Olympic Village Primary School was established on 3rd August 1952 and was originally named Heidelberg North. It is located in Southern Road, West Heidelberg. During term 2 1993, Heidelberg Heights Primary and Olympic Village Primary schools agreed to merge to form a new school.

Due to its importance to the community the name Olympic Village was retained as it was an honour bestowed on the school following the 1956 games and is the only organisation outside the Olympics that can officially use the rings as its logo.
Part of our merger agreement entailed a major upgrade of facilities including a new gymnasium (partially funded by Banyule Council), canteen, music room and refurbishment of the administration area and all classrooms.

Facilities also include a large library, a multi-purpose room and withdrawal areas. The extensive grounds provide both active and passive playing areas, with two adventure playgrounds, areas for football and soccer, cricket nets, bat tennis courts, a ball wall, a covered sand pit and shade area.

Olympic Village P.S. is dedicated to catering for the individual needs of all children ~ physically, socially and emotionally, and to providing an education for all children that will encourage them to reach their potential. We value the unique worth of each individual.

We seek to provide a challenging and comprehensive curriculum with flexibility to meet the needs of each child. We believe that to be effective, education must be founded on secure mastery of basic skills, taught not only in isolation, but also in integration with one another. We place strong emphasis on language, personal expression of ideas through reading and writing, and the mastery of computational and problem solving skills. We also encourage scientific and technological exploration, artistic creativity, physical activity and concern for the environment.

In every area we endeavour to develop confidence, self esteem, and social skills, and we stress independent thinking and judgements balanced by a receptivity to the ideas of others.

Our current Charter priorities are Literacy and Numeracy.

A great deal of progress has also been made in learning technologies with networking and Professional Development to improve both staff and student skills in using learning technologies as everyday classroom tools.

The Student Code of Conduct is based on the Assertive Discipline model and has a strong emphasis on the positive reinforcement of appropriate behaviour.