Secondary
Year 7 – Year 12
Housed in our new state-of-the-art facilities in the Prophet Mohammad and Imam Ali buildings our Secondary School is flourishing. Our students are successful because of our dedicated, experienced, skilled, hardworking, professional and caring staff.
Throughout the College, specialist subjects offered include:
- Accounting
- Arabic and Farsi
- Art and Design
- Business
- Child Studies
- Digital Technology
- English
- Food Technology
- Humanities and Social Science (HASS)
- Health and Physical Education (PE)
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Islamic Studies
- Legal Studies
- Mathematics
- Psychology
- Quran Reading and Memorisation
- Research Project
- Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology)
To further enhance learning both at school and between home and school, the College provides students with a laptop. Most teachers set homework on Compass, a communication platform that is accessible both at home and at school.
A Friday afternoon Elective program for students in Years 7,8, 9 and 10 has been successfully introduced to build strengths, skills and lifelong abilities. Popular Electives include soccer, cooking, badminton, basketball, art, volleyball, STEM and many others. Students prioritise the Elective they would like to participate in and electives may change every semester.
Playford College is pleased with the opportunities we are offering our Secondary students. 100% of our Year 12 students in 2022, 2023 and 2024 not only gained their SACE but also University entrance if this was their chosen pathway. Students achieved outstanding results in Year 12 in 2023 with the Dux of the College achieving an excellent ATAR of 98.15 and the Proxima Accessit 96.30.
Year 12 student enjoying lasers and light boxes in science lab.
Food technology is a favourite subject for many.
