Cyril Jackson Senior Campus
Cyril Jackson Senior Campus Information
The purpose of Cyril Jackson Senior Campus is to offer its community of learners the opportunity to attain academic, vocational and personal goals in a supportive environment.
Cyril Jackson Senior Campus strives for excellence in learning and teaching; in providing students and teachers with support; and in the maintenance of an appropriate flexible learning environment.
Cyril Jackson is committed to providing an equal opportunity for all students to maximise their educational achievements regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or disability.
LOCATION
Cyril Jackson Senior Campus is located near a main arterial highway, Tonkin Highway, and two minutes from Ashfield train station, 9km from Perth. Set in a leafy green suburb near the river, there is easy access to the city of Perth and the local regional centres of Morley and Midland with their cinemas, food halls and major retail outlets. The campus is situated on green playing fields and surrounded by tall attractive trees making it a very pleasant learning environment.
DESCRIPTION
Cyril Jackson Senior Campus is a unique educational institution in Western Australia catering for a wide range of post compulsory studies in a mature learning environment.
Cyril Jackson Senior Campus has an Intensive English Centre for post compulsory students which means that the campus is an ideal centre for international students. Students may choose from a wide range of university and TAFE entrance courses. Mid-year entry to Year 11 courses means that students may complete some Year 11 courses in six months.
The library is open from 8.30am to 4.30pm throughout the year and there is a cafeteria, an FM radio station, a television studio, a music centre and a theatre arts centre.
A fully equipped gymnasium/recreation centre caters for a wide range of activities such as basketball, badminton, indoor soccer and martial arts. All classrooms are air-conditioned for comfort. Student achievements are many and varied including Certificates of Distinction and Excellence. Graduates of Cyril Jackson Senior Campus go on to successful studies at universities and TAFE colleges.
LANGUAGES TAUGHT
German Beginners Course (Year 12)
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
These programs are available to international fee paying students. Interested students should contact the school for information about application procedures.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
The Intensive English Centre provides 6 to 12 months of intensive English lessons to international students entering the campus to prepare for Year 11 or Year 12 studies. The full range of Curriculum Council English subjects is offered in Years 11 and 12, including extra English as a Second Language support when needed.
Teachers in the Intensive English Centre are all qualified English as a Second Language teachers, several of whom have been involved in the setting and marking of the final examination ESL papers for the Curriculum Council.
Students from the Intensive English Centre receive either a graduation or course completion certificate. Cyril Jackson Senior Campus has a history of success in integrating these students into other secondary schools.
