Bendigo Special Developmental School
26-32 Lockwood Road, Kangaroo Flat, 3555
Special government school · North-Western Victoria · regional · 167 students (46 female, 121 male) · 7.0% with English as an additional language
Measures from the 2025 Annual Report to the School Community · school number 5298 · source document · JSON
The Gap column is this school minus its Similar Schools group: the Department of Education's own comparison with government schools of similar intake. Positive is better, except for absence days. The headline figure averages the 4 comparable measures below.
Performance Summary
Senior secondary
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exiting to further study or full-time work (2024; 55.6% over 4 years) | 87.5% | 40.3% | 81.5% | +47.2 |
Surveys
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent satisfaction (2025) | 94.7% | 89.1% | 86.9% | +5.6 |
| Staff view of school climate (2025) | 68.8% | 68.5% | 68.0% | +0.3 |
Enrolments at each February census
Enrolments have grown 31.4% over 5 years.
- 2017127
- 2018118
- 2019121
- 2020127
- 2021132
- 2022134
- 2023152
- 2024150
- 2025167
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