Bendigo Senior Secondary College

Bendigo Senior Secondary College
Official logo of Bendigo Senior Secondary College
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Location
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Coordinates36°45′19″S 144°16′52″E / 36.7553°S 144.281°E / -36.7553; 144.281
Information
Former name
  • Bendigo Continuation School (1907–1912)
  • Bendigo High School (1912–1984)
  • Bendigo Senior High School (1984–1989)[2]
TypeGovernment-funded secondary
MottoLatin: Qui Patitur Vincit
(Translation: "Who perseveres conquers")[1]
Established1907[2]
PrincipalDale Pearce[3]
Teaching staff144[5]
Years1112[5]
Number of students1756 (as of 2019)[3]
Campuses2[4]
Websitewww.bssc.edu.au Edit this at Wikidata

Bendigo Senior Secondary College (BSSC)[a] is an Australian government-funded co-educational secondary school for Year 11 and Year 12 students located in the centre of Bendigo, Victoria. It is the largest provider of VCE, VCE Vocational Major and VET in the state of Victoria.[6][7]

Bendigo has four government-funded Year 7 to 10 secondary schools: Eaglehawk Secondary College, Bendigo South East College, Crusoe College and Weeroona College Bendigo. Students from these schools transition to BSSC for their final two years of schooling in Years 11 and 12.

  1. ^ "History of the college". Bendigo Senior Secondary College. April 1999. Archived from the original on 24 August 2000.
  2. ^ a b c "Bendigo High School & Bendigo Senior Secondary College Centenary". Monument Australia. 30 November 2020. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cosoleto, Tara (9 November 2019). "Bendigo Senior Secondary College principal calls for restructure of region's state secondary schools". Bendigo Advertiser. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ "NETschool". Bendigo Senior Secondary College. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b Bendigo Senior Secondary College (2018). 2017 Annual Report to the School Community (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. ^ "College Profile". Bendigo Senior Secondary College. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  7. ^ Carswell, Adam (18 October 2024). "New BSSC principal creates history". Bendigo Times. Vol. 4, no. 42. p. 14. Retrieved 2 November 2024.


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