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About Edspace

Our Ed Space Education and Training Centre is a safe and calm learning environment that exists to provide personalised training for students aged 11-18 who have medical or developmental issues which make it challenging for them to thrive in a mainstream school setting.

The focus of our work with young people is:

  • Supporting both physical and mental health, alongside the traditional teaching methods
  • Encouraging students to be active participants in their communities
  • Developing important social skills

All of this is achieved not just sitting at a desk learning in a traditional way, but by making the most of our brilliant community resources. By visiting the local library, shops, swimming pool, gym and the Ovals we encourage our students to learn, develop and grow through everyday interactions in our community, strengthening integration and inclusion for the future.

Our unique approach

What makes us special is that our approach is determined by the very families who use the school. We focus on best practice underpinned by strong evidence-based guidelines, never losing sight of our aim to build on our student’s strengths and unlock their potential.

We go the extra mile, using a multi-disciplinary approach which allows us to focus not only on education, but on wider health needs. Our support extends to the needs of the entire family. This additional support, sometimes known as ‘wraparound’ considers the individual complexities of each of the families we support, and it’s at the core of absolutely everything we do at the school.

The programs on offer

Our specialist teams create education plans for each of our students, tailored to focus on each individual’s strengths. Based on the Victorian Curriculum our students have access to all subjects, but a particular focus on human relations and living skills as well as sexual health.

Qualifications

Study for your VCAL

We’re registered to provide the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL), which is a brilliant hands-on option for our year 11 & 12 students.  Our successful VCAL students are awarded a certificate and statement of results detailing their areas of study. 

Sound interesting? 

Get in touch to speak to us about a place

Vocational studies

A gateway through to the VCAL program, our vocational education and training program (VET) allows our students to develop their interests and gain credits towards a future VCAL qualification. In the past we’ve offered Certificate II in both business and sport and recreation.

We’re lucky to have three businesses based on site to provide the perfect opportunity for our students to get stuck into school-based traineeships- bringing what they’ve learnt to life. They can choose between:

  • Our EdSpace IT Hub for budding IT enthusiasts and tech lovers
  • Wheelie Awesome for keen cyclists and mechanics
  • Benalla Dogs for Life for animal lovers

All of these offer our students both the opportunity to learn new skills, but also to learn all about running a business broadening their skills to include excellent communication and customer service.

Wraparound kids

Wraparound Kids is our framework to support the smooth running of the multidisciplinary team meetings. Put simply it provides a single up to date record of everything important in a student’s life in a safe and secure online website – allowing any important people a simple, at a glance overview of what’s going on. Importantly, it allows us to nurture a truly collaborative approach to our student care, keeping everyone in the loop at all times.

Apply for a place at EdSpace now 

Published: 30th May, 2019

Updated: 24th February, 2021

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Location: 24 Carrier St, Benalla, 3672

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