Axedale Primary School No. 1008

The Axedale Primary School including all the fabric of the 1870s brick building and the 1914 addition is significant. Other light timber construction buildings are not significant. The teachers' residence has association with the school but is not a significant building.

The Axedale Primary School is of local historic and social significance for the City of Greater Bendigo.

The Axedale Primary School is historically significant for its association with the provision of early educational facilities, which had an important role in the developing community. Criterion A

When compared to the construction of timber schools, and the use of portable schools in other McIvor and Strathfieldsaye communities, the permanence of the brick school building reflects the ambitions of Axedale as an enduring community, despite early religious tensions. The school is of social significance for the Axedale community as a place of continuous education since the early 1870s. Criterion G