Bendigo FLO

Bendigo Flexible Learning Options (BFLO) is a small government school that provides specialised support to youth who are at high risk of not continuing with their secondary education.

Bendigo Flexible Learning Options (BFLO) is a small government school that provides specialised support to youth who are at high risk of not continuing with their secondary education.

BFLO is administered by Weeroona College Bendigo (WCB) on behalf of Bendigo’s six government secondary schools: Bendigo Senior Secondary College, Bendigo South East College, Crusoe Secondary College, Eaglehawk Secondary College, Weeroona College Bendigo and Kalianna Special School.

Enrolment is by referral. Students referred to Bendigo Flexible Learning Options (BFLO) are at high risk of discontinuing their secondary education.

Eligibility for Bendigo FLO extends to students for whom:

· The Principal of the child’s local secondary school is prepared to endorse the child’s referral, and

· The referring school can demonstrate that all other educational options and reasonable adjustments to engage the student in school have been exhausted, or

· Reintegration into school environments is no longer a feasible option due to a long history of school disengagement, poor experiences of school, school exclusion or irretrievable breakdown of the student-school relationship, or

· A school-based learning environment is seen to be inappropriate to meet the child’s needs, or

· There is a high level of complexity, including co-occurring risk-factors. This may include situations where the child requires individualised attention, as they may place themselves, or other students, or teachers, at risk of harm.