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Location Profile

Caulfield South Primary School (CSPS) is located in Caulfield South, ten-kilometres south-east of Melbourne¿s Central Business District, and within the City of Glen Eira local government area. The school has a quiet suburban location away from main roads, with boundaries adjoining parkland and residential properties. The current enrolment is 498, with most families residing in the school¿s zone. Students are taught in straight grades at each year-level, with our Prep to Year 3 classrooms located within and around the original 1928 building, and our Year 4 to Year 6 classrooms within and around our modern Senior Learning Centre. The original 1928 building is surrounded by attractive gardens, an extensive playground, play equipment and a synthetic turf oval. Parent fundraising has enabled the installation of a nature play space and bamboo forest. 

 The SFOE Index for the school is in the low band (indicating a highly advantaged community) and 15% of students have English as an Additional Language. No students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

 The school delivers the Victorian Curriculum, with a focus on delivering high-impact English and Mathematics instruction aligned with the school-developed `REED¿ Instructional Model. This model focuses on four stages of a lesson; review, explicit teaching and engage (interchangeable in order) and discussion. These stages link to the High-Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS).

 The school is accredited to deliver the International Baccalaureate¿s Primary Years Programme (PYP). This approach is guided by six trans…