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Welcome to Esperance Residential College!
Esperance Residential College is located in the beautiful Bay of Isles on the south coast of West Australia. Esperance has a population of 14000 and is a major centre for agriculture, tourism, fishing, and the regional port for the shipping of iron ore, nickel and grain.
Esperance Residential College operates from the Education precinct known as the Esperance Community Education Campus, as a State Government educational facility in close partnership with the Esperance Senior High School and Curtin University.
News: Residential College to have new lease on life
The Esperance Residential College was the big winner in the recently announced State budget. The College received some serious funding support from Royalties for Regions towards its redevelopment over the next three years. This will allow for an addition of 24 single rooms, new ablutions, and 4 new staff houses, renovations to its kitchen, dining, laundry and recreational facilities. This work will be completed by the 2013 school year, whereby the College will provide accommodation for 114 students of which 50 will be housed in single rooms.
In the meantime work is currently underway to on stage 1 which will provide 12 new single rooms, more ablutions and a new 2 bedroom house for staff. These additions will be ready for the commencement of the school year in 2011.
The College provides students with access to the Esperance Senior High School and has been providing country students with a safe and secure environment for over forty years. The College is very affordable, particularly for those students eligible for financial assistance through the Assistance for Isolated Children’s Scheme.
If you want more information, a tour of facilities or wish to enrol your child please call on 90719666 or visit the College website www.erc.edu.au. In the meantime, staff from the College will be visiting schools throughout the region shortly and parents are more than welcome to meet with staff at these time.
Click here to view or download plans which spell out the future direction for the College. 
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Peter Jarzabek
College Manager, June 2010
Overview of Esperance Residential College
Students attending the College have access to excellent educational choices as part of a vibrant and growing regional area.
Esperance consistently has students achieving at the highest levels. For example it has a 95% success rate in year 12’s completing TEE and attaining a university place, was successful in winning the annual National Tournament of the Minds (finalist each year since 1991), two students winning a prestigious John Curtin scholarship and numerous first places at Agricultural shows and sporting events.
Our priority is to make sure that the students at Esperance Residential College access the many choices on offer.
As such the College offers students 24-hour supervision, tutors in all subject areas, computer links to High school and Curtin databases, access to 24-hour library, music rooms, state of art entertainment systems, excellent sporting facilities and many opportunities to access the beautiful surrounds of Esperance for activities.
Want to enrol now or for next year?
Please Contact Esperance Residential College as soon as possible.
