Mount Barker High SchoolMount Barker High School

Mount Barker High School is located in the Adelaide Hills and celebrated its centenary in 2008. We have a strong community orientation and a longstanding culture of caring and learning support for every student. The school offers a very broad curriculum catering for all learners, with a high priority on pathways planning and career development. The flexibility of our school's curriculum allows students to complete their South Australian Certificate of Education while undertaking school-based apprenticeships, brokered by on-site brokers, without losing the focus on high level academic achievement leading to tertiary studies.

We offer a range of support services that promote optimum student and staff wellbeing, including the regional special education class and an alternative re-engagement campus called the Adelaide Hills Vocational College co-located at Mount Barker TAFE, which offers a SACE program for about 90 at-risk students (including young mothers).

Our students work towards achieving a set of graduate qualities including becoming inquirers, knowledgeable thinkers, communicators, open-minded, caring, balanced and reflective learners. Students study in a range of core subjects including Mathematics, English, Science, Agriculture, German, French, Society and Environment, Arts, Health and Physical Education and Technology. As a part of our commitment to developing internationally minded students and staff, we conduct a number of short home stays for international students providing a global focus to our students learning.

On top of our excellent and recently refurbished classrooms our school has developed state of art facilities in the area of Electrotechnology and Furniture Construction that develop pathways to either employment or tertiary studies.

School practices are underpinned by the value of respect, were students develop a culture of respect that focuses on Respect Yourself, Respect Others, Respect Property and Respect our School.

Our active Governing Council ensures proactive planning and attending to the diverse student cohort. Students participate in leadership within the school through the active Student Representative Council.