Welcome to Cressy District High School.
If you have visited our campus before, you will know that our school is set in a beautiful location. With views towards the spectacular Great Western Tiers, it’s hard to imagine a more idyllic location for education.
Our facilities are impressive for a regional school, allowing our learners to branch into many different areas of interest and passion. Our school is extremely well cared for, with lovely gardens and outdoor spaces complementing our excellent classroom environments.
At Cressy, we value connection, kindness and inclusion, and these values underpin how we approach our work as students and staff. You will find friendly, warm and inclusive people wherever you look at Cressy.
As a K-12 combined school, one of the great joys that our adults get to experience is seeing our learners sometimes make a fourteen year journey towards adulthood with us, supported by many caring and capable people in our school community. Our early years programs – LIFT and LiL – allow families to grow a connection with Cressy well before Kindergarten, so that our young people can begin school being well known and ready to learn.
For our learning programs, our passionate and skilled team of teachers and teacher assistants work hard to ensure that students are supported in the best ways possible to ensure growth and improvement in the many facets of school. Our non-teaching staff team contribute enormously to our school, with people in a variety of roles making sure that our school is being run as well as possible to support our community of learners.
We are committed to developing great people, with opportunities outside of the normal curriculum allowing for learning that is relevant, real and engaging. Cressy is a growing school, with almost 400 students coming to our school each day from K-12. Some of the reasons that families choose Cressy is that we strive to provide smaller class sizes and have high expectations for effort, behaviour, uniform and how we interact with each other in a friendly and respectful way each day.
Our greatest goal is for our students to drive their own improvement with the support of their teachers and families. We also love being involved in the community and providing opportunities for our students to work on projects that have meaning and relevance.
Now is an exciting time to be at Cressy, with a staff team strongly committed to literacy, numeracy, engagement and inclusion. Our School Improvement Plan sets out our improvement agenda each year – a copy of this is available upon request.
Our team look forward to talking with you more about the opportunities available at Cressy for your young person.
Mark Gleeson
Principal
