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Location Profile

Overview

Chelsea Primary School is a thriving and inclusive government school located in the established bayside suburb of Chelsea in Melbourne's south-east. We currently have approximately 410 students enrolled across 20 classes, supported by a dedicated team of over 60 staff.

Established in 1912, our beautiful two-storey heritage red-brick building sits alongside modern learning facilities, including specialist Art, Performing Arts (Music), STEM and Physical Education spaces, a BER flexible learning building, intervention spaces and extensive outdoor play areas. Conveniently located near Chelsea Railway Station, Chelsea Library, Bicentennial Park and the local shopping precinct, our school is proudly at the heart of the Chelsea community.

Our vision is simple:

Every Child Matters Every Day.

Teaching & Learning

Grounded in the Science of Learning

At Chelsea Primary School, we know that simply attending school does not guarantee learning. What matters most is how children are taught.

Our teaching is grounded in the Science of Learning, drawing on decades of research from cognitive science, educational psychology and neuroscience to inform every classroom practice.

Research tells us that attention is the gateway to learning. Before information can be stored in long-term memory, students must first attend to it. Because working memory has a limited capacity, our classrooms are intentionally designed to minimise unnecessary distractions and reduce cognitive load, allowing students to focus on the most important learning.

This is why visitors to Chelsea Primary School wil…