The centre boasts upgraded facilities for senior chemistry, biology and physics students as well as forming part of a hub for the school's year nine students.

Victorian senator Jane Hume and Bishop of Wangaratta A John Parkes were on hand for the ceremony.

The completed centre is the second stage of the upgrade, with a $1 million resource and VCE centre expected to be completed next year.

School principal Adrian Farrell said the science centre was be beneficial for both secondary and primary students.

“We feel that we've now got the facilities we need to provide specialist science education from prep to year 12,” he said.

“It will be very advantageous to our students and be something that sets us apart locally.”

While the transition from primary to secondary school can be the spark for some students to pursue scientific interests, Mr Farrell said the new centre would enable that process to happen much earlier.

“In an age where is so important in education, we now have a cutting edge facility for physics, chemistry, biology and what we call general sciences, which is for our younger students,” he said.

“It means we can get them into hands-on experiments from a young age.

“Hopefully we'll spark their imagination – young people are inherently curious and keen to find out how things work.

“Having the ability to introduce them to concepts in physics and biology from a young primary school age will be a real head start.”

It's not all about having better classrooms and laboratories either.

Mr Farrell said the new centre would also provide opportunities for senior students to mentor their younger counterparts.

“The way we tend to do things here is through collaboration,” he said.

“For instance, we'll have things going where our year 11 students will teach things to our year five students.

“When someone is able to teach a younger what they know, it sticks.

“These facilities allow that, and also complete our full science centre upgrades.

“The centre has also created a year nine hub, it's built in a way that forms a bit of a quadrangle for them and gives them a bit of a home base.”

The federal government contributed $300,000 to the project, with the remaining funds coming from the Anglican Schools Commission.

The project marks the completion of Cathedral College's science and food technology centre, with the science centre the final wing to be constructed.