Wesley College (Victoria)
Wesley College, Melbourne is an independent, co-educational, Christian day school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1866, the college is a school of the Uniting Church in Australia. Wesley is the largest school in Australia by enrolment, with 3,511 students and 564 full-time staff. The College consists of three main metropolitan campuses, a residential campus, and three outdoor education campuses.
Wesley is a founding member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria and is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
In 2010 The Age reported that Wesley College ranked equal tenth among Australian schools, based on the number of alumni who had received a top Order of Australia honour.
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