EXCELLENCE CARE RESPECT PERSISTENCE PRIDE RESPONSIBILITY
Principal's Message
Welcome to Kyneton Primary School. We are a proud and inclusive community committed to providing a high‑quality education that supports every child to learn, grow, and thrive.
At Kyneton Primary School, our teaching and learning are child‑centred and responsive to individual strengths, interests, and needs. We value equity, excellence, and wellbeing, and we strive to create a supportive and engaging environment where all children feel a strong sense of belonging.
Our core values—respect, persistence, pride, responsibility, personal excellence, and care for others—guide everything we do. We are committed to treating all members of our school community with dignity and respect and to fostering positive relationships across the school.
High‑quality, consistent teaching is supported by effective assessment and ongoing professional learning for our staff. We aim to develop capable, confident learners who understand their progress, embrace challenge, reflect on feedback, and take pride in their learning.
Strong partnerships between home and school are central to our success. We encourage families to be actively involved in school life and to work with us to support each child in reaching their full potential.
Since relocating to our Edgecombe Street site in 2018, our purpose‑built school has provided flexible, contemporary learning environments that support modern teaching approaches and encourage independence, creativity, and collaboration among students.
On behalf of our staff, families, and School Council, I warmly welcome you to Kyneton Primary School and look forward to working with you.
Alistair Rayner
Principal
About our School
Kyneton Primary School is proud of its achievements in student learning and the growth that our students make over their time at our school.
Our school has a continual focus on using data to determine the individual needs of each student. Teachers design explicit learning experiences that build on each student’s current knowledge base.
Kyneton Primary School staff are also ongoing learners who keep abreast of best education practices and strive to develop teaching and learning programs that match the needs of all students.
KPS SSP Goals & Key Improvement Strategies 2025
1. To maximise student learning outcomes for every student.
Key Improvement Strategies
● Embed the consistent use of data and assessment to inform differentiation at student point of need
1. Review the feedback culture and strategies used across our school to complement the work already undertaken.
2. Align the updated 2.0 Victorian Teaching and Learning Model [VTML] with our current whole-school Instructional Model.
2. To maximise student connectedness, engagement, and wellbeing.
Key Improvement Strategies
● Strengthen staff capacity to activate student agency and engagement in learning.
1. Embed the Mental Health in Primary Schools [MHiPS] initiative, utilising the training and resources to enhance the school’s overall wellbeing approach.
2. Implement the High Impact Wellbeing strategies to equip staff with the knowledge and skills necessary to support and enhance wellbeing.
Student Learning
As a Lead school in the Macedon Ranges and in response to the Royal Commission into Family Violence, Kyneton Primary School is committed to promoting and embedding the Respectful Relationships curriculum and gender equality into our schools ethos, vision and values. In our school the focus is on treating everyone with respect and dignity in the hope of creating real and lasting change in the lives of our students, staff, families and the wider school community.
According to the Attitudes to School Survey undertaken by Year 4, 5 and 6 students, their sense of connectedness to peers and student morale is high. Our Year 4-6 students indicated that they feel happy and positive at school. They rate classroom behaviour as excellent and indicate that they feel safe at school.
Our focus in 2024 is on further developing student perception of the importance of education in their lives. We will also continue to focus on improving consistent attendance through regular communication with parents and students.
Our school uses Restorative Practices. This process is based on the development of a healthy relationship between teacher and student. Restorative practices assist teachers, students and parents to build, maintain and restore relationships. Students build the capacity to self regulate their behaviour which contributes to the improvement of learning outcomes.
As a result, student and teacher surveys have shown that they work in a stimulating, safe environment where teaching and learning is of prime importance.
Child Safe Standards
Kyneton Primary School is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and members of the school community. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all students. We have a zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated seriously. If you would like more information, please see our Child Safe Policy on our website or contact our Child Safe Officer, Julie Arnephy on 5422 1855.
Engagement & Wellbeing
Pathways & Transition
The Transition Program at Kyneton Primary School is regularly rated by parents in the annual Parent Opinion Survey as a significant strength.
Our School offers transition sessions for all students, at all levels of the school. Kyneton Primary School has a strong Buddy program that matches new preps with a senior student who forms a solid, supportive relationship with them. The school has great links with both the feeder preschools and local secondary schools. Throughout the year, there are a range of cross campus activities.
Kyneton Primary School is conscious of the need for transition between year levels and works to make certain that students are placed in the learning community that is most appropriate for them. Teachers regularly meet to moderate and ensure that there is a smooth and supportive progression of teaching and learning across the year levels.
In response to the Royal Commission into Family Violence, Kyneton Primary School is committed to promoting and embedding Respectful Relationships and gender equality into our schools ethos, vision and values. In our school the focus is on treating everyone with respect and dignity in the hope of creating real and lasting change in the lives of our students, staff, families and the wider school community.