Progress in learning is at the heart of everything we do at Como.
We believe that every student can learn.
That’s why our teaching mission is to maximise learning, no matter their starting point.
We work with students and their families to build the individual commitment required to achieve a personal best.
And our focus is on personal bests, not mandated thresholds.
Expert teaching and a high-quality pastoral care system, provides students with the key to a promising future.
From the moment students join us in Year 7, we take a comprehensive approach to understanding their individual strengths and needs. On entry, each student completes assessments in vocabulary, reading, spelling, numeracy, and science, giving us a clear snapshot of their learning profile.
We also work closely with their primary schools to gather additional insights, combining this with NAPLAN results, school reports, and system data. This ensures we’re well-prepared to support both the educational and social development of every child right from the start.
At Como Secondary College, we believe that every student deserves to be seen, supported, and set up for success.
Como has cultivated a wide range of programs focused on the needs and characteristics of individual students. Some of our programs are designed to challenge academically inclined students, like our specialist courses. The Enriched Mathematic, Information Technology and Science Program (EMITS) has an excellent track record of developing students who have gained very high ATAR scores and gone on to attain high level post-graduate qualifications in a wide range of professions.
Our Create program has been developed to foster creativity in those students whose strengths lie in literature and the arts.
The advanced Golf and Hockey Programs facilitate the physical and strategic skills required for budding career sportspeople.
Our renowned Contemporary Music Program provides students with passion for music a thorough grounding for entry into Jazz and Contemporary Music Studies at the Conservatorium of Music (WAAPA) and at the University of Western Australia.
Other programs are designed to support students in overcoming individual learning obstacles.
