The English is an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) unit provides a supportive educational environment for students who have English as their second language and/or dialect who intend to live permanently in Australia. This course gives these students the necessary English language skills to participate fully in mainstream schooling in reading, writing and speaking.
The ESL unit boasts excellent education standards as well as experienced staff who are accustomed to welcoming ESL students and integrating them into the school community. The ESL course ranges from language acquisition of the basic English conversational skills to total immersion of the school curriculum. ESL students comprise about 4% of the total student population.