Our Principal

Prahran High School is a very special place. Students are known and valued as unique young people with their own strengths. Each student at our school is challenged and supported to learn, think and thrive.

Welcome to Prahran High School.

I am deeply honoured and excited to be the Principal of Prahran High School – a school with a culture of positive and trustful relationships; a school with a passionate and highly connected community of leaders, educators, support staff, learners, and families; a holistically high performing school for student learning and wellbeing.

Our school community genuinely strives to embody its core values and ethos: Curiosity, Creativity, Challenge, Character; Make an Impact.  We are a school that balances high expectations with high support and care for each student – we expect a lot and we give a lot!  A school with a wide range of high-quality people and programs and cutting-edge facilities to support and extend a diverse community of learners so that they can forge fulfilling lives and Make an Impact, for themselves and others, now and in the future.  By providing localised excellence Prahran High School plays a significant role in contributing to its vibrant community and in bolstering a strong public school system; a school community that Makes an Impact!

As you make this important decision for your child, there is much here for you to explore. I also encourage you to join one of our regular tours and chat to us directly. I’m sure that as you engage with us, you will see, feel, hear and believe the many factors that set Prahran High School apart – the positive qualities that make us unique.

I certainly hope that you feel confident that you now have the chance to choose a school that has the culture, beliefs and values that best align with you and your child.

We are not the biggest school, the oldest school or the most expensive school in our community. We aren’t that, but we are this: we are the most innovative, the most caring, the most inclusive, the most dynamic and we are also one of the most effective. Students are engaged, contributing and they are learning.

We are inspired and guided by our core values, which we have framed as learner dispositions. We believe it is vital for success in school and in life that we are learners who are curious, creative and who embrace challenge. We also believe that it is so important to value what it means to be truly of good character, that we are kind, honest and supportive people.

Further, we talk about ‘impact’ a lot at our school. Make an Impact is our motto and it drives us every day. Young people have immense power to make an impact in their school, community and world and I am committed to providing them with every opportunity to do just that.

Sitting proudly in a stunning, contemporary building on High Street, Prahran, we are positioned strongly and confidently in the heart of this community. We are a strong, diverse and harmonious school community and we are committed to strengthening that culture even further into the future.

Our teachers are great leaders and they are extraordinary. Every day, they create engaging and dynamic learning experiences, fostering a love for knowledge, and nurturing the potential of every student at Prahran High School. Our kids deserve the best teachers and support staff, and here at Prahran High School they have just that. Our students are amazing and their energy fills this place with vitality, big ideas and positivity every day.

I am privileged to lead this community, and I am full of enthusiasm for the future.

I am delighted to welcome you to Prahran High School.  I look forward to connecting and collaborating with you as we support your child/ren to develop the capabilities and character required to thrive and to make a positive impact for themselves and others, now and long into our future.

Kind regards,

James Taylor
Principal

PHS Statement of Values and Philosophy