Brighton Secondary College - Grounds and Facilities

Grounds and Facilities

The college provides a number of facilities such as gymnasium, library, canteen, school hall as well as facilities for drama and music facilities. The school also features an Arts and Materials Section, a Science Wing, VCE and Study Centre.

The main part of the school consists of the N and C wings. The N corridor houses the bulk of junior school classrooms, but is also used for other years. The C Corridor houses a computer laboratory, staff rooms, and miscellaneous storage and building services like the heater boilers. A portion of the C corridor was destroyed during a fire in April, 2000, where once it had extended to where the Discovery Centre presently stands, where for the interim period they were basketball courts. Contemporary aerial images of the College are shown on Google-Earth and during the opening scenes of the television show, 'Summer Heights High'.

The E Corridor consists of two parts: the northern section housing a majority of senior school studies and classrooms and the southern section houses four specialist science classrooms and a computer pod. In between the sections is a sheltered walkway to bicycle sheds and main grounds.

To the south of the library are located the portable classrooms 'P0' to 'P8'. To the east is the Discovery Centre and the rooms for Materials and Systems Technology (Woodwork, Metalwork and Electronics) and Visual Arts.

Attached to the western end of the N-wing is the Hall, on the upper level. On the lower level are the rooms for drama, band, music instruction and practice. Adjacent and to the south is the canteen area, toilet blocks, and the main entrance to the gym. To the west are the rooms for Visual Communication & Design and Media - dubbed the West Wing. The area formerly housed Vocational Curriculum and Learning (VCAL) students, the house/block better known as Gumnut Cottage which featured in the television series 'Summer Heights High' before being demolished in late 2007.

The financial limitations of public education have affected the way the school has grown and developed, though the clear intention is to provide World Class education. The completion of the Discovery Centre was a massive undertaking, but was successful due to donations from students, former students as well as grants from the government. The Eastern Wing, and certain sections of the school grounds are in urgent need of upgrading. The VCE and Year 12 rooms are not airconditioned and the age of the structure is apparent. The remainder of the school grounds require an overhaul such as sealed asphalt basketball/netball courts and the re-grassing of eroded areas which are now composed of a hard compacted mixture of clay, rocks and dirt.