List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory

This is a list of schools in the Australian Capital Territory, which houses Australia's capital city, Canberra. The Territory's education system consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 6, high schools, which accommodate students from Years 7 to 10, and secondary colleges, which are specialist Year 11–12 institutions. As a result of development in newer areas and mergers in existing areas, some schools accommodate more than one of the above year ranges. Certificates are awarded on the basis of continuous assessment of students' progress at the end of years 10 and 12 by the ACT Department of Education and Training.

Public schools

Primary schools (K–6)

Includes Early Childhood Schools (K–2) and K–10 schools

Name Suburb District Opened Website Notes
Ainslie SchoolBraddonNorth Canberra1927Website
Amaroo SchoolAmaroo Gungahlin 2004 WebsiteK–10
Aranda Primary SchoolArandaBelconnen1969Website
Arawang Primary SchoolWaramangaWeston Creek1989WebsiteEstablished following closure of Waramanga PS & Fisher PS
Bonython Primary SchoolBonythonTuggeranong1992Website
Calwell Primary SchoolCalwellTuggeranong1989Website
Campbell Primary SchoolCampbellNorth Canberra1961Website
Caroline Chisholm SchoolChisholmTuggeranong1985Website6–10
Chapman Primary SchoolChapmanWeston Creek1975Website
Charles Conder Primary SchoolConderTuggeranong1994Website
Charnwood-Dunlop SchoolCharnwoodBelconnen1975WebsiteFormerly Charnwood PS
Curtin Primary SchoolCurtinWoden Valley1983WebsiteEstablished following closure of North Curtin PS & South Curtin PS
Duffy Primary SchoolDuffyWeston Creek1973Website
Evatt Primary SchoolEvattBelconnen1974Website
Fadden Primary SchoolFaddenTuggeranong1985Website
Farrer Primary SchoolFarrerWoden Valley1970Website
Florey Primary SchoolFloreyBelconnen1989Website
Forrest Primary SchoolForrestSouth Canberra1958Website
Fraser Primary SchoolFraserBelconnen1979Website
Garran Primary SchoolGarranWoden Valley1967Website
Gilmore Primary SchoolGilmoreTuggeranong1987Website
Giralang Primary SchoolGiralangBelconnen1977Website
Gold Creek SchoolNichollsGungahlin1998WebsiteK–10
Gordon Primary SchoolGordonTuggeranong1993Website
Gowrie Primary SchoolGowrieTuggeranong1983Website
Harrison SchoolHarrisonGungahlin2008Website
Hawker Primary SchoolHawkerBelconnen1976Website
Hughes Primary SchoolHughesWoden Valley1964Website
Isabella Plains Early Childhood SchoolIsabella PlainsTuggeranong1988WebsiteK–2; Formerly PS
Kaleen Primary SchoolKaleenBelconnen1976Website
Kingsford Smith SchoolHoltBelconnen2009Website
Latham Primary SchoolLathamBelconnen1972Website
Lyneham Primary SchoolLynehamNorth Canberra1959Website
Lyons Early Childhood SchoolLyonsWoden Valley1966WebsiteK–2; formerly PS until 2008
Macgregor Primary SchoolMacgregorBelconnen1968Website
Macquarie Primary SchoolMacquarieBelconnen1968Website
Majura Primary SchoolWatsonNorth Canberra1989WebsiteEstablished following closure of Watson PS, Hackett PS and Downer PS
Maribyrnong Primary SchoolKaleenBelconnen1979Website
Mawson Primary SchoolMawsonWoden Valley1968Website
Miles Franklin Primary SchoolEvattBelconnen1980Website
Monash Primary SchoolMonashTuggeranong1982Website
Mount Rogers Primary SchoolMelbaBelconnen1998WebsiteFormed from Melba PS & Spence PS; formerly Mount Rogers Community School
Namadgi SchoolKambahTuggeranong2011WebsiteK-9
Narrabundah Early Childhood SchoolNarrabundahSouth Canberra1952WebsiteK–2; formerly PS until 2008; Also open 1894–1923 [1]
Ngunnawal Primary SchoolNgunnawalGungahlin1997Website
North Ainslie Primary SchoolAinslieNorth Canberra1958Website
O'Connor Co-operative SchoolO'ConnorNorth Canberra1978WebsiteEarly Childhood school (P-2)
Palmerston District Primary SchoolPalmerstonGungahlin1995WebsiteK-6
Red Hill Primary SchoolRed HillSouth Canberra1960Website
Richardson Primary SchoolRichardsonTuggeranong1984Website
Southern Cross Early Childhood SchoolScullinBelconnen1989WebsiteK–2 since 2009; Established as Southern Cross PS following closure of Scullin PS & Page PS
Stromlo High SchoolWaramangaWeston Creek1972Website6–10. Formerly Weston Creek HS until 1991
Taylor Primary SchoolKambahTuggeranong1978Website
Telopea Park SchoolBartonSouth Canberra1923WebsiteK–10. IB Middle Years Program, French Brevet;
bilingual French-Australian since 1983
Theodore Primary SchoolTheodoreTuggeranong1991Website
Torrens Primary SchoolTorrensWoden Valley1968Website
Turner SchoolTurnerNorth Canberra1953Website
Wanniassa SchoolWanniassaTuggeranong1981WebsiteK–10
Wanniassa Hills Primary SchoolWanniassaTuggeranong1978WebsiteK–2. Formerly PS until 2009
Weetangera Primary SchoolWeetangeraBelconnen1973Website
Yarralumla Primary SchoolYarralumlaSouth Canberra1956WebsiteOfficially opened in 1957

High schools (7–10)

Name Suburb District Opened Website Notes
Alfred Deakin High SchoolDeakinSouth Canberra1989WebsiteEstablished following closure of Deakin HS & Woden Valley HS
Amaroo SchoolAmarooGungahlin2004WebsiteK–10
Belconnen High SchoolHawkerBelconnen1971Website
Calwell High SchoolCalwellTuggeranong1990Website
Campbell High SchoolCampbellNorth Canberra1965Website
Canberra High SchoolMacquarieBelconnen1938WebsiteRelocated 1969 from North Canberra
Caroline Chisholm SchoolChisholmTuggeranong1985WebsiteK–10
Gold Creek SchoolNichollsGungahlin1998WebsiteK–10
Kingsford Smith SchoolHoltBelconnen2009WebsiteK–10
Lanyon High SchoolConderTuggeranong1996Website
Lyneham High SchoolLynehamNorth Canberra1959Website
Melba Copland Secondary School (High School Campus)MelbaBelconnen1976WebsiteIB Middle Years Program, Formerly Melba High School; merged in 2009 with Copland College
Melrose High SchoolPearceWoden Valley1970Website
Namadgi SchoolKambahTuggeranong2011WebsiteK-10
Stromlo High SchoolWaramangaWeston Creek1972Website6–10. Formerly Weston Creek HS until 1991
Telopea Park SchoolBartonSouth Canberra1923WebsiteK–10. IB Middle Years Program, French Brevet;
bilingual French-Australian since 1984
Wanniassa SchoolWanniassaTuggeranong1981WebsiteK–10
UC High School, KaleenKaleenBelconnen1978WebsiteFormerly Kaleen High School

Secondary colleges (11–12)

Name Suburb District Opened Website Notes
Canberra College (Weston Campus)StirlingWeston Creek1977WebsiteFormerly Stirling College until 1997
Canberra College (Woden Campus)PhillipWoden Valley1976WebsiteIB Diploma from 2009. Formerly Phillip College until 1997
Dickson CollegeDicksonNorth Canberra1962WebsiteBecame College in 1976
Erindale CollegeWanniassaTuggeranong1981Website
Gungahlin CollegeGungahlinGungahlin2011Website
Hawker CollegeHawkerBelconnen1976Website
Lake Tuggeranong CollegeGreenwayTuggeranong1990Website
Melba Copland Secondary School (College Campus)MelbaBelconnen1978WebsiteIB Diploma; Formerly Copland College; merged in 2009 with Melba High School
Narrabundah CollegeNarrabundahSouth Canberra1961WebsiteIB Diploma, French Baccalaureate. Became College in 1976
UC Senior Secondary College, Lake GinninderraBelconnenBelconnen1987WebsiteFormerly Lake Ginninderra College

Other schools, including Play Schools

Name Suburb District Opened Website Notes
Black Mountain SchoolO'ConnorNorth Canberra1954WebsiteIntellectual disabilities. Formerly Koomarri until 2003
Cranleigh SchoolHoltBelconnen1974WebsiteIntellectual disabilities
German Australian PlayschoolTurnerNorth Canberra2006Website3-5 year old children
Inner North PlayschoolAinslieCanberra2009Website3-4 year old children
Koala PlayschoolCookBelconnen1990Website3-4 year old children
Malkara SchoolGarranWoden Valley1970WebsiteIntellectual disabilities
Turner Early Childhood CentreTurnerNorth Canberra1971Formerly Hartley Street School
The Woden SchoolDeakinSouth Canberra1974WebsiteIntellectual disabilities
Wombats Playschool Page Belconnen 1991 Website A Pre-Preschool educational program for 3-4 year olds

Closed public schools

Name Suburb District Opened Closed Notes
Acton Primary SchoolActonNorth Canberra19201923
Canberra Primary SchoolCityNorth Canberra18801914
Charnwood High SchoolCharnwoodBelconnen19811996
Chifley Primary SchoolChifleyWoden Valley19661988Closed and reformed as Melrose PS
Cook Primary SchoolCookBelconnen19692007
Cotter River SchoolCotter Dam19141917Temporary school for children of the workers of the Cotter Dam
Deakin High SchoolDeakinSouth Canberra19661988Closed and reformed as Alfred Deakin HS
Downer Primary SchoolDownerNorth Canberra19621988Merged with Watson PS and Hackett PS to Become Majura PS
Duntroon Primary SchoolCampbellNorth Canberra19141971
Fisher Primary SchoolFisherWeston Creek19721988
Flynn Primary SchoolFlynnBelconnen19742006
Ginninderra SchoolNichollsGungahlin18701911
Ginninderra District High SchoolHoltBelconnen19742005Demolished and Kingsford Smith School built on site
Griffith Primary SchoolGriffithSouth Canberra19551995
Gungahleen SchoolLynehamNorth Canberra18731923
Hackett Primary SchoolHackettNorth Canberra19641991Merged with Downer PS and Watson PS to become Majura PS
Hall Primary SchoolHall19112006
Higgins Primary SchoolHigginsBelconnen19712008Amalgamated into Kingsford Smith School
Holder High SchoolHolderWeston Creek19751993Amalgamated with Weston Creek (Stromlo) HS in 1991
Holder Primary SchoolHolderWeston Creek19721991
Holt Primary SchoolHoltBelconnen19732008Amalgamated into Kingsford Smith School
Kambah High SchoolKambahTuggeranong19762007Closed and rebuilt as Namadgi School in 2011
Kowen SchoolKowen Forest18751906
Majura SchoolMajura18741930
Melba Primary SchoolMelbaBelconnen19731997Merged with Spence PS to form Mount Rogers Community School
Melrose Primary SchoolChifleyWoden Valley19892006Established following closure of Chifley PS & Pearce PS
Mount Neighbour Primary SchoolKambahTuggeranong19752006
Mulligans Flat SchoolThrosbyGungahlin18961931
Narrabundah SchoolNarrabundahSouth Canberra18861900
North Curtin Primary SchoolCurtinWoden Valley19661982Closed and reformed with South Curtin PS as Curtin PS
Page Primary SchoolPageBelconnen19701988
Pearce Primary SchoolPearceWoden Valley19671988
Rivett Primary SchoolRivettWeston Creek19722006
Royalla Public SchoolRoyalla18921935
Russell Hill Primary SchoolRussellNorth Canberra19271930
School Without WallsActon, Braddon and AinslieNorth Canberra19741997Closed by the department
Scullin Primary SchoolScullinBelconnen19701988Closed and reformed as Southern Cross PS
South Curtin Primary SchoolCurtinWoden Valley19651982Closed and reformed with North Curtin PS as Curtin PS
Spence Primary SchoolSpenceBelconnen19771997Merged with Melba PS to form Mount Rogers Community School
Tharwa Primary SchoolTharwa18992006
Tuggeranong SchoolChisholmTuggeranong18701940
Urambi Primary SchoolKambahTuggeranong19762010
Uriarra Primary SchoolUriarra19362001Also open 1897–1907
Village Creek Primary SchoolKambahTuggeranong19752007
Waramanga Primary SchoolWaramangaWeston Creek19701988Closed and reformed as Arawang PS
Watson High SchoolWatsonNorth Canberra19651988
Watson Primary SchoolWatsonNorth Canberra19701988Closed and reformed with Downer PS and Hackett PS as Majura PS
Weston Creek High SchoolWaramangaWeston Creek19721991Merged with Holder HS to form Stromlo HS
Weston Creek Primary SchoolWestonWeston Creek19712006Formerly Weston PS until 2001
Williamsdale Primary SchoolWilliamsdale18921949
Woden Valley High SchoolPhillipWoden Valley19681988
Yarralumla SchoolYarralumlaSouth Canberra18501906

Private and Independent schools

Primary schools

Name Suburb Category District Opened Website Notes
Canberra Christian SchoolMawsonChristianWoden Valley1972WebsiteK-6, Previously Mawson Christian School
Canberra Montessori SchoolHolderMontessoriWeston Creek1980WebsiteK-6
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary SchoolAmarooCatholicGungahlin2002WebsiteK-6
Holy Family Parish Primary SchoolGowrieCatholicTuggeranong1985WebsiteK-6
Holy Spirit Primary SchoolNichollsCatholicGungahlin1996WebsiteK–6
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolCurtinCatholicWoden Valley1966WebsiteK-6
Islamic School of CanberraWestonIslamicWeston Creek2011WebsiteK-7
Mother Teresa Primary School (a campus of Good Shepherd Primary School Amaroo)HarrisonCatholicGungahlin2010WebsiteK–6
Rosary Primary SchoolWatsonCatholicNorth Canberra1963WebsiteK-6
Sacred Heart Primary SchoolPearceCatholicWoden Valley1970WebsiteK-6
St Anthony's Primary SchoolWanniassaCatholicTuggeranong1980WebsiteK-6
St Bede's Primary SchoolRed HillCatholicSouth Canberra1963WebsiteK-6
St Benedict's Primary SchoolNarrabundahCatholicSouth Canberra1955WebsiteK-6
St Clare of Assisi Primary SchoolConderCatholicTuggeranong1994WebsiteK-6
St Francis of Assisi Primary SchoolCalwellCatholicTuggeranong1988WebsiteK-6
St John the Apostle Primary SchoolFloreyCatholicBelconnen1979WebsiteK-6
St John Vianney's Primary SchoolWaramangaCatholicWeston Creek1971WebsiteK-6
St Joseph's Primary SchoolO'ConnorCatholicNorth Canberra1956WebsiteK-6
St Jude's Primary SchoolHolderCatholicWeston Creek1975WebsiteK-6
St Matthew's Primary SchoolPageCatholicBelconnen1972WebsiteK-6
St Michael's Primary SchoolKaleenCatholicBelconnen1983WebsiteK-6
St Monica's Primary SchoolEvattCatholicBelconnen1977WebsiteK-6
Sts Peter & Paul Primary SchoolGarranCatholicWoden Valley1967WebsiteK-6
St Thomas Aquinas Primary SchoolCharnwoodCatholicBelconnen1975WebsiteK-6
St Thomas More's Primary SchoolCampbellCatholicNorth Canberra1960WebsiteK-6
St Thomas the Apostle SchoolKambahCatholicTuggeranong1977WebsiteK-6
St Vincent's Primary SchoolArandaCatholicBelconnen1970WebsiteK-6
Taqwa SchoolSpenceIslamicWebsiteK-4

High and K–12 schools

Name Suburb Category District Opened Website Notes
Blue Gum Community SchoolHackettIndependentNorth Canberra1998WebsiteK–10
Brindabella Christian College (Lyneham Campus)LynehamChristianNorth Canberra1980WebsiteMain Campus; P-12; formerly O'Connor Christian School until 1997
Brindabella Christian College (Charnwood Campus)CharnwoodChristianBelconnen1980WebsiteJunior Campus; P-4
Burgmann Anglican School (Valley Campus)GungahlinAnglicanGungahlin1998WebsiteK-5, 9-12
Burgmann Anglican School (Forde Campus)FordeAnglicanGungahlin2009WebsiteK–2, 6-8
Canberra Girls' Grammar SchoolDeakinAnglicanSouth Canberra1926WebsiteK–12; Formerly Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School
Canberra Grammar SchoolRed HillAnglicanSouth Canberra1929WebsiteIB Diploma Programme (currently introducing IB PYP);[2] K–12
Covenant Christian SchoolGordonChristianTuggeranong1991WebsiteK-10; Formerly a Presbyterian school called Covenant College.[3] Registered for International students
Daramalan CollegeDicksonCatholicNorth Canberra1962Website7-12 (Non-systemic)
Emmaus Christian SchoolDicksonChristianNorth Canberra1997WebsiteK–10
The Galilee SchoolMawsonIndependentWoden ValleyWebsiteFor "at risk" students years 7 -10
Marist College CanberraPearceCatholic boysWoden Valley1968WebsiteBoys 4–12 (Non-systemic)
Merici CollegeBraddonCatholic girlsNorth Canberra1959Website7-12
Orana Steiner SchoolWestonSteinerWeston Creek1981WebsiteK–12
Radford CollegeBruceAnglicanBelconnen1984WebsiteK–12
St Clare's CollegeGriffithCatholic girlsSouth Canberra1965Website7-12
St Edmund's CollegeGriffithCatholic boysSouth Canberra1954WebsiteBoys 4–12 (Non-systemic)
St Francis Xavier CollegeFloreyCatholicBelconnen1976Website7-12
St John Paul II CollegeNichollsCatholicGungahlin2013Website7-12
St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra (Isabella Campus)Isabella PlainsCatholicTuggeranong1998Website10-12; Senior Campus, formerly St Peter's Catholic College
St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra (Wanniassa Campus)WanniassaCatholicTuggeranong1998Website7-9; Junior Campus, formerly Padua Catholic HS
Trinity Christian SchoolWanniassaChristianTuggeranong1980WebsiteP–12

Closed private schools

Name Suburb District Category Opened Closed Notes
AME School, DuntroonCampbellNorth CanberraIndependent19721976Moved to Weston in 1977
AME School, WestonWestonWeston CreekIndependent19771996 Buildings merged with adjacent Orana School
Our Lady of Mercy Primary SchoolBraddonNorth CanberraCatholic19351973
Padua Catholic High SchoolWanniassaTuggeranongCatholic19781997Amalgamated into St Mary MacKillop College
St Brigid's Primary SchoolDicksonNorth CanberraCatholic19601986
St Christopher's SchoolForrestSouth CanberraCatholic19281971
St Michael's Primary SchoolLynehamNorth CanberraCatholic19611973
St Peter Chanel's Primary SchoolYarralumlaSouth CanberraCatholic19561989
St Peter's Catholic CollegeIsabella PlainsTuggeranongCatholic19891997Amalgamated into St Mary MacKillop College

Notes

  1. ↑ Centre for Learning Innovation (DET NSW) (2009). "School Name: NARRABUNDAH (2)". Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "CGS Outlook August 2014". Canberra Grammar School. August 2014. Page 12. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ↑ History, 2015, Covenant Christian School, accessed 1 November 2015, <"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2015-11-01. >

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