That teacher does not simultaneously teach Year 9 or Year 12; they specialise in that particular age group. “If you’re teaching Year 7, Year 9, and Year 12, a lot of your energy goes to Year 12,” Corbett notes. “But if you are dedicated to a single year group, you come to know those learners incredibly well—both in terms of their wellbeing and their academic needs. Our teachers in Middle School are true specialists in the developmental stage they serve.” In the Senior School, All Saints leans into breadth and flexibility.The school currently offers more than forty distinct pathways, reflecting its commitment to honouring the varied strengths, passions, and ambitions of its students. Whether a young person is drawn toward the trades, engineering, multimedia, fashion, or more traditional academic routes, the school’s approach is to “throw every opportunity at them” and then work backwards to create a bespoke pathway. It is, in Corbett’s view, one of the most special features of All Saints. “When a young person arrives, we don’t narrow their options,” he says. “We open them up. As their strengths and identity develop, we work with them to build a pathway that makes sense. That might mean a VET course, high-level academic study, or something hybrid and more creative. Our job is to try and say yes. If it matters to them, it matters to us.” FACILITIES WITH DEPTH, NOT FLASH Physically,All Saints is striking not because of a single showpiece structure but because of the consistency and quality of its built environment. When the school opened in 1987, it benefited from guarantors and seed funding that allowed it to construct facilities of a high standard from the outset. Those buildings, carefully maintained and incrementally improved, still feel contemporary. “Our approach has not been to chase ‘sugar-hit’ buildings,” Corbett explains. “Instead, we have taken a considered, strategic path of upkeep and improvement.” The school is debt-free, which gives 39 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 07, ISSUE 12 ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN SCHOOL
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