List of schools in Gold Coast, Queensland
Encyclopedia
This is a list of schools in the Gold Coast
region of Queensland
, Australia
. The Queensland education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–12), and high school
s, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 13–17).
, but with the decrease in membership in the orders together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process which completed by approximately 1990. Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE), headquartered in Dutton Park
, was established in 1993 and is responsible for coordinating administration, curriculum and policy across the Catholic school system. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
region of Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The Queensland education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–12), and high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
s, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 13–17).
State primary schools
| Name | Suburb | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arundel State School | Arundel Arundel, Queensland Arundel is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Arundel had a population of 9,311.Located in the suburb is the Coombabah Lake Conservation Park, bordered by Coombabah Creek and adjacent to the Ivan Gibbs Wetlands Reserve in Coombabah... |
1994 | Website | |
| Ashmore State School | Ashmore Ashmore, Queensland Ashmore is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Ashmore had a population of 11,514.The area's name derives from a locality or family property in England... |
1978 | Website | |
| Bellevue Park State School | Ashmore Ashmore, Queensland Ashmore is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Ashmore had a population of 11,514.The area's name derives from a locality or family property in England... |
1983 | Website | |
| Benowa State School | Benowa Benowa, Queensland Benowa is an affluent Gold Coast suburb west of Surfers Paradise. At the 2006 Census, Benowa had a population of 7,269.The name was originally derived from the aboriginal "Boonow", meaning red bloodwood. This word was later corrupted by European settlers in search of sugar cane growing on the... |
1885 | Website | |
| Biggera Waters State School | Biggera Waters Biggera Waters, Queensland Biggera Waters is a suburb located on the western side of The Broadwater and is north of the suburb of Labrador, on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Biggera Waters had a population of 5,391.... |
1970 | Website | |
| Broadbeach State School | Broadbeach Broadbeach, Queensland Broadbeach is a suburb on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Broadbeach had a population of 3,791.Development in the area today mostly incorporates low rise structures, consisting of single bedroom houses and apartment blocks... |
1960 | Website | |
| Burleigh Heads State School | Burleigh Heads Burleigh Heads, Queensland Burleigh Heads is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Burleigh Heads had a population of 7,606.Burleigh Heads is renowned for its surf break, and is an alternative to the more tourist ridden towns of the Gold Coast... |
1917 | Website | |
| Caningeraba State School | Burleigh Waters Burleigh Waters, Queensland Burleigh Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Burleigh Waters had a population of 12,725.-External links:*... |
1987 | Website | |
| Cedar Creek State School | Cedar Creek | 1874 | Website | |
| Clover Hill State School | Mudgeeraba Mudgeeraba, Queensland Mudgeeraba is a suburb of the Gold Coast. Mudgeeraba is remnant of the type of township that characterises the rural hinterland of the Gold Coast. Subdivision of land was conventional and buildings were traditionally rural or rural commercial. Mudgeeraba, like other areas, was an early centre,... |
2004 | Website | |
| Coolangatta State School | Coolangatta Coolangatta, Queensland Coolangatta is the southernmost suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It has a population of 4,869 and is named after the schooner Coolangatta which was wrecked there in 1846.... |
1919 | Website | |
| Coombabah State School | Coombabah Coombabah, Queensland Coombabah is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Coombabah had a population of 9,303.The word 'Coombabah' is an English corruption of the Aboriginal word, and can have three alternate translations. The first, 'Koomboobah', means 'place of the cobra worms'... |
1981 | Website | |
| Coomera State School | Coomera Coomera, Queensland Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Coomera had a population of 1,420. The name Coomera comes from the Aboriginal word for fern.... |
1873 | Website | Formerly Lower Coomera until 1899 |
| Coomera Rivers State School | Coomera Coomera, Queensland Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Coomera had a population of 1,420. The name Coomera comes from the Aboriginal word for fern.... |
2011 | Website | |
| Coomera Springs State School | Coomera Coomera, Queensland Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Coomera had a population of 1,420. The name Coomera comes from the Aboriginal word for fern.... |
2008 | Website | |
| Currumbin State School | Currumbin Currumbin, Queensland Currumbin is a suburb in the Gold Coast region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Currumbin had a population of 2,647.-History:Many of the houses at Currumbin date from the period of its earliest subdivision and the area contains a substantial grouping of fibro beach houses... |
1909 | Website | |
| Currumbin Valley State School | Currumbin Valley | 1908 | Website | |
| Elanora State School | Elanora Elanora, Queensland Elanora is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Elanora had a population of 11,681.Elanora is located between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek, west-north-west of the coastal border town of Coolangatta and south-southeast of Brisbane, the state capital... |
1983 | Website | |
| Gaven State School | Oxenford Oxenford, Queensland Oxenford is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Oxenford had a population of 9,007.The suburb is bordered to the north by the Coomera River; the Pacific Motorway forms the eastern boundary. The western edge of the suburb is also bordered by the Coomera River,... |
1995 | Website | |
| Gilston State School | Gilston | 1881 | Website | |
| Helensvale State School | Helensvale Helensvale, Queensland Helensvale is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia and was named after Helena White.At the 2006 Census, Helensvale had a population of 14,767.... |
1984 | Website | |
| Highland Reserve State School | Upper Coomera Upper Coomera, Queensland Upper Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Coomera has long been earmarked by the Gold Coast City Council and the State Government for a new satellite growth suburb of the Gold Coast, similar in many ways to Robina.... |
2009 | Website | |
| Ingleside State School | Tallebudgera Valley | 1892 | Website | |
| Labrador State School | Labrador Labrador, Queensland Labrador is a small suburb located on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Labrador had a population of 15,391.The suburb overlooks the Gold Coast Broadwater to the east and Southport on the southern border.... |
1921 | Website | |
| Merrimac State School | Merrimac Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Merrimac had a population of 5,690. The community takes its name from two possible sources: the Merrimac River in New England or the USS Merrimac, a Union navy frigate itself named for the river.Merrimac is... |
1917 | Website | |
| Miami State School | Miami Miami, Queensland 286px|right|Miami road signMiami is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Miami had a population of 6,167.... |
1979 | Website | |
| Mudgeeraba State School | Mudgeeraba Mudgeeraba, Queensland Mudgeeraba is a suburb of the Gold Coast. Mudgeeraba is remnant of the type of township that characterises the rural hinterland of the Gold Coast. Subdivision of land was conventional and buildings were traditionally rural or rural commercial. Mudgeeraba, like other areas, was an early centre,... |
1892 | Website | |
| Mudgeeraba Creek State School | Mudgeeraba Mudgeeraba, Queensland Mudgeeraba is a suburb of the Gold Coast. Mudgeeraba is remnant of the type of township that characterises the rural hinterland of the Gold Coast. Subdivision of land was conventional and buildings were traditionally rural or rural commercial. Mudgeeraba, like other areas, was an early centre,... |
1996 | Website | |
| Musgrave Hill State School | Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
1963 | Website | |
| Nerang State School | Nerang Nerang, Queensland Nerang is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, that lies upon the Nerang River. At the 2006 Census, Nerang had a population of 16,066.... |
1875 | Website | |
| Norfolk Village State School | Pimpama Pimpama, Queensland Pimpama is a suburb in the northern Gold Coast. It is located on the Pacific Motorway 30 km north of Surfers Paradise. The township of Pimpama is presently the last remaining rural town on the Pacific Motorway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast... |
2009 | Website | |
| Numinbah Valley State School | Numinbah Valley | 1927 | Website | Provisional until Jan 1935 |
| Ormeau State School | Pimpama Pimpama, Queensland Pimpama is a suburb in the northern Gold Coast. It is located on the Pacific Motorway 30 km north of Surfers Paradise. The township of Pimpama is presently the last remaining rural town on the Pacific Motorway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast... |
1878 | Website | |
| Oxenford State School | Oxenford Oxenford, Queensland Oxenford is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Oxenford had a population of 9,007.The suburb is bordered to the north by the Coomera River; the Pacific Motorway forms the eastern boundary. The western edge of the suburb is also bordered by the Coomera River,... |
1987 | Website | |
| Pacific Pines State School | Pacific Pines Pacific Pines, Queensland Pacific Pines is a is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is located between the Pacific Motorway and the NNE side of the Nerang State Forest. At the 2006 Census, Pacific Pines had a population of 5,967... |
2002 | Website | |
| Palm Beach State School | Palm Beach Palm Beach, Queensland Palm Beach is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek. At the 2006 Census, Palm Beach had a population of 13,494.... |
1974 | Website | |
| Park Lake State School | Pacific Pines Pacific Pines, Queensland Pacific Pines is a is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is located between the Pacific Motorway and the NNE side of the Nerang State Forest. At the 2006 Census, Pacific Pines had a population of 5,967... |
2008 | Website | |
| Pimpama State School | Pimpama Pimpama, Queensland Pimpama is a suburb in the northern Gold Coast. It is located on the Pacific Motorway 30 km north of Surfers Paradise. The township of Pimpama is presently the last remaining rural town on the Pacific Motorway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast... |
1872 | Website | |
| Robina State School | Robina Robina, Queensland Robina is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Robina had a population of 19,182.The Robina Town Centre shopping centre and Bond University are located in Robina.- History :... |
1990 | Website | |
| Southport State School | Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
1880 | Website | |
| Springbrook State School | Springbrook Springbrook, Queensland Springbrook is a suburb, mountain and plateau in the Gold Coast hinterland of South East Queensland. The highest point, known as Springbrook Mountain is high... |
1984 | Website | Previous school 1911–1971. |
| Surfers Paradise State School | Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise, Queensland Surfers Paradise is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Surfers Paradise had a population of 18,501.... |
1934 | Website | |
| Tallebudgera State School | Tallebudgera Tallebudgera, Queensland Tallebudgera , originally known as Maybree, is a suburb of the Australian city of Gold Coast. The suburb is located in the Gold Coast hinterland and is a small community of overwhelmingly single family dwellings... |
1877 | Website | |
| William Duncan State School | Highland Park | 1987 | Website | |
| Woongoolba State School | Woongoolba | 1876 | Website | |
| Worongary State School | Worongary | 1993 | Website |
State high schools and colleges
| Name | Suburb | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benowa State High School Benowa State High School Benowa State High School is a co-educational school located in Gold Coast, Australia, which was founded in 1980. It is part of the Council of International Schools and hosts exchange students from Asia, America and Europe... |
Benowa Benowa, Queensland Benowa is an affluent Gold Coast suburb west of Surfers Paradise. At the 2006 Census, Benowa had a population of 7,269.The name was originally derived from the aboriginal "Boonow", meaning red bloodwood. This word was later corrupted by European settlers in search of sugar cane growing on the... |
1980 | Website | |
| Coombabah State High School Coombabah State High School Coombabah State High School is a public secondary school located in the northern suburb of Coombabah on the Gold Coast, Queensland, in Australia. It is situated on Pine Ridge Road and is adjacent to the Norco Milk Factory and the Coombabah Sewage Plant.... |
Coombabah Coombabah, Queensland Coombabah is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Coombabah had a population of 9,303.The word 'Coombabah' is an English corruption of the Aboriginal word, and can have three alternate translations. The first, 'Koomboobah', means 'place of the cobra worms'... |
1996 | Website | |
| Elanora State High School Elanora State High School Elanora State High School is the high school serving the Elanora area of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1990, it currently has a student body of 950.-Changes to the curriculum:... |
Elanora Elanora, Queensland Elanora is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Elanora had a population of 11,681.Elanora is located between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek, west-north-west of the coastal border town of Coolangatta and south-southeast of Brisbane, the state capital... |
1990 | Website | |
| Helensvale State High School Helensvale State High School Helensvale State High School is a public secondary school located in the northern suburb of Helensvale on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. It is situated on the corner of Discovery Drive and Helensvale Road. The school first opened in 1990 with Rod Cassidy as the foundation principal... |
Helensvale Helensvale, Queensland Helensvale is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia and was named after Helena White.At the 2006 Census, Helensvale had a population of 14,767.... |
1990 | Website | |
| Keebra Park State High School | Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
1973 | Website | |
| Merrimac State High School Merrimac State High School Merrimac State High School is a public high school in Mermaid Waters, Queensland which opened in 1979. It's pretty shiit.... |
Mermaid Waters Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Mermaid Waters had a population of 11,648.The suburb derives it name from the Mermaid, a cutter ship that brought Australian surveyor John Oxley to the region in 1823. Oxley named the area where he landed... |
1979 | Website | |
| Miami State High School Miami State High School Miami State High School is a school in Miami, Queensland established as South Coast District State High School in 1963.-Early history:... |
Miami Miami, Queensland 286px|right|Miami road signMiami is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Miami had a population of 6,167.... |
1963 | Website | Formerly South Coast District SHS |
| Nerang State High School Nerang State High School Nerang State High School is a state high school located on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia.... |
Nerang Nerang, Queensland Nerang is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, that lies upon the Nerang River. At the 2006 Census, Nerang had a population of 16,066.... |
1986 | Website | |
| Ormeau Woods State High School | Ormeau Ormeau, Queensland Ormeau is a hinterland town on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Ormeau was originally a French name which means ‘young elm’. It came from Ormeau House the estate of Major A. J. Boyd, a sugar planter of the 1860s. For all you need to know about Ormeau please visit http://www.myormeau.com.au... |
2009 | Website | |
| Pacific Pines State High School | Pacific Pines Pacific Pines, Queensland Pacific Pines is a is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is located between the Pacific Motorway and the NNE side of the Nerang State Forest. At the 2006 Census, Pacific Pines had a population of 5,967... |
2000 | Website | |
| Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School | Palm Beach Palm Beach, Queensland Palm Beach is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek. At the 2006 Census, Palm Beach had a population of 13,494.... |
1972 | Website | |
| Queensland Academy for Health Sciences Queensland Academy for Health Sciences The Queensland Academy for Health Sciences is a State Government selective high school located in Queensland, Australia. QAHS offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program to students in years 11 and 12, and is also open to year 10 students, who study a shortened version of the IB Middle... |
Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
2008 | Website | 10–12 specialist |
| Robina State High School | Robina Robina, Queensland Robina is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Robina had a population of 19,182.The Robina Town Centre shopping centre and Bond University are located in Robina.- History :... |
1996 | Website | |
| Southport State High School Southport State High School Southport State High School is a school situated on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia. It was the first public high school on the Gold Coast to be opened, originally established in 1916 and moved to its current position in 1954... |
Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
1955 | Website | |
| Tamborine Mountain State High School Tamborine Mountain State High School Tamborine Mountain State High School is a co-educational, state secondary school located on Tamborine Mountain, Queensland, Australia. The 2009 enrollment is approximately 640... |
Tamborine Mountain | 2001 | Website | Formerly Helensvale SHS (Tamborine Mountain Campus) |
| Upper Coomera State College Upper Coomera State College Upper Coomera State College , established in 2003, is a state school situated in the developing Coomera area in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is operated by Education Queensland. As of 2007, the school has grades Prep through 12. The college is divided into 3 sub schools: Chisholm Junior... |
Upper Coomera Upper Coomera, Queensland Upper Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Coomera has long been earmarked by the Gold Coast City Council and the State Government for a new satellite growth suburb of the Gold Coast, similar in many ways to Robina.... |
2003 | Website | P–12 |
| Varsity College Varsity College Varsity College is a P-12 college located in Queensland, Australia.http://varsitycollege.eq.edu.au... |
Varsity Lakes Varsity Lakes, Queensland Varsity Lakes is a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland. This suburb was originally known as Stephens, however in 2002 Stephens, Andrews and a section of Robina was amalgamated to form the new suburb of Varsity Lakes. The 2001 Australian Census reported a population of 6,516 for the area.-Origin of... |
2001 | Website | P–12 |
Other state schools
This includes special schools (schools for disabled children) and schools for specific purposes.| Name | Suburb | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currumbin Community Special School | Currumbin Waters | 1979 | Website | Formerly Coolangatta until 2006 |
| Mudgeeraba Special School | Mudgeeraba Mudgeeraba, Queensland Mudgeeraba is a suburb of the Gold Coast. Mudgeeraba is remnant of the type of township that characterises the rural hinterland of the Gold Coast. Subdivision of land was conventional and buildings were traditionally rural or rural commercial. Mudgeeraba, like other areas, was an early centre,... |
1981 | Website | |
| Kumbari Avenue School | Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
1970 | Website | Formerly Southport Special until Jan 2003 |
Defunct state schools
| Name | Suburb | Opened | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advancetown State School | Advancetown | 1909 | 1960 | |
| Alberton State School | Alberton | 1876 | 1966 | Provisional until 13 October 1884 |
| Bromelton State School | Bromelton Bromelton, Queensland Bromelton is a small village in southern Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bromelton and the surrounding area had a population of 536.- Transport :The town has a crossing loop on the national standard gauge railway network... |
1880 | 1953 | Provisional until 1 January 1909 |
| Burleigh Heads State Infants School | Burleigh Heads Burleigh Heads, Queensland Burleigh Heads is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Burleigh Heads had a population of 7,606.Burleigh Heads is renowned for its surf break, and is an alternative to the more tourist ridden towns of the Gold Coast... |
1978 | 1989 | Merged into Burleigh Heads SS |
| Jacobs Well State School | Jacobs Well | 1920 | 1974 | |
| Keebra Park Special School | Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
1983 | 1991 | |
| Maudsland State School | Maudsland | 1879 | 1963 | Provisional until 1 January 1909 |
| Natural Bridge State School | Natural Bridge | 1939 | 1991 | |
| Norwell State School | Norwell | 1910 | 1971 | |
| Reedy Creek State School | Norwell Reedy Creek, Queensland Reedy Creek is a suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The suburb is adjacent to the Pacific Motorway . Located in the hinterland towards the southern end of the city, Reedy Creek is a developing residential area. Three schools are located in the suburb: Hillcrest Christian College,... |
1911 | 1963 | |
| Ridgetop State School | Ridgetop | 1928 | 1967 | |
| Stapylton State School | Stapylton | 1915 | 1961 | |
| Tamborine State School | Tamborine | 1876 | 1970 | |
| Tamborine North State School | Tamborine Mountain | 1883 | 1966 | |
| Upper Coomera State School | Upper Coomera Upper Coomera, Queensland Upper Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Coomera has long been earmarked by the Gold Coast City Council and the State Government for a new satellite growth suburb of the Gold Coast, similar in many ways to Robina.... |
1876 | 1964 |
Catholic schools
In Queensland, Catholic primary schools are usually (but not always) linked to a parish. Prior to the 1970s, most schools were founded by religious ordersRoman Catholic religious order
Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular ; monastics ; mendicants Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular (canons and canonesses regular...
, but with the decrease in membership in the orders together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process which completed by approximately 1990. Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE), headquartered in Dutton Park
Dutton Park, Queensland
Dutton Park is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 5 km south of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is predominantly residential, with some light industrial and commercial areas....
, was established in 1993 and is responsible for coordinating administration, curriculum and policy across the Catholic school system. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.
| Name | Suburb | Years | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquinas College | Ashmore Ashmore, Queensland Ashmore is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Ashmore had a population of 11,514.The area's name derives from a locality or family property in England... |
Secondary | 1964 | Website | |
| Assisi Catholic College | Upper Coomera Upper Coomera, Queensland Upper Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Coomera has long been earmarked by the Gold Coast City Council and the State Government for a new satellite growth suburb of the Gold Coast, similar in many ways to Robina.... |
P–12 | 2005 | Website | |
| Guardian Angels Primary School | Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
Primary | 1901 | Website | |
| Jubilee Primary School | Pacific Pines Pacific Pines, Queensland Pacific Pines is a is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is located between the Pacific Motorway and the NNE side of the Nerang State Forest. At the 2006 Census, Pacific Pines had a population of 5,967... |
Primary | 2001 | Website | Ecumenical |
| Marymount College Marymount College, Gold Coast Marymount College is a Catholic secondary school located at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It traces its origins back to 1959 when Fr Frank Shine was appointed Parish Priest of Burleigh Heads.- Mission statement :... |
Burleigh Waters Burleigh Waters, Queensland Burleigh Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Burleigh Waters had a population of 12,725.-External links:*... |
Secondary | 1967 | Website | |
| Marymount Primary School | Burleigh Waters Burleigh Waters, Queensland Burleigh Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Burleigh Waters had a population of 12,725.-External links:*... |
Primary | 1949 | Website | |
| Mother Teresa Primary School | Ormeau Ormeau, Queensland Ormeau is a hinterland town on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Ormeau was originally a French name which means ‘young elm’. It came from Ormeau House the estate of Major A. J. Boyd, a sugar planter of the 1860s. For all you need to know about Ormeau please visit http://www.myormeau.com.au... |
Primary | 2010 | ||
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | Currumbin Waters | Primary | 1987 | Website | |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School | Nerang Nerang, Queensland Nerang is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, that lies upon the Nerang River. At the 2006 Census, Nerang had a population of 16,066.... |
Primary | 1994 | Website | |
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Primary School | Runaway Bay Runaway Bay, Queensland Runaway Bay is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Runaway Bay had a population of 8,449.The locality of Anglers Paradise is situated within Runaway Bay. In 1967, the Lae Enterprises company bought 182 hectares of land along the western shore of the Gold Coast... |
Primary | 1975 | Website | |
| St Kevin's Catholic Primary School | Benowa Benowa, Queensland Benowa is an affluent Gold Coast suburb west of Surfers Paradise. At the 2006 Census, Benowa had a population of 7,269.The name was originally derived from the aboriginal "Boonow", meaning red bloodwood. This word was later corrupted by European settlers in search of sugar cane growing on the... |
Primary | 1979 | Website | |
| St Michael's College | Merrimac Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Merrimac had a population of 5,690. The community takes its name from two possible sources: the Merrimac River in New England or the USS Merrimac, a Union navy frigate itself named for the river.Merrimac is... |
Secondary | 1985 | Website | |
| St Vincent's Primary School | Clear Island Waters Clear Island Waters, Queensland Clear Island Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Clear Island Waters had a population of 4,091.The suburb is a mid-to-high socioeconomic residential area surrounding the artificial canals of Clear Island Lake and Boobegan Creek.-Facilities:Clear Island... |
Primary | 1948 | Website | Relocated from Surfers Paradise 1986 |
Independent schools
| Name | Suburb | Category | Years | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. B. Paterson College | Arundel Arundel, Queensland Arundel is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Arundel had a population of 9,311.Located in the suburb is the Coombabah Lake Conservation Park, bordered by Coombabah Creek and adjacent to the Ivan Gibbs Wetlands Reserve in Coombabah... |
Independent | P–12 | 1991 | Website | |
| All Saints Anglican School | Merrimac Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Merrimac had a population of 5,690. The community takes its name from two possible sources: the Merrimac River in New England or the USS Merrimac, a Union navy frigate itself named for the river.Merrimac is... |
Anglican | P–12 | 1996 | Website | |
| Coomera Anglican College | Reedy Creek Reedy Creek, Queensland Reedy Creek is a suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The suburb is adjacent to the Pacific Motorway . Located in the hinterland towards the southern end of the city, Reedy Creek is a developing residential area. Three schools are located in the suburb: Hillcrest Christian College,... |
Anglican | P–12 | 1997 | Website | |
| Emmanuel College Emmanuel College (Queensland) Emmanuel College is an independent, co-educational, multi-denominational Christian school located in the suburb of Carrara on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The College caters for students from Preparatory through to Year 12... |
Carrara Carrara, Queensland Carrara is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located on the southern bank of the Nerang River. At the 2006 Census, Carrara had a population of 10,687.... |
Christian | P–12 | 1985 | Website | |
| Gold Coast Adventist Primary School | Reedy Creek Reedy Creek, Queensland Reedy Creek is a suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The suburb is adjacent to the Pacific Motorway . Located in the hinterland towards the southern end of the city, Reedy Creek is a developing residential area. Three schools are located in the suburb: Hillcrest Christian College,... |
Adventist | P–7 | 1982 | Website | |
| Hillcrest Christian College | Reedy Creek Reedy Creek, Queensland Reedy Creek is a suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The suburb is adjacent to the Pacific Motorway . Located in the hinterland towards the southern end of the city, Reedy Creek is a developing residential area. Three schools are located in the suburb: Hillcrest Christian College,... |
Baptist | P–12 | 1982 | Website | |
| King's Christian College | Reedy Creek Reedy Creek, Queensland Reedy Creek is a suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The suburb is adjacent to the Pacific Motorway . Located in the hinterland towards the southern end of the city, Reedy Creek is a developing residential area. Three schools are located in the suburb: Hillcrest Christian College,... |
Christian | P–12 | 1980 | Website | |
| King Solomon College | Merrimac Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Merrimac had a population of 5,690. The community takes its name from two possible sources: the Merrimac River in New England or the USS Merrimac, a Union navy frigate itself named for the river.Merrimac is... |
Jewish | P–12 | 1996 | ||
| Livingstone Christian College | Ormeau Ormeau, Queensland Ormeau is a hinterland town on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Ormeau was originally a French name which means ‘young elm’. It came from Ormeau House the estate of Major A. J. Boyd, a sugar planter of the 1860s. For all you need to know about Ormeau please visit http://www.myormeau.com.au... |
Christian | P–12 | 2002 | Website | |
| Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS) | Pimpama Pimpama, Queensland Pimpama is a suburb in the northern Gold Coast. It is located on the Pacific Motorway 30 km north of Surfers Paradise. The township of Pimpama is presently the last remaining rural town on the Pacific Motorway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast... |
Lutheran | P–8 | 2012 | Website | |
| Queensland Independent College | Merrimac Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Merrimac had a population of 5,690. The community takes its name from two possible sources: the Merrimac River in New England or the USS Merrimac, a Union navy frigate itself named for the river.Merrimac is... |
Montessori | P–2 | 2008 | Website | Formerly Queensland Montessori College Queensland Montessori College Queensland Independent College is a private, primary school in Merrimac, Gold Coast, Australia. It was founded in 2008 as the Queensland Montessori College, with a view to creating a sustainable school to replace a previous Montessori school that had closed down... |
| Rivermount College Rivermount College Rivermount College is a non-denominational, co-educational Christian College situated in Yatala, Queensland. The school caters for students from Prep through to Year 12.- History :... |
Yatala Yatala, Queensland Yatala is a suburb in the outer northern areas of Gold Coast City in Queensland, Australia.Surrounding suburbs of Yatala include Beenleigh, Windaroo, and Stapylton... |
Christian | P–12 | 1992 | Website | |
| Silkwood Steiner School | Mount Nathan | Independent | P–7 | 1983 | Website | |
| Somerset College Somerset College Somerset College is a non-denominational Christian school located in Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast, Australia.- History :Somerset College is one of Australia's leading independent primary and secondary education providers. Established in 1983, Somerset College has achieved a much esteemed position in... |
Mudgeeraba Mudgeeraba, Queensland Mudgeeraba is a suburb of the Gold Coast. Mudgeeraba is remnant of the type of township that characterises the rural hinterland of the Gold Coast. Subdivision of land was conventional and buildings were traditionally rural or rural commercial. Mudgeeraba, like other areas, was an early centre,... |
Christian | P–12 | 1983 | Website | |
| St Andrew's Lutheran College | Tallebudgera Tallebudgera, Queensland Tallebudgera , originally known as Maybree, is a suburb of the Australian city of Gold Coast. The suburb is located in the Gold Coast hinterland and is a small community of overwhelmingly single family dwellings... |
Lutheran | P–12 | 1993 | Website | |
| St Hilda's School St Hilda's School St Hilda's School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Southport, a central suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.... |
Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
Anglican | P–12 (girls) | 1912 | Website | |
| St Margaret's College | Upper Coomera Upper Coomera, Queensland Upper Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Coomera has long been earmarked by the Gold Coast City Council and the State Government for a new satellite growth suburb of the Gold Coast, similar in many ways to Robina.... |
Anglican Catholic Anglican Catholic Church The Anglican Catholic Church is a body of Anglican Christians in the continuing Anglican movement, separate from the Anglican Communion centered on the Archbishop of Canterbury.... |
P–12 | 1996 | Website | |
| St Stephen's College | Upper Coomera Upper Coomera, Queensland Upper Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Coomera has long been earmarked by the Gold Coast City Council and the State Government for a new satellite growth suburb of the Gold Coast, similar in many ways to Robina.... |
Anglican Catholic Anglican Catholic Church The Anglican Catholic Church is a body of Anglican Christians in the continuing Anglican movement, separate from the Anglican Communion centered on the Archbishop of Canterbury.... |
P–12 | 1996 | Website | |
| Tamborine Mountain College | North Tamborine North Tamborine, Queensland North Tamborine is a suburb on Tamborine Mountain in South East Queensland.Many early settlers grew maize and grazed dairy cattle. The first guesthouse on the mountain was open in 1889.... |
Independent | P–12 | 1995 | Website | |
| The Southport School The Southport School The Southport School , is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in Southport, a suburb on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia.... |
Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
Anglican | P–12 (boys) | 1901 | Website | |
| Toogoolawa School | Ormeau Ormeau, Queensland Ormeau is a hinterland town on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Ormeau was originally a French name which means ‘young elm’. It came from Ormeau House the estate of Major A. J. Boyd, a sugar planter of the 1860s. For all you need to know about Ormeau please visit http://www.myormeau.com.au... |
Independent | Alternative | 2001 | Website | |
| Trinity Lutheran College | Ashmore Ashmore, Queensland Ashmore is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Ashmore had a population of 11,514.The area's name derives from a locality or family property in England... |
Lutheran | P–12 | 1987 | Website | 8–12 until 2001 |
Defunct private schools
| Name | Suburb | Category | Years | Opened | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Lutheran Primary School | Southport Southport, Queensland -Sport:The Southport Sharks Australian rules football club has a presence in the area, including a club and function centre.-Transport:The Broadwaterway is a foreshoreway that encourages pedestrians and cyclists to travel along the Broadwater foreshores of Southport.A ferry terminal is planned for... |
Lutheran | Primary | 1981 | 2001 |
See also
- List of schools in Queensland
- List of schools in Greater Brisbane
- List of schools in Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast (for Tweed Shire)
External links
- Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools, a directory of Government schools in Queensland. (Department of Education and Training - Queensland Government)
- Find a School, at Catholic Education Office of the Archdiocese of Brisbane.
- About Independent schools at Independent Schools Queensland.