Centre for Higher Education Studies
669 Chapel Street, South Yarra VIC 3141
Centre for Higher Education Studies is a government secondary school in South Yarra, VIC for Years 10–12 with about 121 students. Its ICSEA is 1,079, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Publicly available information describes the Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) as a government-funded selective senior secondary centre in South Yarra where students from across Victoria remain enrolled at their home school while undertaking VCE and accelerated first-year university subjects on-site or online. The school highlights strong partnerships with Victorian universities, a hybrid-flexible delivery model reaching metropolitan, regional and rural students, and modern technology-rich learning spaces including science and design labs.
Often praised
- university partnership programs
- statewide hybrid access
- modern purpose-built facilities
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Centre for Higher Education Studies on My School · Why some data is missing
Gifted and accelerated programs
Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) — high-ability setting
The Victorian Department of Education lists a small number of government settings targeted to high-ability senior students, in addition to the four selective-entry high schools.
- Year levels
- 11–12
- Entry
- Application (high-achieving senior secondary students)
Source: department page ↗. Check current entry dates with the school.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne High SchoolFully | South Yarra | Public high school | 0.1 km | 1,195 | 1,405 |
| Melbourne Girls Grammar | South Yarra | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.1 km | 1,181 | 1,046 |
| Ignatius Learning Centre | Richmond | Catholic high school | 1.6 km | — | 41 |
| Melbourne Grammar School | Melbourne | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,177 | 1,905 |
| Prahran High School | Windsor | Public high school | 1.8 km | 1,080 | 529 |
| Wesley College | Melbourne | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.9 km | 1,172 | 3,181 |
| Loreto Mandeville Hall | Toorak | Catholic k–12 / combined | 2.1 km | 1,167 | 1,220 |
| MacRobertson Girls High SchoolFully | Melbourne | Public high school | 2.1 km | 1,186 | 1,199 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in VIC
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray High School | Footscray | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,254 | 1,078 |
| Prahran High School | Windsor | Public high school · 7-12 | 529 | 1,080 |
| Bentleigh Secondary CollegeGifted class: Gifted class | Bentleigh East | Public high school · 7-12 | 965 | 1,082 |
| Montmorency Secondary College | Montmorency | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,104 | 1,083 |
| Fitzroy High School | Fitzroy North | Public high school · 7-12 | 369 | 1,086 |
| Strathmore Secondary College | Strathmore | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,927 | 1,086 |
About this data
Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.