School Profile
Skene Street Specialist School is a government, dual mode specialist school providing education to students with an intellectual disability. The school is in Stawell and sits on the traditional lands of the Djab Warrung and Jadawadjali people in regional Victoria home of the Stawell Gift and situated at the foothills of the Grampians National Park (Gariwerd).
We enrol students with an intellectual disability between the ages of 5–18 years. Our school is wonderfully diverse, with a strong sense of pride and identity. Most students arrive at school by our DE self-managed bus service from Willaura in the south, Ararat, Stawell, and districts within the designated transport area (DTA).
The staffing profile of Skene St Specialist School includes the school Principal and 7 teachers and 12 class based Education Support (ES) staff, 2 Admin Staff, a Mental Health & Wellbeing Leader, a Mental Health Practitioner, a NDIS Navigator, 4 Bus Staff and an IT Technician.
Our school liaises with NDIS providers to help support individual student needs.
The learning programs are based on the Victorian Curriculum Levels A-D, F-10 and are differentiated to meet individual student needs.
Each student has an Individual Education Plan (IEP) that highlights skill acquisition tasks that is designed to be worthwhile, challenging, and achievable.
Our specialist programs include Work Futures, Riding for the Disabled, Community Access, Food Technology, Swimming, Choir, Visual Arts and Physical Education.
We enrol students with an intellectual disability between the ages of 5–18 years. Our school is wonderfully diverse, with a strong sense of pride and identity. Most students arrive at school by our DE self-managed bus service from Willaura in the south, Ararat, Stawell, and districts within the designated transport area (DTA).
The staffing profile of Skene St Specialist School includes the school Principal and 7 teachers and 12 class based Education Support (ES) staff, 2 Admin Staff, a Mental Health & Wellbeing Leader, a Mental Health Practitioner, a NDIS Navigator, 4 Bus Staff and an IT Technician.
Our school liaises with NDIS providers to help support individual student needs.
The learning programs are based on the Victorian Curriculum Levels A-D, F-10 and are differentiated to meet individual student needs.
Each student has an Individual Education Plan (IEP) that highlights skill acquisition tasks that is designed to be worthwhile, challenging, and achievable.
Our specialist programs include Work Futures, Riding for the Disabled, Community Access, Food Technology, Swimming, Choir, Visual Arts and Physical Education.
