Bilingual education utilises two languages as means of instruction for students, providing them with the opportunity to learn curriculum content in, and through, both English and a target language.

In Victoria, 11 government primary schools are provided with additional funding as part of the Designated Bilingual Program (DBP) to offer a partial immersion bilingual education, where students are immersed into a classroom in which the curriculum is taught for between a minimum of 30% and 50% in the target language.

DBP Schools offer strong models of bilingual education, leading to biliteracy learning in students that demonstrate high levels of sociocultural, linguistic, academic and cognitive outcomes.

Language teachers who offer bilingual education are suitably qualified teachers with native or near native level of language proficiency able to deliver the Victorian Curriculum in the target language.

This website has been established by the Victorian Bilingual Schools Network. It has been designed to be the departure point for anyone interested in knowing more about the DBP Schools in Victoria.

We hope you will take a moment to browse through the various pages of the website, and find the information useful!