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Location Profile

Puckapunyal Primary School is located within the Puckapunyal Military Area, 10 km west of Seymour in Central Victoria.  Our current enrolment is 170 students. The school is easily accessible and within walking distance of all homes on the Base.  A balance of innovative and traditional curriculum programs is provided in a caring, well-disciplined environment, using the many excellent established school facilities and community resources.

Puckapunyal Primary School is a unique school in Australia. Children of Defence Force Personnel, stationed within the Puckapunyal Military Area, comprise approximately 65% of our enrolment, and annually up to 50% of the children transfer interstate and overseas. The new arrivals come from a diverse range of educational backgrounds (each State and Territory of Australia, UK, Canada, U.S.A., New Zealand, Malaysia and Germany). 

Of note is the increasing number of children enrolling from the surrounding communities with around 35-40% of students now coming from non-defence families. The high level of mobility has a significant effect on the continuity of school programs, and it is a challenge of the school to minimise the impact of this on student achievement and wellbeing. 

Having lost 80% of our school during a fire in early December 2020, we have recently rebuilt a state of the art main school building. We have large classrooms that have been architectually designed to foster a calm teaching and learning environment.

Despite our challenges, we have continued to embed a strong learning culture within our school where high expectat…