St Columba’s Primary is a school which operates with the consent of the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne and is operated and governed by Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Ltd (MACS).

MACS governs and operates 292 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese to continue the mission of Catholic education to proclaim the Good News and equip our young people with the knowledge, skills and hope to live meaningful lives and enrich the world around them.

Because the good work of educating the young is a co-responsible task led by every member of the Catholic school community, School Advisory Councils have been established to provide a crucial point of connection between the wider school community and school leaders.

This governance model was designed to ease the administrative burden on our schools and parishes, allow parish priests to focus on the mission of education in the parish, enable greater collaboration between schools and ensure greater consistency in school policies and procedures.

Care, Safety & Welfare:

• Attendance Policy
• Duty of Care Policy
• Administration of Medication
• Excursions, Camps and Travel Policy
• Pastoral Care Policy
• Supervision Policy

Governance:

• Governance Statement
• Code of Conduct for School Advisory Councils
• School Advisory Council Manual
• Working Together in Mission

Enrolment of Students:

• Concessional Fee Program
• Enrolment Procedures for MACS schools
• PROTECT-Identifying and Responding to Abuse
• PROTECT-Procedure Informing Staff
• PROTECT-Procedure Child Protection Interviews
• PROTECT-Procedure Responding to Child Abuse
• PROTECT-Procedure Responding to offences under the Criminal Act
• PROTECT-Procedure Responding to Police and Child protection requests
• PROTECT-Procedure Responding to Student Sexual Offending

More information on MACS is available at https://www.macs.vic.edu.au/About-Us/Policies.aspx.

NOTE: we are currently updating the policies. therefore not all links are active yet.