Canterbury Vale School
Canterbury Vale School for Specific Purposes is located at 24 Wangee Road Lakemba and provides intensive specialist support for students. The school caters for a maximum of 21 students from Years 7 to 10 who typically exhibit challenging and disruptive behaviour, have low self-esteem, poor social skills and an inabilty to adjust to mainstream settings. The school aims to deliver an intensive intervention designed to help students learn to manage their behaviour and integrate successfully back into mainstraem or alternate settings. Canterbury Vale School is an educational environment that sets challenging, yet attainable goals for all students. The program's duration is 12 months but may be extended according to individual case management plans. The emphasis is to provide students with a safe and caring environment in which they can access quality teaching and learning and be supported in making positive informed choices. Canterbury Vale offers a regular work experience program for students in Years 9 and 10. Students enrolled in Years 9 and 10 follow the Board endorsed School Certificate program and sit the examinations on site. Our school motto is, "Pathway to Success.
We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.