Regional model: Department of Education

Under this model the state is divided into four regions:

North Eastern Region
North Western Region
South Eastern Region
South Western Region

Schools, early childhood services and training organisations work with us via their local regional office. Within each region there are also a number of local area teams.

Region map

Use the map to find your closest regional office. Click on a marker for that office's contact details.

Regions and areas

Map of the region boundaries and list of the supporting local area teams.

Regions and their area teams

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Regions and their area teams
Region	Area teams
North-Eastern Victoria	Inner Eastern Melbourne Boroondara, Manningham, Monash, Whitehorse Outer Eastern Melbourne Knox, Maroondah, Yarra Ranges Goulburn Greater Shepparton, Mitchell, Moira, Murrindindi, Strathbogie Ovens Murray Alpine, Benalla, Indigo, Mansfield, Towong, Wangaratta, Wodonga Offices Benalla, Glen Waverley, Seymour, Shepparton, Wangaratta and Wodonga
North-Western Victoria	North Eastern Melbourne Banyule, Darebin, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, Yarra Hume Merri-bek Hume, Merri-bek Loddon Campaspe Campaspe, Central Goldfields, Greater Bendigo, Loddon, Macedon Ranges, Mount Alexander Mallee Buloke, Gannawarra, Mildura, Swan Hill Offices Bendigo, Coburg, Greensborough, Mildura and Swan Hill
South-Eastern Victoria	Southern Melbourne Cardinia, Casey, Greater Dandenong Bayside Peninsula Bayside, Frankston, Glen Eira, Kingston, Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip, Stonnington Inner Gippsland Bass Coast, Baw Baw, Latrobe, South Gippsland Outer Gippsland East Gippsland, Wellington Offices Cheltenham, Dandenong, Frankston, Leongatha, Moe, Sale and Warragul
South-Western Victoria	Western Melbourne Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Melbourne, Moonee Valley, Wyndham Brimbank Melton Brimbank, Melton Central Highlands Ararat, Ballarat, Golden Plains, Hepburn, Moorabool, Pyrenees Barwon Colac Otway, Greater Geelong, Queenscliffe, Surf Coast Wimmera South West Area Corangamite, Glenelg, Hindmarsh, Horsham, Moyne, Northern Grampians, Southern Grampians, Warrnambool, West Wimmera, Yarriambiack Offices Ararat, Ballarat, Footscray, Geelong, Horsham, Keilor and Warrnambool

What regional offices do

Regional offices connect our central office and our service providers, ensuring that policy intent and outcomes are delivered on-the-ground.

The offices include a number of area teams who work with the local community. Through these teams, schools, early childhood services, vocational education services, learners and their families have access to a range of experts for advice and support.

Regions can provide support around:

improving the health, wellbeing and development outcomes of children, young people and adult learners, with a focus on the vulnerable
disability, nursing and specialist children’s services
Koorie engagement
funding and oversight of early childhood services
operational health and safety for education and early childhood providers.
school improvement
program planning and implementation, such as the framework for improving student outcomes
emergency management
workforce development
regional financial management.

Area teams facilitate local networks, develop partnerships to support successful transitions between ages and stages of the learning continuum, and encourage collective responsibility for all learners in the community.

Area teams receive additional support from two regional divisions — early childhood and school support division and school improvement division — both of which will provide strategic support to implement priority early childhood and school education policy and reform projects.

Contact a regional office

Office locations: Department of Education

We have a central office in Melbourne, plus several regional offices across Victoria.