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Location Profile

Patterson Lakes Primary School opened in 1979 and is located in the residential corridor between the Mornington Peninsula Freeway and Port Phillip Bay, 33km SSE of the Melbourne CBD. 

The school is surrounded by a series of interconnected canals around the Patterson River waterway. The school has modern buildings, grounds and facilities that have the flexibility of both flexible learning spaces and traditional classrooms. Our buildings include 13 permanent classrooms, 12 relocatables, a visual arts room, library, learning technologies centre, administration block and a multipurpose facility. During 2010, the school completed a multipurpose facility through the Federal Government¿s BER program and in 2014 the Staff Room was relocated to accommodate the growth in staff numbers and a Science Room was developed. In 2018, the school was successful in gaining 2.2 million dollars for a Capital Works project - adding two additional General Purpose Classroom, a new Administration Centre, developing a Library and Resources Centre and new STEAM centre which was completed in mid 2021. The grounds include a large oval, grassed playing areas, adventure playgrounds with shade sails and basketball courts, offering an attractive, safe and stimulating learning environment. 

The school¿s enrolment is 508 in 2026. The school has 48.1 equivalent full time staff - 2 Principal Class, 31 teachers and 12 Education Support Staff.

Patterson Lakes Primary is a progressive school that is committed to the development of its staff and to the improvement of student learning. The school¿s valu…