The Academy is getting ready to launch their new Wangaratta campus next month with the final stepping stones put in place. The year 11 and 12 VCAL,AFL base school is a full time education program that provides an alternative to standard year 11 and 12 schooling with contextualised curriculum that is centred around AFL. Students...Read More

  His football academy has a campus in Geelong but don’t expect that to sway the heart of Alex Rance when it comes to the AFL Grand Final. The former Tigers champion gives his thoughts on Saturday’s big game and what the future holds for his academy. Premiership Tiger Alex Rance has tipped his former...Read More

  WANGARATTA born and raised Luke Surace is excited to bring his education program, The Academy back to  his roots next year. Currently operating in Essendon and Geelong, but set to come to Wangaratta in February 2021. The academy is a full-time education program that provides an alternative to standard year 11 and 12 schooling...Read More

The one-size-fits-all approach to education is not working and it’s failing Australian kids. I’m shocked by how the education system has not modernized and evolved over the past 50 years. We need to find a way to fix the system and help the 40 percent of secondary students who are disengaged from their education. Teachers...Read More

AFL hopefuls across Victoria are being given a golden opportunity to attend a scholarship testing day for AFL passion school The Academy. The Academy has worked closely with careers counsellors and teachers at more than 450 secondary schools across Victoria to identify students who are passionate about football and could benefit from the education model...Read More

  ALEX RANCE has been in the news on a number of fronts this week. There was talk of a comeback to the Tigers, while he was also said to have “signed on the dotted line” to be on The Bachelor only to pull out. Now Rance has clarified one of these rumours with some...Read More

The Academy keen to establish a campus with its unique curriculum in the rural city. The Academy has identified Wangaratta as a suitable region to open another AFL based school curriculum campus in February 2021. Currently operating in Essendon and Geelong, The Academy is a full time education program that provides an alternative to standard...Read More

For thousands of Victorian students, school isn’t a building with a classroom and whiteboard. It’s a snowfield, the stage, a hospital or even a prison. Different schools catering for different needs have popped up across the state in the past few decades. In the past three years alone, campuses have opened specialising in Australian rules...Read More

High schools are being called on to provide students with more opportunities to be active after an Australian study showed teenagers spend more than two thirds of their day sitting down. In a world first, nearly 400 students from 18 Victorian high schools were tracked , using “activPAL” wearable devices, by researchers from Deakin University....Read More

RETIRED AFL star Alex Rance’s footy program in Geelong is back kicking goals — with the local campus now re-opened to students after closing due to COVID-19 restrictions. Rance is the co-founder and co-director of The Academy, with its Geelong program delivered in partnership with Western Heights College. The program provides an alternative to standard...Read More