Headquarters:
300 Sayers Road, Truganina, Vic 3029
Year founded:
1867
Number of employees:
400
Phone:
03 9731 9447
Email:
info@westbourne.vic.edu.au
Website:
westbournegrammar.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/school/westbourne-grammar-school
“Ambition is a positive thing”
Rebecca Hodges,
Westbourne Grammar School
Adrian Camm, PhD, B AppSc, Grad Dip Ed, MSL
Principal
Teagan Collins, BEd, MEd, MBA, ProfCertPosPsych, GAICD
Associate Principal
Nicole Bradshaw, B Bus, Grad Cert Psych of Risk, MBA, CPA, GAICD
Director of Business
Leadership
Adrian Camm is a progressive leader who understands the importance of cultivating environments for students to develop attitudes, morals, ethics, dispositions and skills needed for a life of learning. His expertise has led to an informed understanding that digital transformation in education is inevitable.
“Focusing on what makes us human, however, is always more important than focusing on the technology,” he says.
Camm’s journey from teaching, achieving several excellence and scholarship awards, to leadership roles in education across Geelong Grammar, Mentone Grammar and Westbourne has provided the depth and breadth of experience to lead Westbourne Grammar School into its next phase.
Principal
Adrian Camm, PhD, B AppSc, Grad Dip Ed, MSL
Highly experienced as a teacher and learning innovator, Teagan Collins seeks to inspire and empower communities by focusing on quality learning and teaching, wellbeing and the development of young people as leaders and global citizens.
At the core of Collins’ approach to teaching and learning lies a vision aimed at creating enriching educational settings that foster character, courage and creativity. She firmly believes in the potential for every child to thrive and succeed.
Associate Principal
Teagan Collins, BEd, MEd, MBA, ProfCertPosPsych, GAICD
Commercially astute and forward thinking, Nicole Bradshaw brings a wealth of experience in both independent schools and the private sector.
Strategically focused with an exemplary track record in the delivery of all aspects of corporate services, she comes to Westbourne from Mentone Grammar, where she was the director of business. Highly respected by her professional peers, Bradshaw is currently a non-executive director of several not-for-profit community boards and is the immediate past president of the Association of School Business Administrators (Victorian chapter).
Director of Business
Nicole Bradshaw, B Bus, Grad Cert Psych of Risk, MBA, CPA, GAICD
“Ambition is a positive thing”
Rebecca Hodges,
Westbourne Grammar School
“We are seeking to make our workforce paid in the top 10 percentage of all schools in Australia, to reduce workloads in different ways, and to provide even greater flexibility in relation to their practice”
Adrian Camm,
Westbourne Grammar School
Leadership
“We are seeking to make our workforce paid in the top 10 percentage of all schools in Australia, to reduce workloads in different ways, and to provide even greater flexibility in relation to their practice”
Adrian Camm,
Westbourne Grammar School
“Ambition is a positive thing”
Rebecca Hodges, Westbourne Grammar School
Leadership
Rebecca Hodges, MCom (HR), MAICD
Director of People and Culture
Rebecca Hodges is a distinguished HR specialist with a wealth of industry expertise, having held positions at Victoria Police, Swinburne University, Wesley Mission and Ambulance Victoria. She also has extensive governance experience, serving on the boards of the Brien Holden Foundation and Sacred Heart Mission.
Throughout Hodges’ career, she has overseen all functions of HR in complex and large organisations and has been responsible for sizeable and diverse teams delivering key outcomes for employment, workplace relations, policies and innovation.
Director of People and Culture
Rebecca Hodges, MCom (HR), MAICD
Jeremy Otto, BEd, B Creative Ind, MEd, Cert School Mgmt and Leadership
Director of Teaching and Learning, Prep to Year 12
A dedicated and dynamic leader with extensive experience in a variety of educational settings, Jeremy Otto has held positions of responsibility as deputy principal (teaching and learning), head of learning, head of middle school and dean of teaching and learning.
As Westbourne’s director of teaching and learning, he brings a deep understanding of both VCE and IB programs and is a passionate advocate for achieving excellent student outcomes through facilitating exceptional teaching practices.
Otto is secretary of the Vic/Tas branch of the Australian College of Educators and a member of the Institute of Company Directors.
Director of Teaching and Learning, Prep to Year 12
Jeremy Otto, BEd, B Creative Ind, MEd, Cert School Mgmt and Leadership
Founded in 1867, the non-denominational Westbourne Grammar School is one of Victoria’s oldest schools. Recognised among the best grammar schools in Melbourne, it stands as a testament to its enduring legacy of excellence. Westbourne has an identity characterised by continued academic success and as an employer of choice and talent incubator, where the best teachers want to work. The school’s culture is inclusive, and this is demonstrated every day by students and teachers working together and the distributed nature of leadership that exists. Everyone who is part of the community is committed to advancing Westbourne as a place of distinction. Principal Adrian Camm and associate principal Teagan Collins have built an outstanding executive team and attracted some of the best leaders in the sector who are not only respected in their specific portfolios but also nationally for their work on not-for-profit boards and various national committees and associations. The executive team leads the conversation in many areas of the school education system in Australia by:
“We are seeking to make our workforce paid in the top 10 percentage of all schools in Australia, to reduce workloads in different ways, and to provide even greater flexibility in relation to their practice”
Adrian Camm,
Westbourne Grammar School
Amrita Ahuja, MCom, BCom (Hons), BEd, MEd (Leadership and Management)
Head of Senior School
Andrea Elliot, BEd, Dip Teach, PGradDipEd
Head of Junior School
Clinton Gray
Campus Director – Savio
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy & Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International
and Active Underwriter, Syndicate 1955
An accomplished and results-driven educator, Amrita Ahuja has a strong desire to empower students to become independent and lifelong learners. She is committed to unleash student potential and ensure that all students experience a high-quality, balanced program of learning opportunities.
Ahuja oversees learning and wellbeing in senior school by actively fostering staff and student talent in a safe and supportive environment.
Head of Senior School
Amrita Ahuja, MCom, BCom (Hons), BEd, MEd (Leadership and Management)
Andrea Elliot is a learning leader with an outstanding record of innovation. As head of junior school, she focuses on developing and delivering an educational program that inspires Westbourne’s junior students to acquire a love of learning and attain their personal best. Elliot works collaboratively with her team to provide an environment that enables students to master the essential skills of numeracy and literacy and to grow and thrive.
Head of Junior School
Andrea Elliot, BEd, Dip Teach, PGradDipEd
Clinton Gray is the executive campus director of Savio Campus (Years 7–10). He has been at the college since 2019. His previous roles have included director of Bosco campus – learning, director of Savio campus – learning, leader of curriculum and assessment, and leader of learning – innovation. In his former life, he was a history teacher but now teaches mostly senior English classes.
Gray has completed a Master of Asian Studies and is about to complete his Master of Education, specialising in management and leadership. His approach to leadership is strongly informed by the instructional leadership model. He continues to strive to build a dynamic learning community at Salesian by focusing on teacher improvement and developing a shared teaching and learning vision to drive deeper learning with both students and teachers.
Campus Director – Savio
Clinton Gray
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
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Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
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empowering colleagues
championing student agency
contributing to the dialogue
democratising progressive teaching and learning practices
Director of people and culture Rebecca Hodges says, “Teachers want to work at our school. Despite the teacher shortage in Australia, we consistently attract a large field of quality applicants for positions that we have available. We also target high-performing and high-potential individuals that we want to work at our school.” Westbourne Grammar commits to giving staff the support and platform to develop. Some of the initiatives that enable this are:
six-month bespoke leadership and management program
overseas travelling fellowships 100% paid for by the school
further study program covering the cost of post-graduate tuition fees
regular encouragement to attend and present at conferences locally, nationally and internationally
access to external coaches along with individual career trajectory plans and personalised visibility strategies
Part of the school’s ethos is to make their people better, even if it means they ultimately move on. “Ambition is a positive thing, and if high achievers who are ambitious come in and do some great work with us for a few years before being promoted into a leadership position in another school, Adrian Camm is their biggest cheerleader,” says Hodges.
Principal Dr. Adrian Camm points out other benefits that staff enjoy:
flexible work policies
reducing the number of workdays each year
end-of-term staff parties
access to pool and gym, including complimentary yoga and meditation
onsite car parking
onsite child care
Despite being a standout workplace and attracting teachers from across Australia, Westbourne is committed to continually raising standards. Camm says, “We are seeking to make our workforce paid in the top 10 percentage of all schools in Australia, to reduce workloads in different ways, and to provide even greater flexibility in relation to their practice.”