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The principal of one of Melbourne\u2019s most prestigious state schools says he will resign in September for a role with the Department of Education.<\/p>\n
Tony Mordini has served as Melbourne High School principal since January 2021, according to his LinkedIn page.<\/p>\n
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Melbourne High principal Tony Mordini is stepping down from the role.Justin McManus.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have served this remarkable school community has been both professionally rewarding and personally enriching,\u201d Mordini said in an email to the school community.<\/p>\n
Mordini\u2019s new position will be a principal adviser role for the Department of Education, which he said would allow him to \u201ccontribute to public education at a system-wide level.<\/p>\n
Related Article \u201cIt will draw upon my experience in school leadership, my work in boys\u2019 education, my service within the judiciary, and my scholarship and research in mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n Melbourne High School is a state-funded, academically selective school for boys in years nine to 12, with strong VCE results<\/a>. The Age last month revealed mounting safety concerns regarding the school\u2019s historic Gothic-style main building.<\/p>\n As many as half of Melbourne High\u2019s classes could be held in demountables on the school\u2019s hockey field<\/a> while the Victorian State Building Authority works on electrical and fire-system remediation works.<\/p>\n Mordini is currently an Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, and has formerly worked as an assistant principal at Mount Ridley College \u2013 one of the state\u2019s largest metropolitan public schools.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you for the privilege of serving as your principal,\u201d Mordini said.<\/p>\n Editor’s pick \u201cI wish every member of the Melbourne High School community continued success and happiness, and I look forward to watching with pride as the school continues to achieve great things in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n A replacement principal has not been announced.<\/p>\n Be the first to know when major news happens. Sign up for breaking news alerts<\/a> on email or turn on notifications in the app.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n Default avatarJames Costa<\/a> is a breaking news reporter at The Age.Connect via X<\/a> or email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 18, 2026 \u2014 9:47pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-859807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Melbourne](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c2ae2609f4a08f25a29d9c5b8ea1d81746e2aaccd8f2af222f465a906d9a6491.gif\")
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