FAME is our flexible learning school located south of Adelaide, Christie Downs on Kaurna Land. FAME is a newly built school with an enrolment of approximately 145 young people. FAME is part of 25 Edmund Rice Flexible School Network nationwide. Teaching in Edmund Rice Flexi Schools involves working within a unique educational model designed to cater to the needs of young people who have experienced barriers to accessing mainstream education. Our schools operate under the principles of respect, participation, and empowerment, aiming to create a supportive and flexible learning environment.
Our vision is to provide a student-centred approach to learning where our learning plans are tailored to each student’s needs, interests, and abilities. We have strived to build a strong supportive environment where students’ wellbeing is our priority where we build a community based on trust and positive relationships with our young people and the staff. Our EREA Touchstones (Gospel Spirituality, Inclusive Community, Liberating Education and Justice and Solidarity) calls us to be a place that is inclusive of all where we offer alternative educational programs for young people, supporting our learners from various backgrounds with complex needs through our VET offerings and engagement with our local communities and families.
Our EREA Flexible School Strategic Plan vision calls us to be “Walking with those Young People most in need as they become empowered to live full and hope-filled lives”.
Pope Leo XIV states “Education must serve human dignity and the common good. A person cannot be confined to a set of measurable skills or to a predictable digital profile, but must be recognised as a unique individual with a face, a story, and a calling”.
Shaun Clarke
Area Principal (SA)
