Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

at 57 Miles Street, Melbourne , 3006 Australia

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Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, is a state government selective school located within the Melbourne Arts Precinct in Southbank, Melbourne, Australia. VCASS teaches students from Year 7 to 12. It has an enrolment of 340 students.Students are accepted after annual auditions. All students share academic subjects, but follow either a specialised music, dance or visual arts training program for half the day. The school also provides academic classes to secondary students from other institutions including the Australian Ballet School, Tennis Australia, National Institute of Circus Arts, Diving Victoria and Gymnastics Victoria.HistoryInstigated by the former tertiary institution Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), as a separate and complementary institution, VCASS was founded in 1978 by Lenton Parr and Jack Pitt (as the Victorian College of the Arts Technical School - VCATS). This was the same year that the tertiary VCA commenced its dance faculty, and VCATS was conceived as a preparatory school for the tertiary dance and music courses. In 1981 the name was changed to VCASS. For most of its history VCASS shared its campus and buildings with the tertiary VCA at 234 St Kilda Road, but in June 2009 moved to new purpose built premises at 57 Miles Street, Southbank.

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Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School is Melbourne based place and this enity listed in School category. Located at 57 Miles Street VIC 3006. Contact phone number of Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School: 0386448644