# List of schools in Geelong

The city of Geelong, Australia, has a number of schools.

## History

The first schools in Geelong were established when the town was settled from the 1850s. Many of these schools remain open today, now joined by a number of new schools opened from the 1950s when the population of Geelong grew after World War II.
King Charles III spent two terms at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in 1966.
The late 1980s and 1990s saw changes to the school system, with new secondary colleges such as Saint Ignatius College and Western Heights College were created from smaller secondary schools. It was also at this time that a number of technical schools were closed, and primary schools were closed by the Kennett State Government.
Tertiary education began with the Gordon Institute of Technology in 1888. Reform of the university sector resulted in the creation of Deakin University in the 1970s.
Today over 40,000 primary and secondary students are enrolled in schools in Geelong, with another 27,000 students a year enrolled in tertiary and further education courses. Western Heights Secondary College will be split from a three-campus school in western Geelong to a single-campus school in Vines Road in the coming years.
Northern Bay P–12 College was formed in 2011 as a result of a merger of nine schools into one multi-campus college. This process of regeneration of the Corio and Norlane government schools began in 2006 and was driven by the nine school communities to ensure young people and their families in the northern suburbs of Geelong had access to high-quality education in world-class facilities.

## Primary education

| School | Suburb | Years | Coed | Founded | Enrolment | Website |
| Anakie Primary School | Anakie, Victoria | | | | | |
| Ashby Primary School | Geelong West | P–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Barwon Heads Primary School | Barwon Heads, Victoria | | | | | |
| Barwon Valley School (Special School) | Highton, Victoria | | | | | |
| Bell Park North Primary School | Bell Park | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Bellaire Primary School | Highton | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Belmont Primary School | Belmont | K–6 | Coeducational | 1856 | | website |
| Ceres Primary School | Ceres, Victoria | | | | | |
| Chilwell Primary School | Newtown | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Christ the King Primary School | Newcomb | K–6 | Coeducational | | | |
| Clifton Springs Primary School | Clifton Springs | P–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Drysdale Primary School | Drysdale, Victoria | | | | | |
| Freshwater Creek Steiner School | Freshwater Creek | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Fyans Park Primary School | Newtown | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Geelong Baptist College – Junior School | Freshwater Creek | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Geelong East Primary School | Geelong | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Geelong South Primary School | Geelong | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Grovedale Primary School | Grovedale | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Grovedale West Primary School | Grovedale | P–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Hamlyn Banks Primary School | Hamlyn Heights | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Herne Hill Primary School | Geelong | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Highton Primary School | Geelong | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Holy Family Primary School | Bell Park | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Lara Lake Primary School | Lara | K–6 | Coeducational | | | |
| Lara Primary School | Lara | P–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Leopold Primary School | Leopold, Victoria | | | | | |
| Mandama Primary School | Grovedale | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Manifold Heights Primary School | Manifold Heights | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Montpellier Primary School | Highton | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Moolap Primary School | Moolap | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Newcomb Park Primary School | Newcomb | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Newtown Primary School | Newtown | P–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Northern Bay College – Hendy Campus P–8 | Corio | P–8 | Coeducational | 2011 | 280 | website |
| Northern Bay College - Peacock Campus P–8 | Norlane | P–8 | Coeducational | 2011 | 510 | website |
| Northern Bay College – Tallis Campus P–8 | North Shore | P–8 | Coeducational | 2011 | 180 | website |
| Northern Bay College – Wexford Campus P–8 | Corio | P–8 | Coeducational | 1971 | 660 | website |
| Oberon Primary School | Belmont | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Oberon South Primary School | Belmont | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Rollins Primary School | Bell Post Hill | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| Roslyn Primary School | Belmont | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |
| St John's Lutheran Primary School | Geelong | K–6 | Coeducational | 1962 | 350 | website |
| Whittington Primary School | Whittington | K–6 | Coeducational | | | website |

## Secondary education

| School | Suburb | Years | Coed | Founded | Enrolment | Website |
| Belmont High School | Belmont | 7–12 | Coeducational | 1955 | 1200 | website |
| Geelong High School | Geelong | 7–12 | Coeducational | 1915 | 900 | website |
| Grovedale College | Grovedale | 7–12 | Coeducational | 1979 | 700 | website |
| Lara Secondary College | Lara | 7–12 | Coeducational | | | |
| Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College | Geelong | 7–12 | Girls only | 1858 | 1000 | website |
| Newcomb Secondary College | Newcomb | 7–12 | Coeducational | 1969 | 900 | website |
| North Geelong Secondary College | North Geelong | 7–12 | Coeducational | 1968 | 1000 | website |
| Northern Bay College – Goldsworthy Campus 9–12 | Corio | 9–12 | Coeducational | 2011 | 1000 | website |
| Oberon High School | Belmont | 7–12 | Coeducational | 1963 | 900 | website |
| Western Heights College | Hamlyn Heights | 10–12 | Coeducational, community centre is fee-paying | 1984 | 800 | website |

### Private

| School | Suburb | Years | System | Coed | Founded | Enrolment | Website |
| Christian College | Geelong | K–12 | Christian | Coeducational | 1980 | 1800 | website |
| Clonard College | Herne Hill | 7–12 | Catholic | Girls Only | 1956 | 750 | website |
| Covenant College | Bell Post Hill | K–12 | Independent | Coeducational | 1979 | | website |
| Geelong Baptist College | Lovely Banks | K–12 | Independent | Coeducational | 2002 | 340 | website |
| Geelong College | Newtown | K–12 | Independent | Coeducational | 1861 | 1200 | website |
| Geelong Grammar School | Corio | K–12 | Independent | Coeducational | 1855 | 1500 | website |
| Geelong Lutheran College | Mount Duneed, Victoria | K–10+ | Lutheran | Coeducational | 2009 | | website |
| Iona College Geelong | Charlemont | 7–12 | Catholic | Coeducational | 2020 | | website |
| Kardinia International College | Bell Post Hill | K–12 | Independent | Coeducational | 1995 | 1500 | website |
| Sacred Heart College, Geelong | Newtown | 7–12 | Catholic | Girls only | 1860 | 1350 | website |
| Saint Ignatius College Geelong | Drysdale | 7–12 | Catholic | Coeducational | 2007 | 1100 | website |
| St. Joseph's College, Geelong | Newtown | 7–12 | Catholic | Boys only | 1935 | 1540 | website |

### Defunct and merged

* Catholic Regional College Geelong (into St Ignatius College)
* Chanel College (Geelong) (closed)
* Corio Bay Senior College (formerly Corio Technical School) (into Northern Bay College)
* Corio Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
* Corio South Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
* Corio West Primary School (into Northern Bay College in 2011)
* Flinders Peak Secondary College (into Northern Bay College)
* Geelong East Technical School (had changed name to James Harrison Secondary College) (merged into Newcomb Secondary College)
* Goold College (into Catholic Regional College)
* The Hermitage (into Geelong Grammar School)
* Morongo Girls' College (closed)
* North Geelong Primary School (closed)
* North Shore Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
* Norlane High School (into Northern Bay College)
* Norlane West Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
* Rosewall Primary School (into Northern Bay College)
* St Mary's Technical School (into Catholic Regional College)
* Western Heights Secondary College (Barton Campus) (into Western Heights Secondary College Minerva Campus)

## Tertiary education

* Deakin University – Geelong and Waurn Ponds Campuses
* Diversitat Institute of Education and Training Australia – Geelong Campus
* Diversitat Training
* The Centre of Excellence- Geelong campus
* Gordon Institute of TAFE
* Marcus Oldham Farm Management College
* Reformed Theological College
* Victorian Fitness Academy – Geelong Campus