History
Mitcham Primary School has been established since 1888 and relocated to its present site on Mitcham Road, Mitcham in 1930. The school’s tradition of educational excellence is complemented by attractively presented treed surroundings on an extensive site in an outer eastern suburb of Melbourne. Currently, the school has a population of approximately 500 students who proudly wear the traditional colours of green and white.
Mitcham derives its name from a place near Croydon in Surrey, England.
After a private school in the suburb of Mitcham, for 27 pupils proved inadequate, a State school was established and opened on August 24th 1888. However, it was not until July 1890 that children moved from a church hall to the school building - a 50ft x 20ft room. This school was originally located where Mitcham’s Coles Supermarket now stands, near the Whitehorse Road corner. In time, this one room became inadequate for the three teachers and 90 children in eight grades. Deputations to the Education Department in 1922 resulted in the purchase of land at the present site. A new brick building was opened on May 16th 1930 for children in the upper grades.
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