Seal
Victorian Government secondary schools have been operating specific programs at authorised schools for gifted students since 1980. These have been known as Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) schools.
The Department of Education in Victoria ceased accreditation of SEAL schools in 2014.The Academy of Accredited SEAL Schools (TAASS) has been established to maintain this tradition to enable groups of like minded students to develop academically, socially and emotionally. The SEAL Academy follows Gagné’s model for the definition of gifted and talented students.
Since then, the SEAL Academy has implemented its own accreditation scheme. SEAL Academy schools seek accreditation every three years by undergoing a thorough review process undertaken by independent educators. This ensures that parents and students can have confidence that SEAL Academy schools provide quality and leading edge programs to their group of gifted students.
Entrance Exams
To gain entry into the SEAL program of a SEAL Academy school, students must achieve high performance results in an entrance exam conducted by Edutest. Students who wish to undertake the SEAL program in a particular school year, must sit for the entrance test the year before. The entrance exam takes place at each school at varying dates Please refer to the SEAL Academy school websites for particular entrance exam dates.
A Word Of Caution
Edutest is testing agency for these exams.This can result in an anomaly where students applying for SEAL entrance exam on one hand and one of the Scholarship exams on the other are allowed to take the exam only once and the marks in the exam are considered for selection in the other program too.
For example a student ‘X’ applies for the scholarship program for Westbourne Grammar and also for the SEAL program at Werribee Secondary College. Thus the students ‘X’ takes the exam conducted by Edutest in February for Westbourne Grammar scholarship Program . This student will not be allowed to undertake the exam for Werribee Secondary College SEAL Program conducted by Edutest despite the two programs being totally different.
Students may lose their chance at SEAL entrance exams due to this reason.
Please go to the respective school website to find out about the school specific dates, procedures and requirements for entrance exams and/or contact the school by phone.
| Albert Park College Phone: 03 8695 9000 |
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| Auburn High School Phone: 03 9822 3247 |
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| Balwyn High School Phone: 03 9819 7911 |
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| Baywater Secondary College Phone: 03 8720 7555 |
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| Bellarine Secondary College Phone: 03 5251 9000 |
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| Belmont High School Phone: 03 5243 5355 |
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| Box Hill High School Phone: 03 9877 1177 |
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| Brighton Secondary College Phone: 03 9592 7488 |
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| Brunswick Secondary College Phone: 03 9387 6133 |
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| Buckley Park College Phone: 03 9331 9999 |
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| Dandenong High School Phone: 03 9792 0561 |
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| Emerald Secondary College Phone: 03 5968 5388 |
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| Fairhills Secondary College Phone: 03 9758 5022 |
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| Gladstone Park Secondary College Phone: 03 9933 0500 |
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| Glen Eira College Phone: 03 9571 7838 |
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| Gleneagles Secondary College Phone: 03 9708 1319 |
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| Horsham College Phone: 03 5381 7100 |
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| Kambrya College Phone: 03 9707 7600 |
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| Keilor Downs Secondary College Phone: 03 9365 8000 |
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| Lilydale High School Phone: 03 9735 5644 |
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| Lyndale Secondary College Phone: 03 9795 2366 |
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| Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College Phone: 03 4243 0500 |
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| McGuire College Phone: 03 5858 9800 |
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| Mill Park Secondary College Phone: 03 9409 8222 |
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| Mordialloc College Phone: 03 9580 1184 |
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| Mount Clear College Phone: 03 5330 1500 |
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| Mount Erin Secondary College Phone: 03 5971 6000 |
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| Reservoir High School Phone: 03 9470 3555 |
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| Rosebud Secondary College Phone: 03 5986 8595 |
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| Sale College Phone: 03 5144 3711 |
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| Staughton College Phone: 03 9743 4622 |
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| Trafalgar High School Phone: 03 5633 1733 |
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| University High School Phone: 03 9347 2022 |
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| Wangaratta High School Phone: 03 5723 0500 |
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| Warrnambool College Phone: 03 5564 4444 |
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| Werribee Secondary College Phone: 03 9741 1822 |
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| Williamstown High School Phone: 03 93971899 |
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| Wonthaggi Secondary College Phone: 03 5672 0900 |
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