Elwood Primary

pretty scrungy place if you ask me. met some bad people there. never went.

Good people that u can have as friends but most of the teachers are bad

We have 2 daughters at Elwood Primary. We’ve been very happy with the experience they’ve had at the school. All but one of the teachers they’ve had have been excellent. It’s a large school but manages to still be friendly.

The school has a selection of good teachers but most of them are pretty average or bad, as I was a student there 2 years ago, I can say it didn't teach me all that much but I did make a lot of friends. The teachers really are not good except for a few teachers, they would yell and get angry really quickly, and by teaching us they would get us to write a story or solve an easy math problem, they are more annoying baby sitters than teachers.

Great school with a good community feel

Great school. Dedicated staff and academically oriented.

Good school

Nice Place

The school hall is very old, small and run down. Large school events are impossible unless held outdoors. Most of the school social events are held off site at a trendy, noisy venue in Elwood or St Kilda, and they make people pay a lot of money. They assume everyone has a lot of money, which is really annoying. The school is bursting at the seams. It is not designed to hold so many students and urgently needs new facilities. I didn't like the uniform, too much navy, please bring in some colour. And a windcheater option would be good. Parking at the school during pick up/drop off is a nightmare. There are major accessibility issues. The roads were not built to service such a large school. The before school care doesn't open until 7:15AM which is terrible considering the number of students they have! And makes it impossible if you have to start work at 7:30 or even 8AM for some people, especially single parents find it difficult. School admin needs to be improved as a number of times I was told I'd run out of CSEF even though none of it had been used.It also performs quite badly on NAPLAN considering 56% of its students are from the top socio education advantage group. You can find much better performing schools in areas that are much less expensive than Elwood. There is a lack of diversity with only 16% of students coming from a non-english speaking background. And there is a low overall percentage of kids in Elwood compared to the Melbourne average. So kids might find it hard to socialise outside school. The road congestion and dense living environment may also be stressful for the kids. These are some of the many reasons I chose to take my child out of Elwood primary school. I think the area is full of apartments without street parking and is more set up to cater for single or childless adults that want a trendy cafe lifestyle or the prestige of living near the beach.

An excellent community minded school focussing on bring out the best in kids. A broad range of programs including the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program. A monthly market brings the loacl community together and raises much needed money for the school.