during school hours comprising of training on a Friday afternoon, then competing against other APS schools on a Wednesday afternoon from 1.00 pm.

Our Year 7 - 12 Sport program involves training on a Tuesday during school time with students from all Haileybury campuses. This enables the students to meet and form new friendships. They then compete in the APS competition on a Saturday morning, which is a wonderful experience for our students and community to come together.

The Sport program at Haileybury is rich and diverse, with many opportunities from Year 5 to participate in as they are supported on their Haileybury journey. In Senior School students, have over 40 sports to select from, for their Summer, Winter and Spring sport options.

Each campus has a Head of School, so at Haileybury Brighton, we have Heads of Middle School (Boys/Girls), Heads of Pre-Senior (Boys/Girls), Heads of Senior School (Boys/Girls) – for the pastoral care of all students. Every student will also be a member of a House and Tutor, providing a further layer of pastoral care support.

Haileybury offers an extensive range of co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities designed to help students explore their passions, interests, develop new skills and gain confidence.

In addition to our co-curricular opportunities, we also offer an exceptional instrumental program which underpins music and Haileybury; drama production opportunities (one Middle School production, and three in Senior School); as well as our Pipes and Drums Competition Bands.

Additional offerings include Clubs, such as STEM and LEAP Clubs and competitions, with examples such as Olympiads, Chess Club, Robotics Club, Science Talen Search Competition, Debating, Plain English-Speaking Award (PESA), Photography Club and more.

In Middle School, our students are provided with a school Managed Device Program (MDP) that is configured and supported by the School, which covers their first three years.

From Senior School (Year 10) this MDP program is renewed, or alternatively, students can opt to purchase and bring their own device to school (BYOD) which will then be configured with the School’s applications and programs.

Haileybury commences its new academic year in mid-November. This period of time is referred to as Term 1A. By the time students break for their Christmas holiday, they have already completed a four-week block of purposeful learning and have a head start on the upcoming academic year and can seamlessly re-engage in our Academic program. In effect, they have had a head start on all their peers in other schools.