Graduate Teacher Program

Location Profile

Willowbank Primary School opened in 2022 for all year levels, Prep to Year 6 and is located at 385 McGeorge Road, Gisborne. The school has a current enrolment of 476 students and facilities for a long-term enrolment of 550 students. The state-of-the-art school facilities include general teaching spaces and specialist facilities for music, science, food technology and physical education. The outdoor facilities include a soccer field, basketball courts, kitchen garden, a performing arts stage, play spaces and undercover areas. Willowbank Primary Schools vision is to be an inclusive school community where everyone is empowered to achieve excellence. This vision is captured in our motto `Achieving excellence, together'. We provide a safe and inclusive learning environment that inspires and challenges all members of the community to embrace learning and achieve academic, social, emotional, and physical excellence. 

Willowbank Primary School is committed to:

·     developing a whole-of-school culture of excellence and inclusion.

·     establishing a safe, inclusive, and supported learning environment that is conducive to learning.

·     developing a professional learning community that is focussed on the continuous improvement of teaching and learning and takes a collective responsibility for improving student learning outcomes.

·     implementing high quality learning and pedagogical practices that maximise the opportunities presented in our inclusive and contemporary learning spaces.

·    developing a strategic approach to the professional learning of staff and the on…