Diamond Creek Primary School Information

Diamond Creek East Primary School (DCEPS) is situated in a growing residential area north of Melbourne that still has the charming attributes of a rural township. The school is located adjacent to Diamond Valley College with other neighbouring schools including Diamond Creek PS, Hurstbridge PS, Wattle Glen PS, Glen Katherine PS and Apollo Parkways PS. DCEPS enjoys a close association with many schools in the area either through sporting events or through the Middle Years of Schooling Network. The majority of children attending the school are driven in private vehicles while some walk or ride their bicycles. Diamond Creek was first settled in the mid 1870s as a gold settlement and later developed as an orchard area. Diamond Creek East Primary School is very much involved in its community, which offers a range of family and sporting activities. The employment situation in the catchment area varies from the self-employed and professional occupations to a relatively low percentage of families on Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) although this is increasing slightly. The current enrolment is 405 and it is expected that this number will decline to 375 over the next 3 years. There has been a slight increase in the number of boys enrolled at the school over the past two years and this has impacted on the structure of classes in the lower grades. There is a relatively low percentage of single parent families attending the school, however there is a higher number of students from separated families. The Students With Special Learning Needs (SLN) index is 0.3968 placing Diamond Creek East (DCE) in the Like School Group 1. This group is characterised by nil, or very low, proportions of Languages Other Than English (LOTE) speakers at home and low numbers of EMA recipients. There are 26 teaching staff employed at the school and 8 non-teaching staff including SSOs and After School Hours staff. Staff are employed at a range of time fractions to suit the requirements of the students and the curriculum programs available ...