Established 2004 Enrollment ~1100 Phone +61 8 9334 9000 Founded 2004 | Principal Ron Bamford Campus Suburban Motto Creating Futures | |
Type Public, Coeducational, Secondary, Day school Colour(s) Green, red, navy blue & white Address 26 Dumbarton Rd, Canning Vale WA 6155, Australia Similar Willetton Senior High Sch, Thornlie Senior High Sch, Lynwood Senior High Sch, Melville Senior High Sch, Applecross Senior High Sch | ||
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Canning Vale College (CVC) is a state high school located in Canning Vale, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
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History
The school opened in 2004. Initial construction cost A$15m for the Business Centre, 2 level Middle School building, Arts Centre and Library. At the end of 2005 work commenced on the second stage of building at a cost of an estimated $20m. This stage includes a 2 level senior school building, gymnasium, materials technology centre and hard courts. The School has two main buildings.
Enrolments were restricted to years 8 and 9 in 2004. In 2005 this expanded to include year 10, following the education progression of the initial students. As this group of students progress so too did the school's enrolments, culminating in year 12 enrolments for 2007. From 2015 the school accepted year 7 students.
The school has 5 hectares (12 acres) of wetland and bush area, and as part of their studies the students work with environmental organisations to maintain, monitor and enhance this area.
Catchment area
Canning Vale's catchment area has been specified by the Department of Education and Training to include the suburb of Canning Vale and parts of surrounding suburbs. Feeder primary schools are Campbell, Canning Vale and Ranford.
Its neighbour high schools are Willetton to the north, Leeming to the west, Atwell to the south and Southern River to east.