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John Monash Science School
John Monash Science School
	Main entrance to the school
Location
	Clayton campus of Monash University; Australia
Coordinates	37°54′50″S 145°07′44″E / 37.91389°S 145.12889°E
Information
Type	Government-funded secondary day school
Established	2009; 16 years ago
Founders	Government of Victoria; Monash University;
Specialist	Science and technology
Principal	Andrew Chisholm
Years	10–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	c. 640
Houses	Doherty (blue); Flannery (green); Blackburn (purple); Wood (silver)
Colour(s)	Navy blue, white, sky blue
Affiliations	Monash University
Website	www.jmss.vic.edu.au

The John Monash Science School is a government-funded co-educational academically selective and specialist secondary day school, located on the Clayton campus of Monash University, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school specialises in science and technologies and is the state's first specialist science secondary school.^[1] A joint venture between the Government of Victoria and Monash University, the school opened in 2009 with one Year 10 class;^[2] and as of 2010 it was running at its full capacity of approximately 700 students.^[3]^[4] The school is named in honour of Sir John Monash.

Overview

It is one of three recently built selective high schools in Victoria alongside Suzanne Cory High School and Nossal High School. The addition of these schools are the result of a policy of expansion, and doubles the number of fully selective government schools in Victoria. Prior to these schools, Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, Melbourne High School and the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School were the sole selective entry schools in Victoria. John Monash Science School has an interview process alongside an entrance examination for admittance.

More than 1300 students applied in 2024 for the 200 places on offer in Year 10, where a 3% rule applies, stating that no more than 3% of any school's cohort can be offered a place. The school also champions gender equality and aims to offer 100 places to males and 100 places to females.^{[citation needed]}^[5]

There are also a limited number of places for Year 11, with the number ranging from 30 to 40 students, depending on the cohort size. Typically, more than 400 prospective students apply for Year 11 entrance admission. The 3% rule does not apply to Year 11 entry.

A variety of elective subjects are offered in Year 10 at John Monash Science School which cover nanotechnology, marine biology, biomedicine, geology (terraforming mars), bioinformatics, astrophysics, spectroscopy, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Materials Science. Year 10 students also do a year-long project named EEI (Extended Experimental Investigation), this results in a presentation at the John Monash Science School Science Fair.

John Monash Science School is a highly regarded state school in Victoria, consistently achieving strong academic results. In 2024, the school is ranked 4th among all state schools in Victoria and excels in specific VCE subjects. It is ranked 1st in Victoria for VCE Physics across all schools and 2nd in Victoria for VCE Mathematical Methods. Additionally, the school frequently ranks within the top 10 for VCE Chemistry, Specialist Mathematics, Algorithmics(HESS) and Biology in the state.^[6]

House system

The student body is divided into four houses:^[7]^[8]

Flannery (green, house mascot a Griffin)
Blackburn (purple, house mascot a Phoenix)
Wood (silver, house mascot a Wolf)
Doherty (blue, house mascot a Dragon)

Each house is named after an accomplished Australian scientist: Tim Flannery, Elizabeth Blackburn, Fiona Wood, and Peter Doherty respectively.^[8]

NBN Virtual School of Emerging Sciences

On 13 February 2013, the NBN Virtual School of Emerging Sciences (NVSES) was launched in a coalition effort between John Monash Science School, Monash University, and Pearson Education.^[9] Utilizing the Australian government's National Broadband Network's (NBN) educational facilities, lessons are taught by JMSS staff and Monash University scientists via internet to schools all around Australia. Two subjects are currently offered: astrophysics (which leads on to quantum physics) and nanoscience (leading on to nanotechnology).