Wesley has three day campuses - the original campus in Prahran (named the St. Kilda Road Campus from 2004 onwards), and campuses in Glen Waverley and Elsternwick - and a residential campus in Clunes. Being the first registered school in Victoria, Wesley College Melbourne has a rich tradition of liberal, broad based education.
As of 2006, Wesley College has introduced a new school structure which will see the Senior School comprising of students from Years 10 - 12, the Middle School from Years 5 - 9 and the Junior School comprising from Prep to Grade 4.
Wesley College Clunes is a residental campus located near Ballarat in Victoria.
Year 9 students spend 8 weeks living in a house with other students in a village. Students are responsible for cooking, cleaning, shopping, washing and also participate in many courses throughout the term including voluntary work, art and craft, drama and music. [link].
Controversy
In August 2005, an internal investigation was launched after a parent reported to the school that she believed her child's Year 5 class had been helped to cheat on a national AIM standardised literacy test by a classroom teacher. The story was covered by Melbourne media, and it was revealed that the teacher had given her students an identical test to the AIM exam a day before to improve their scores. Wesley College reported the breach in regulations to the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority as soon as management became aware of the issue.
[link] [link] On the same day as the story broke in Melbourne media, the head of the St. Kilda Road campus resigned, in a move widely reported as connected to the cheating incident. Wesley College teachers publicly criticised the school's Principal for the way in which the resignation of the campus head, a member of the staff for over 20 years, was handled at the same time as the cheating scandal despite being entirely separate. [link]
