Thank you for your interest in Carrum Downs Secondary College. The next step in your child’s education is exciting, but it can also be challenging. We are here to support you and your child with this journey. Carrum Downs Secondary College is a community-focused Secondary School, evidenced by our relationships with our local feeder primary schools Banyan Fields, Rowellyn Park, Skye and non-Government Primary Schools in the area. Our partnerships enable us to prepare grade 6 students for their transition into year 7 at Carrum Downs Secondary College.

We realise the importance of having our new Year 7 students feeling that they belong and that they feel safe and successful at school. To further support our Year 7 students, we run a Year 7 Camp, Connect Program and Peer Support Program once they begin. Many staff assist our new Year 7 students and help them settle into their new environment. Key staff include their Connect Teacher and House Leadership Team, who are the first point of contact when questions arise for both students and families. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Transition Coordinator Samantha Yeoh on 9788-9100 or email samantha.yeoh@education.vic.gov.au  

School Zone

Find My School hosts the most up-to-date information about Victorian school zones. Information on this site is updated in Term 1 each year. If you have any questions about school zones, please visit the website, call the VSBA Hotline on 1800 896 950 or email vsba@education.vic.gov.au.

Year 7 application process

From the first week of Term 2, 2025, primary schools must distribute the parent/carer placement information pack to all Year 6 families. The pack will include the application for Year 7 placement.

All families with Year 6 students at Victorian government schools must complete the application for Year 7 placement 2026 and submit to their primary school as specified within the statewide timeline. This includes students who are:

• continuing at a P–12 school
• offered a place at a non-government school, or
• intend to register for home schooling.

Moving from primary to secondary school information 

KEY DATES

2025

• March 12 - College Open Night 6.00pm - 7.30pm
• April 22 -Primary schools distribute the Year 6 to 7 Placement Information Pack 2025-26 to all families of Year 6 students.
• May 9 - Parents/carers submit application for Year 7 Placement 2026 to be returned to your primary school.
• July 1 - Using the Placement Notification Template (in the transition pack provided by primary schools), primary schools inform parents/carers of their child’s Year 7 placement offer for the 2026 school year. 
• July 2 - Secondary schools will commence distributing transition and orientation information to parents/carers of students who have a Year 7 placement offer for 2026.
• July 25 - Closing date for parents/carers to lodge a written appeal with their preferred secondary school.
• August 5 - Secondary schools notify parents/carers, in writing, of non-placement appeal outcomes.
• August 12 - Parents/carers return their Year 7 Placement Acceptance Slip to their child’s primary school.
• December 9 – State-wide Orientation Day

Transition Events

We conduct many events across the year to engage with prospective Year 7’s and their families, including our College Open Night and Open Morning, Grade 5 and 6 Discovery Days for our local feeder primary schools and our Transition Information Night.

Orientation Day/s

State-wide Orientation Day

Year 7 Orientation Day will be held on Tuesday 9 December 2025.

Additional Orientation at Carrum Downs Secondary College

In order to make transition a more comfortable experience, Carrum Downs Secondary College plans to host additional orientation days during Term 4 for students who require additional familiarisation with the College, support to develop positive relationships with other students and have the opportunity to ask questions of our College Student Leaders. These additional transition events are focused on individual students who attend our non-feeder Primary Schools, or those students recommended by their Primary School teachers who would benefit from additional wellbeing and/or learning support. An invitation with further information will be provided closer to the date to identified individuals.