Section Contents

• Studying at Mercedes
• Academic Achievement
• Aims of the school
• Policy on Learning
• International Baccalaureate
• IB Primary Years Programme
• IB Middle Years Programme
• IB Years 11 & 12
• SA Certificate of Education (SACE)
• Special Programmes
• Information Technology

Aims of the school

1. Mercedes College is a school of innovative educational endeavour and a leader within Catholic education. Excellence and the pursuit of excellence and an expectation that each student will become the best person he or she can be, are primary goals.


2. Mercedes College provides a strong values-centred Catholic education based on the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy.


3. Mercedes College is a "community for the world". Our identity is consciously shaped within the Catholic Church, and through participation in the international education community.


4. Community is a pivotal dimension. Each member of the College, past, present and future is important. There is an acceptance and celebration of diversity, difference and individual self-worth.


5. The partnership of parents, students and staff in learning together forms the essence of the infrastructure of the College.


6. The governance of Mercedes College is ensured by the creative stewardship of the College Council, the school administration and participation of the wider school community.