About Us

Carlton Gardens Primary School was built in 1884. Its history and traditions are highly valued by the Carlton and Melbourne communities.

One parent has described our school as a village. “Its small size means that the students, staff and many of the parents know each other and together create a close-knit community working to achieve our collective educational goals”.

This village is a ‘particularly Australian’ village welcoming students recently arrived from many different cultures together with students of grandparents and parents who also attended this village over past decades.

In 1984 a history of the school was published. Copies of Rathdowne Street 1884-1984: A Centennial History are available at the school.

The school is structured into multi-age classrooms. These vary from year to year depending on student numbers: for details please contact the school.