Welcome to Northcote High School

Welcome!  Our website celebrates the activities and achievements of our school, soon entering its 86th year. For a taste of what has gone on recently, browse through our pages. Strongly recommended for new visitors is the Students /Student Activities option at the top right.

We will soon re-launch this website. Come back to visit soon! 

Tertiary Pathways update for January 2012 !

197 (93%) of Northcote’s 2011 VCE cohort who applied for tertiary places received a first round offer in January 2012. The breakdown of University and TAFE offers was
● Offer of University Studies in Victoria 159 (80%)
● Offer of TAFE studies in Victoria 33 (17%)
● Other pathway, employment (3%)

The breakdown of tertiary courses has changed only slightly in the last six years. RMIT, La Trobe University, University of Melbourne and RMIT (TAFE) continue to be the top four most popular tertiary providers. The following figures are for first round offers:
RMIT University 54
University of Melbourne 36
La Trobe University 35
Victoria University 4
Monash University 6
Swinburne University 13
Aust Catholic Uni 7
Deakin 4 

RMIT TAFE 14
NMIT 13
William Angliss 3
Victoria University TAFE 1
Swinburne University TAFE 4
Kangan Batman TAFE 2

Other tertiary providers 5
Total Offers to date 197

These figures do not include all VCE students. A smaller group of students have applied for employment or an apprenticeship, some are awaiting a second round offer etc.

The statistics again illustrate the very strong correlation between student interest and the tertiary course they choose, clearly a result of extensive counselling over the final three years of schooling. We wish all students well for the future.

VCE Results 2011; forty-four ATARS over 90 & a record high median study score!

December 16th saw the release of VCE results for 2011 and many excited students. For our Year 12, the highest ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) achieved was 99.05 by Zena Barakat. Three other students achieved ATAR scores over 98. For those who like statistics, a record 44 students (21% of the year level) earned an ATAR of 90 or above, 90 (42%) students achieved an ATAR over 80, and 127 (60% ) students earned an ATAR of 70 or above. Those 127 students were achieving in the top 30% of the state!

Over 6% of study scores were 40+ scores and the median study score was a record high of 31. This year’s duxes will be Zena Barakat and Charles Cornwallis,  who achieved 98.5. In total, 212 students were completing Year 12.

Congratulations to all our VCE students; another great year for the school!!

End of World Challenge Borneo Tour, 2011

December 2011 saw the return of Northcote's two World Challenge teams, totalling 24 students and four staff. The two teams spent four weeks in Borneo; trekking and working at the local community level. The school is immensely proud of our students, who worked on the development of the trip for 18 months. Clearly, they were also able to have fun - as the photo above shows!

Award winning VCE student film - The Wolf

Another award winning senior student video, this time from VCE student Sam Lockart. Click here to follow the link