Master Plan

In the 2017-18 State Budget Croydon Community School was allocated $500,000 in funding for planning works and started working with Crosier Scott Architects to design a new Master plan. Over the course of 11 months extensive consultation was undertaken, and with permission from the Department of Education and Training, we developed a new Master plan to build an entirely new school on the now vacated Croydon Secondary College/Melba College Junior Campus (Croydon Road) site.

In December 2019, the Department of Education confirmed that the site, owned by the Department, was earmarked for the relocation of Croydon Community School. Click or tap here to view the Maroondah Leader article.

In May 2020 the school was allocated $18.12 million for this project as part of the Victorian Government Statewide Building Blitz.

Our Master plan brings together Croydon Community School and the OPTIONS@Bayswater re-engagement program on a single site, sharing purpose-built facilities that reflect the school’s philosophy. Large versatile indoor Advisory spaces are accompanied by directly accessible outdoor learning spaces with additional outdoor covered learning spaces in the central courtyard. A technology building is included and introduces dedicated spaces for ‘clean’ and ‘dirty’ tinkering – perfect for passion projects, along with spaces for high performance computing and 2D/3D art. At the opposite end of the school is a dedicated science laboratory and home economics classroom located close to an outdoor kitchen and large covered deck leading to our Town Hall (multi-purpose) space and music complex, complete with tilt up panel doors for outdoor performances. Located at the entrance to the school is a large Wellbeing complex complete with private meeting spaces and our Doctors in Secondary Schools facilities.