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Distance Education Centre, Victoria

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Virtual School Victoria (formerly Distance Education Centre Victoria) is an F-12 school in Thornbury, Victoria. With an annual enrolment in excess of 4000 students from F-Year 12, VSV is the largest state government school in Victoria. It shares a building with the Victorian School of Languages. The school is split into two sub-schools: F-10 sub-school, which handles students from Foundation to Year 10; Year 11/12 sub-school, which handles students from Years 11 and 12 (including VCE and VCAL).

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Distance Education Centre, Victoria
Clarendon Street, Melbourne Thornbury

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