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The Victorian Schools Guide is a one-stop VCE interactive database.

Victorian Schools Guide: All you need to know about your school’s VCE performance

Use our interactive database to discover comprehensive VCE and vocational education data for all schools offering year 12, or search for schools in your area to compare results.

  • Craig Butt and Selma Milovanovic

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Lakes Entrance Secondary College students Aivah Neilson, Jacqulyn Shankland and Brianna Tillack are doing a mixture of VCE and vocational major and say the school has helped them discover their career pathway.

The game-changer that helped these students find their path

The inaugural winner of the Schools that Excel vocational category has led a bumper crop of pupils on new career directions.

  • Nicole Precel
Students Zac Rosso, Albert Teluk, Ty Hwee and Emily Youssef. Albert and Ty are wearing the school’s new uniform.

This school’s ‘KISS and catch up’ approach became its secret to success

One of the best lessons this school learnt from the pandemic was to keep it simple – and the results are starting to show.

  • Bridie Smith
College captains Paul Sulamain and Hiyab Asmelash in the chapel. Both have been at the college since early primary school.

Religion and table tennis made this school one of the state’s most improved

St Mary’s was the first Coptic Orthodox school outside Egypt when it opened, but the principal says religion is just one element contributing to her school’s success.

  • Bridie Smith
Mount Alexander College Principal Dani Angelico (back left to right) Jai Russell, Amelia Kenny, Hana Mathew, Xavier Huang, Lucia Williams, and Marey Mathew

The school that came back from the brink and is now at the top of town

A vertical curriculum, high-rise school building and soaring enrolments has this school reaching new heights of VCE achievement.

  • Noel Towell
The 2025 Schools That Excel.

Schools that Excel 2025

Celebrating Victorian schools that have improved their end-of-year VCE performance over the past decade.

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Brighton Grammar headmaster Ross Featherston with students who have opted to do dance as an extracurricular activity.

This sporty school changed its tune and danced its way to VCE stardom

This boys’ school, known for being a feeder to the AFL draft, has added dance to its repertoire. And the results are starting to show.

  • Bridie Smith
The Age reveals the schools that have made the greatest strides in VCE results over the last 10 years.
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Schools that Excel 2025: Find out your school’s VCE results over the past decade

The Age reveals the schools that have made the greatest strides in VCE results over the last 10 years.

Kayura Thimmaraju, 15, Hayden Beckwith, 15, Herry Patel, 15, Abbey Cabban, 16, and Paras Singh, 15.

These students are ditching screens for boots and garden tools to dig up VCE success

A 200-acre property replete with apricot and lemon orchards is helping this independent school stand out among its rivals.

  • Caroline Schelle
Schools that Excel 25

Schools that Excel 2025: Find out your school’s VCE results over the past decade

The Age’s Schools that Excel series celebrates schools that achieve outstanding improvement in their VCE results over a decade. Find out who won and use our dashboard to track your school’s results.

  • Craig Butt and Noel Towell