A big part of Mt Eliza is its rich choice of schools. They form a central role in the community where a majority of our 18,000 (and counting) population is school-aged. Below is a list of schools in Mount Eliza and near-by suburbs popular with the residents of Mount Eliza.
Primary (Public Schools)
Kunyung Primary School
Accredited International Baccalaureate Organisation World School. Around 750 students. Specialist programs include Visual & Performing Arts, Physical Education and French. Coastal setting overlooking Port Philip Bay. Also offers before and after school care.
Address Kunyung Rd Mount Eliza
Contact (03) 9787 6102 | Website www.kunyung.vic.edu.au
Mt Eliza Primary School
2.5 hectares of attractive gardens in a native tree setting. Around 650 students. Specialist programs include Performing and Visual Arts, cooking and gardening. Excellent sporting facilities include a basketball stadium/hall, external courts and oval. Students have access to extensive playgrounds, adventure playgrounds and passive areas with shade cover. Also offers before and after school care.
Address Wooralla Drive Mount Eliza
Phone 9787 1385 | Website www.mtelizaps.vic.edu.au
Mt Eliza North Primary School
Accredited International Baccalaureate Organisation World School. Capped at 650 students. Multi-age classes in the junior school. The school offers a rich specialist program including French, Physical Education, Outdoor Education, Performing and Visual Arts. Beautifully situated adjacent to a nature reserve. Before and after school care is available.
Address Moseley Drive Mt Eliza
Phone (03) 9787 6611 | Website www.menps.vic.edu.au
Secondary (Public Schools)
Mt Eliza Secondary College
International students accepted. Mount Eliza Secondary is a medium sized secondary college (less than 800 students) with a commitment to remain as one of the highest performing government colleges in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula areas. Mount Eliza village and its mural artworks are just one example testament to the strength of community engagement.
Address Canadian Bay Rd Mt Eliza
Phone 03 9787 6288 | Website www.mesc.vic.edu.au
Catholic (Primary Schools)
St Thomas More
St Thomas More offers multi-age classes for enhanced learning with religious education at the core of its learning foundation. The curriculum reflects a Catholic ethos and a learning environment that affirms holistic education. The school offers the benefits that a smaller school of around 350 students can deliver. The campus is set on a spacious 25 acres in rural setting. Specialist programs on offer to students include art, music, physical education, technology and Italian. After school care is also available.
Address 313 Canadian Bay Rd Mt Eliza
Phone 9787 7788 | Website www.padua.catholic.edu.au
Catholic (Secondary)
Padua college
Padua College is a Catholic co-educational secondary school with campuses on the Mornington Peninsula, Rosebud and Tyabb. The school offers strong pastoral care along with a wide selection of VCE & VCAL subjects. Italian is taught as a second language.
Address Oakbank Road Mornington
Phone 03 59760100 | Website www.padua.catholic.edu.au
Independent Schools
Balcombe Grammar
Balcombe Grammar is a co-educational Foundation to Year 12 school grounded by Christian values. Both VCE & VCAL are offered to senior students. Specialist areas include art, physical education, technology, music and more. International student enrolment is also available along with global exchange programs. The school advocates strong community involvement - locally and globally. Set overlooking the bay in new modern buildings designed to optimise learning and development. After school care is available.
Address - 389 Nepean Hwy Mt Martha
Phone 03 5870 1100 | Website www.balcombegrammar.vic.edu.au
Bayside christian college
Bayside Christian College is a welcoming and thriving Kindergarten to Year 12 Christian school community set amongst the backdrop of Langwarrin South with its beautiful natural flora.
Address 120-128 Robinsons Road, Langwarrin South, VIC, 3911.
Phone 03 5971 6700 | Website www.baysidecc.vic.edu.au
flinders christian community college
Flinders Christian Community College is an independent, co-educational, inter-denominational Christian school with an open and inclusive enrolment policy for students in Kinder to Year 12, with three campuses located on three beautiful sites at Carrum Downs , Traralgon and Tyabb.
Address (closest campus to Mount Eliza)
Address 155 Tyabb-Mornington Road, Tyabb.
Phone 03 5973 2000 | Website www.flinders.vic.edu.au/tyabb-campus/
peninsula grammar
Peninsula Grammar is an open entry co-educational school catering for around 1,400 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The school offers day and boarding students. International Student enrolments are welcome. Dedicated English Language Centre. Day & Boarding school. The school offers extensive co-curricular activities including a highly respected music and drama program, outdoor education, sporting opportunities, a Cadet Unit, a House program, pastoral care and a well developed sense of community with strong community involvement. Extensive sporting facilities include a swimming pool. After school care is available.
Address 20 Wooralla Dv Mt Eliza
Phone 03 9788 7777 | Website www.tps.vic.edu.au
Toorak College
Wardle House is Toorak College's early learning and junior school. Girls and boys are welcome from 3 year old pre-school to Year 4. The College then offers an all-girl approach to middle school in Years 5 to 8, and again in Senior school. International student enrolments are welcome with boarding school an option. Toorak College offers a wide variety of specialist programs and extra-curricular activities. The school encourages a vibrant house system and interschool sports program, performing & visual arts, outdoor education and community involvement. The campus offers extensive sporting facilities including a swimming pool. Before and after school care is available.
Address Old Mornington Rd Mount Eliza
Phone 03 9788 7200 | Website www.toorakcollege.vic.edu.au/
Woodleigh School
Woodleigh School offers three unique campuses across the Mornington Peninsula. It is a co-educational and across the campuses offers learning from early childhood through to Year 12. The school offers a no uniform policy (with guidance to wear earth colours) and learning through independent exploration. Woodleigh has a reputation for offering a rich program of in-school and extra-curricular activities. The school community has a very strong commitment to the environment. The Junior and Senior campuses are located in different locations.
Junior campus: Minimbah
Minimbah offers a purpose-built Early Childhood Centre set in a beautiful quiet, leafy residential court in Frankston South. The campus offers flexible learning spaces and a variety of specialist programs and sporting facilities including a swimming pool.
Address 3 Minimbah Court Frankston South
Phone 9788 6488 | Website www.woodleigh.vic.edu.au
Junior campus: Penbank
Woodleigh School's Penbank campus is a small school providing a warm, caring and secure yet challenging environment directed to the development of your child in all areas of social responsibility and intellectual learning.
Address 460 Mornington-Tyabb Road, Moorooduc, VIC, 3933
Phone 5978 8425 | Website www.woodleigh.vic.edu.au
Senior campus: Woodleigh
Woodleigh is situated harmoniously on 20 hectares surrounded by a wide border of preserved land and has earned a ‘Land for Wildlife’ classification from the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
Address 485 Golf Links Rd Langwarrin South
Phone 5971 6100 | Website www.woodleigh.vic.edu.au
Special Developmental Schools
Mornington special developmental school
This is a small, safe caring school. Located next to Mornington Park Primary school, the school opens up opportunities for interaction and extensive choices of activities for students. The school caters to students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. and a 2 adults to 6-8 student ratio.
Address - 40 Robertson Dr, Mornington
Phone (03) 5975 6111 | Website www.morningtonsds.vic.edu.au
Biala Peninsula
Biala is a well respected early intervention centre for children from birth to eight years of age with additional needs, delays and disabilities and their families. Children and families are well supported with 30 staff and 132 funded places. The centre is a registered provider of HCWA, Better Start and Medicare Programs and is open 6 days a week.
Address - 1 Elizabeth Street, Mornington
Phone (03) 5975 1820 | Website www.bialapeninsula.org.au