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Overview of Berry Street

Education Programs
We run an independent school and an
extensive range of other education
support and training programs. We
strive to: maintain the participation of
those who are at risk of disengaging
from mainstream school; re-engage
young people who are excluded from
education or training; and promote
pathways for young people into
employment.
The Berry Street School, known as the
BEST Centre, caters for young people
aged 12 to 17 years who have become
disengaged from mainstream education.
The school currently has 2 campuses:
the BEST Centre at Noble Park as part
of the South Eastern Metro Region;
and BEST@ the Shed in Morwell, in the
Gippsland Region. Each campus has an
enrolment of approximately 30
students, and delivers a traumainformed education model.

The curriculum program is based on five
key learning areas: Literacy, Numeracy,
Technology, the Arts and Health and
Physical Education.
Leaps and Bounds is an alternative
education program in the Hume
Region which supports disengaged
young people in the area.
Berry Street works in partnership with
the Pavilion School, a DEECD school in
the North & West Metropolitan Region
that provides an education setting for
young people who are disengaged from
education and/or training.
Young people are also able to access
educational opportunities through a
VCAL program in the Gippsland Region
and a range of community based
accredited and pre-accredited programs
that are responsive to community
needs.