Every year, Council runs the Secondary School Immunisation Program which provides free vaccines to year 7 and 10 students.
The program is coordinated by Council's Immunisation Department and administered through secondary school institutions located throughout the City of Port Phillip.
It is important for secondary school students to keep up with their vaccinations because the protection provided by some childhood immunisations reduces over time and needs to be boosted in adolescence.
Regular immunisation programming for secondary students includes:
| Year 7 students | February to March | HPV (Gardasil 9) and DTP (Boostrix/Adacel) vaccines |
| Year 10 students | April to May | Meningococcal ACWY (Nimenrix) vaccine |
In addition to the regular program, this year, Council will also be offering catch-up immunisation sessions for any students who missed their vaccines during 2020 to 2022.
There are three rounds of immunisations planned for secondary school students in 2023 (including catch-up sessions), which are as follows:
Round 1 Immunisations
Round 1 will provide vaccines to year 7's as usual and catch-up vaccines to year 8's as necessary.
Friday 10 February |
St Mary's College |
Friday 24 February |
Albert Park College |
Wednesday 1 March |
St Michael's Grammar School |
Tuesday 14 March |
Elwood College |
Friday 31 March |
Port Melbourne Secondary College |
Round 2 Immunisations
Round 2 will provide vaccines to year 10's as usual and vaccines to years 9, 11 and 12 as necessary.
Monday 3 April |
St Michael's Grammar School |
Tuesday 2 May |
Albert Park College |
Thursday 18 May |
St Mary's College |
Tuesday 6 June |
Elwood College |
Parents and guardians should expect to receive an email from their child's school informing them about the program with a link to the necessary consent form. If you have not received this information yet, please contact your child's school directly.
Secondary school students who are unable to have the vaccines at school or who attend school outside the City of Port Phillip are welcome to attend the community sessions instead. Bookings for the community sessions should be made via the immunisation webpage.
If you have any questions related to the Secondary School Immunisation Program or catch-up sessions, please check out the immunisation webpage or email [email protected] .
