Woodleigh School is an independent, co-educational, K-12 day school located in the Melbourne suburb of Langwarrin South, Victoria, Australia. It has two junior campuses; "Minimbah" ( 38°10′25″S 145°06′49″E / 38.1735°S 145.1137°E / -38.1735; 145.1137 (Minimbah campus)), located in Frankston South, and "Penbank" located in Moorooduc. Its senior campus, "Woodleigh" ( 38°11′31″S 145°10′30″E / 38.192°S 145.175°E / -38.192; 145.175 (Woodleigh campus)), is located in Langwarrin South.

History

Woodleigh School was founded in 1856 as St Paul's School, ^[1] and operated out of a hall on the grounds of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Frankston. ^[1] It was the first school in Frankston, ^[1] as well as one of the earliest in the then colony of Victoria, ^[1] and is the oldest co-educational school in the state of Victoria. ^{[1] [4]}

In 1970, the school moved to a 3.5 ha property off Seaview Road in Frankston South (now Minimbah Court) which it named "Minimbah" – the Bunurong aboriginal word for "place of learning". ^[1] In 1975, it purchased the former 12.5 ha farm "Woodleigh" on Golf Links Road in Langwarrin South. ^[1] During this time, the Minimbah site became the junior campus and the Woodleigh site became the senior campus of the school. ^[1]

After acquiring further land at its Woodleigh site, creating a 22 ha campus, the school changed its name to Woodleigh School in 1999. ^[1]

Sport

Woodleigh is a member of the Southern Independent Schools (SIS).

SIS premierships

Woodleigh has won the following SIS senior premierships. ^[5]

Boys:

• Basketball (2) – 2001, 2013
• Cricket (3) – 2004, 2006, 2007
• Football (2) – 2008, 2016

Girls:

• Basketball – 2017
• Football (4) – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015
• Netball (2) – 2004, 2008

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