Our boarding service is used mainly by secondary school students who don’t have a secondary school close to home.
All of our residential colleges work closely with their partner secondary schools. Together they provide the students with both a great place to live and a great place to learn.
Each residential college has its own local board of management consisting of parents, members of the local community and the Partner School principals.
The board of management:
Parents can be confident that students are well supervised and cared for by staff who have chosen to work in boarding and work hard to ensure that all students have a positive boarding experience. The college staff are quick to deal with any anti-social behaviour so that students can live and learn in a supportive social environment. They organise a variety of recreation activities and excursions and also assist students involved with sports teams and other recreation interests.
By and large students find their time in boarding to be very enjoyable and many students make lifelong friends. The regular quiet study period helps students revise their lessons and complete any school assignments without distraction. Tutors from our Partner Schools are available to help students with their schoolwork.
Our residential colleges are purpose-built to a high standard and provide a safe, secure living environment for both male and female students. The male and female students have separate living quarters and bathrooms, but share the dining room and most of the recreation areas. All residential colleges are equipped with good study facilities. They have computers for research and printers so that students can complete their school assignments to a high standard of presentation.
The State Government continues to invest significant funds in upgrading our boarding facilities and also provides ongoing funding to ensure that the buildings are well maintained.
Both the State and Federal Governments provide boarding allowances and the State Government also subsidises the cost of the boarding service. Although our facilities, service and care are equal to the best on offer throughout Australia, the State Government ensures that the actual cost to students in receipt of boarding allowances is very affordable.
The State Government seeks to ‘enhance the quality of life and wellbeing of all people throughout Western Australia’. Together with our Partner Schools we work hard to play our part in the achievement of this goal.