Welcome to Cobden Primary School

Committed to providing stimulating teaching and learning opportunities to every child.


Our school’s values are:
Care –  We expect our students to be caring in all they do.
Respect –  We expect our students to show respect in all they do.
Excellence – We expect our students to achieve according to their many abilities.

All students at Cobden Primary are empowered to learn and achieve, experiencing high-quality teaching practice and the best conditions for learning which equip them with the knowledge, skills and dispositions for lifelong learning and shaping the world around them.

Our goal is to provide our students with the skills and tools to thrive in an ongoing changing world.

Cobden Primary School is located in the township of Cobden, approximately 205 kilometres from Melbourne in the Corangamite Shire. The school was established in 1865 and currently has 165 students.

The school grounds include an historic main building which provides an administration area, four classrooms, a computer laboratory and a library. An additional modern building provides four classroom spaces. Two additional classrooms are located in a relocatable building. A separate building provides a teaching and learning space for science, art and music. The school grounds include an oval, netball and basketball courts and two playground equipment areas. The school also has access to a small hall adjacent to the school grounds. We offer specialist programs including Indonesian, science and physical education.