Victoria's most innovative new schools and early learning centres have been celebrated at the 2025 Victorian School Design Awards - recognising the impressive world-class learning spaces across the education state.
Parliamentary Secretary for Education Nina Taylor and Parliamentary Secretary for Children Nathan Lambert congratulated the winners of this year's awards at the ceremony at the Centre for Higher Education Studies.
Submissions for the Victorian School Design Awards continue to grow year on year, with 2025 receiving a record number of entries across schools, early childhood, and First Nations design categories.
The awards were open to architects and principal designers of Victorian government school projects or Victorian Government-funded kindergartens or early learning facilities, completed between June 2023 and June 2025.
Winners from across the state include:
- Best new kindergarten or early learning facility: JFKDESiGN for St Kilda and Balaclava Kindergarten
- Best school project - below $5 million: WHDA for Swan Hill Specialist School
- Best school project - between $5 million and $15 million: BSPN Architecture for Moonee Ponds West Primary School
- Best school project - above $15 million: Kerstin Thompson Architects for Northcote High School
- Best project - First Nations design: ARM Architecture for the Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence
- Minister's Award: Perkins Architects for Footscray City Primary School
The Allan Labor Government is building the Education State so that every Victorian student gets the opportunity for a great education and every community has access to a great school.
The Government has invested $18.5 billion over the past 11 years to build new schools and deliver more than 2,300 school upgrades − supporting more than 30,000 jobs in construction and associated industries.
Go to www.education.vic.gov.au/about/awards/Pages/designawards for more details on the 2025 Victorian School Design Awards.
As stated by Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Ben Carroll
"Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of this year's Victorian School Design Awards. You're an integral part of our nation-leading education construction boom - proving why we are the Education State."
As stated by Minister for Children Lizzie Blandthorn
"These outstanding designs show how we're creating inspiring spaces where every Victorian child can thrive from the very start."
