Bialik College began its existence as a modest Sunday school and kindergarten in 1942, operating in North Carlton which, then, was the principal centre of Melbourne's Jewish population.

Bialik was established at a time when there were no Jewish day schools in Melbourne. As Melbourne’s Jewish population grew, and the socio-economic structure of the Jewish community developed, it became clear that the establishment of a Jewish day school was imperative.

These developments witnessed the transformation of the Bialik Sunday School into a modern, vibrant and growing kindergarten, primary and secondary school complex.

Bialik College, from the outset, was established as a Zionist school, identifying with the aspirations for the re-establishment of Eretz Yisrael as the Jewish national homeland.

Bialik’s kindergarten was the first educational establishment in Australia to use Hebrew as a language of instruction and, in this sense, was an extension of the Tarbut Jewish cultural movement which flourished in Eastern Europe until the Holocaust.

Today Bialik College is the natural continuation of the small Sunday school and kindergarten which began humbly in Carlton. It now offers a comprehensive program from Kindergarten to Year 12 with the first Year 12 class graduating in 1990.