Curriculum
In year 7, students complete Mathematics, English, LOTE, Science and Physical Education for the whole year with a semester of History, Geography, Music and Art. A term is spent in each of: Information (1st semester) Technology, Textiles, Food Technology and Woodwork.
During the middle years students are able to choose from a selection of semester (two terms) length studies, with the only mandatory subjects being Mathematics, English and LOTE. Subjects on offer are: “English (EN), Mathematics (MA), Science (SC), Commerce (CO), Geography (GG), History/Social Science (HS), German (GE), Japanese (JA), Art (AR), Music (MU), Drama (CA), Physical Education (PE), Health (HL), Woodwork (WW), Food Technology (FT), Textiles (TX), Information Technology (IT), and Technology (TN)” (Brentwood Secondary College website). Though, they are required to earn enough points in each discipline in order to be able to continue into Year 11.
Brentwood Secondary College currently offers 32 VCE subjects and access to a variety of VET courses. The College does well in VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) with many students receiving high ENTERs (Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank).
In 2003 Brentwood Secondary College offered 35¾ VCE subjects and 5 VET certificates with 184 students enrolled in VCE and 11 in VET certificates. 92% of these students applied for tertiary places. 100% of the students received satisfactory VCE completions. The satisfactory of VET module completions was only 36%. In 2007 Brentwood Secondary College achieved a median study score of 31(out of 50) . The percentage of 40+ study scores acquired being 8%.
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