Our Donnybrook Secondary School

The Donnybrook Secondary school commenced in 2023 with 5 sets of Year 7 numbering 140 students, which is the first year of secondary offering at this campus. Each year another cohort will be added, with existing groups moving up. The cohort sizes will work towards 6 sets of 168 students each. Therefore, the Secondary school (DB) will number 1,008 students, which is expected to occur in 2029. The total campus size will number 1,596 students and over 140 staff.

The Donnybrook Primary school will in 2025 reach its capacity of 588 students which comprises 7 cohorts (Prep to Year 6) each with 3 sets. The students are accommodated in four main learning neighbourhoods, the Prep Centre, Year 1/2 Centre, Year 3/4 Centre and Year 5/6 Centre. The first specialist facility opened this year comprising the Visual Arts Centre, and next year the first Secondary learning neighbourhood will open, followed by stage 1 of the STEM Centre in 2025 and the second of the Secondary learning neighbourhoods in 2026.

The Head of Secondary (Donnybrook) has a leadership tenure of 5 years (2024 to 2028) with an allocated time allowance and renumeration. The teaching role is ongoing and if at the conclusion of their time in leadership the incumbent does not continue as Head of Secondary, they will continue in their capacity as a teacher.