List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory explained

This is a list of schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), 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 Education Directorate.

While the Jervis Bay Territory is an internal territory of Australia, separate to the ACT, many of its government departments (including education) is managed by the ACT government. It has a single primary school, which has been added to this list.

Public schools

Primary schools (K–6)

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

Name	Suburb	District	Opened	Website	width=30%	Notes
Ainslie School			1927	Website
Amaroo School	Amaroo	Gungahlin	2004	Website	K–10
Aranda Primary School			1969	Website
Arawang Primary School			1989	Website	Established following closure of Waramanga PS & Fisher PS
Bonython Primary School			1992	Website
Calwell Primary School			1989	Website
Campbell Primary School			1961	Website
			1985	Website	6–10
Chapman Primary School			1975	Website
Charles Conder Primary School			1994	Website
Charles Weston School			2016	Website
Charnwood-Dunlop School			1975	Website	Formerly Charnwood PS
Curtin Primary School			1983	Website	Established following closure of North Curtin PS & South Curtin PS
Duffy Primary School			1973	Website
Evatt Primary School			1974	Website
Fadden Primary School			1985	Website
Farrer Primary School			1970	Website
Florey Primary School			1989	Website
Forrest Primary School			1958	Website
Fraser Primary School			1979	Website
Garran Primary School			1967	Website
Gilmore Primary School			1987	Website
Giralang Primary School			1977	Website
Gold Creek School			1998	Website	K–10
Gordon Primary School			1993	Website
Gowrie Primary School			1983	Website
Harrison School			2008	Website	K–10
Hawker Primary School			1976	Website
Hughes Primary School			1964	Website
Isabella Plains Early Childhood School			1988	Website	K–2; Formerly PS
Jervis Bay School		-	1914	Website	K–6
Kaleen Primary School			1976	Website
Kingsford Smith School			2009	Website
Latham Primary School			1972	Website
			1959	Website
Lyons Early Childhood School			1966	Website	K–2; formerly PS until 2008
Macgregor Primary School			1968	Website
Macquarie Primary School			1968	Website
Margaret Hendry School			2019	Website
Majura Primary School			1989	Website	Established following closure of Watson PS, Hackett PS and Downer PS
Maribyrnong Primary School			1979	Website
Mawson Primary School			1968	Website
Miles Franklin Primary School			1980	Website
Monash Primary School			1982	Website
Mount Rogers Primary School			1998	Website	Formed from Melba PS & Spence PS; formerly Mount Rogers Community School
Namadgi School			2011	Website	K–9
Narrabundah Early Childhood School			1952	Website	K–2; formerly PS until 2008; Also open 1894–1923^[1]
Ngunnawal Primary School			1997	Website
North Ainslie Primary School			1958	Website
O'Connor Co-operative School			1978	Website	Early Childhood school (P–2)
Palmerston District Primary School			1995	Website	K–6
Red Hill School			1960	Website	IB Primary Years Program since 2006
Richardson Primary School			1984	Website
Southern Cross Early Childhood School			1989	Website	K–2 since 2009; Established as Southern Cross PS following closure of Scullin PS & Page PS
			1972	Website	6–10. Formerly Weston Creek HS until 1991
Taylor Primary School			1978	Website
			1923	Website	K–10. IB Middle Years Program, French Brevet; bilingual French-Australian since 1983
Theodore Primary School			1991	Website
Throsby School	Throsby	Gungahlin	2022
Torrens Primary School			1968	Website
Turner School			1953	Website
Wanniassa School			1981	Website	K–10
Wanniassa Hills Primary School			1978	Website	K–2. Formerly PS until 2009
Weetangera Primary School			1973	Website
Yarralumla Primary School			1956	Website	Officially opened in 1957

High schools (7–10)

Name	Suburb	District	Opened	Website	Notes
			1989	Website	Established following closure of Deakin HS & Woden Valley HS
Amaroo School			2004	Website	K–10
Belconnen High School			1971	Website
Calwell High School			1990	Website
			1965	Website
			1938	Website	Relocated 1969 from North Canberra
			1985	Website	K–10
Gold Creek School			1998	Website	K–10
Harrison School	Harrison	Gungahlin	2008	Website	K–10
Kingsford Smith School			2009	Website	K–10
			1996	Website
			1959	Website
Melba Copland Secondary School (High School Campus)			1976	Website	IB Middle Years Program, Formerly Melba High School; merged in 2009 with Copland College
			1970	Website
Namadgi School			2011	Website	K–10
			1972	Website	6–10. Formerly Weston Creek HS until 1991
			1923	Website	K–10. IB Middle Years Program, French Brevet; bilingual French-Australian since 1984
Wanniassa School			1981	Website	K–10
UC High School, Kaleen			1978	Website	Formerly Kaleen High School

Secondary colleges (11–12)

Name	Opened	Website	Notes
	1977	Website	Formerly Stirling College until 1997
	1976	Website	IB Diploma from 2009 until 2017. Formerly Phillip College until 1997
	1962	Website	Became College in 1976
Erindale College	1981	Website
Gungahlin College	2011	Website
	1976	Website
	1990	Website
Melba Copland Secondary School (College Campus)	1978	Website	IB Diploma; Formerly Copland College; merged in 2009 with Melba High School
	1961	Website	IB Diploma, French Baccalaureate. Became College in 1976
	1987	Website	Formerly Lake Ginninderra College

Other schools, including Play Schools

Name	Suburb	District	Opened	Website	Notes
Black Mountain School			1954	Website	Intellectual disabilities. Formerly Koomarri until 2003
Cranleigh School			1974	Website	Intellectual disabilities
German Australian Playschool			2006	Website	3 to 5 year old children
Inner North Playschool			2009	Website	3 to 4 year old children
Koala Playschool			1990	Website	3 to 4 year old children
Malkara School			1970	Website	Intellectual disabilities
Turner Early Childhood Centre			1971		Formerly Hartley Street School
The Woden School			1974	Website	Intellectual disabilities
Wombats Playschool	Page	Belconnen	1991	Website	A Preschool educational program for 3 to 4 year olds.

Closed public schools

Name	Suburb	Opened	Closed	Notes
Acton Primary School		1920	1923
Canberra Primary School		1880	1914
Charnwood High School		1981	1996
Chifley Primary School		1966	1988	Closed and reformed as Melrose PS
Cook Primary School		1969	2007
Cotter River School		1914	1917	Temporary school for children of the workers of the Cotter Dam
Deakin High School		1966	1988	Closed and reformed as Alfred Deakin HS
Downer Primary School		1962	1988	Merged with Watson PS and Hackett PS to Become Majura PS
Duntroon Primary School		1914	1971
Fisher Primary School		1972	1988
Flynn Primary School		1974	2006
Ginninderra School		1870	1911
Ginninderra District High School		1974	2005	Demolished and Kingsford Smith School built on site
Griffith Primary School		1955	1995
Gungahleen School		1873	1923
Hackett Primary School		1964	1991	Merged with Downer PS and Watson PS to become Majura PS
		1911	2006
Higgins Primary School		1971	2008	Amalgamated into Kingsford Smith School
Holder High School		1975	1993	Amalgamated with Weston Creek (Stromlo) HS in 1991
Holder Primary School		1972	1991
Holt Primary School		1973	2008	Amalgamated into Kingsford Smith School
Kambah High School		1976	2007	Closed and rebuilt as Namadgi School in 2011
Kowen School	Kowen Forest	1875	1906
Majura School	Majura	1874	1930
Melba Primary School		1973	1997	Merged with Spence PS to form Mount Rogers Community School
Melrose Primary School		1989	2006	Established following closure of Chifley PS & Pearce PS
Mount Neighbour Primary School		1975	2006
Mulligans Flat School		1896	1931
Narrabundah School		1886	1900
North Curtin Primary School		1966	1982	Closed and reformed with South Curtin PS as Curtin PS
Page Primary School		1970	1988
Pearce Primary School		1967	1988
Rivett Primary School		1972	2006
Royalla Public School	Royalla	1892	1935
Russell Hill Primary School		1927	1930
		1974	1997	Closed by the department
Scullin Primary School		1970	1988	Closed and reformed as Southern Cross PS
South Curtin Primary School		1965	1982	Closed and reformed with North Curtin PS as Curtin PS
Spence Primary School		1977	1997	Merged with Melba PS to form Mount Rogers Community School
		1899	2006
Tuggeranong School		1870	1940
Urambi Primary School		1976	2010
Uriarra Primary School		1936	2001	Also open 1897–1907
Village Creek Primary School		1975	2007
Waramanga Primary School		1970	1988	Closed and reformed as Arawang PS
Watson High School		1965	1988
Watson Primary School		1970	1988	Closed and reformed with Downer PS and Hackett PS as Majura PS
Weston Creek High School		1972	1991	Merged with Holder HS to form Stromlo HS
Weston Creek Primary School		1971	2006	Formerly Weston PS until 2001
Williamsdale Primary School		1892	1949
Woden Valley High School		1968	1988
Yarralumla School		1850	1906

Non-Government schools

Catholic Primary schools

See Catholic education in Australia

Name	District	M/F/Co-ed	Years	Founded
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School	Gungahlin	Co-ed	K–6	2002
Holy Family Parish Primary School	Tuggeranong	Co-ed	K–6	1985
Holy Spirit Primary School	Gungahlin	Co-ed	K–6	1996
Holy Trinity Primary School	Woden Valley	Co-ed	K–6	1966
Mother Teresa Primary School (a campus of Good Shepherd Primary School Amaroo)	Gungahlin	Co-ed	K–6	2010
Rosary Primary School	North Canberra	Co-ed	K–6	1963
Sacred Heart Primary School	Woden Valley	Co-ed	K–6	1970
St Anthony's Primary School	Tuggeranong	Co-ed	K–6	1980
St Bede's Primary School	South Canberra	Co-ed	K–6	1963
St Benedict's Primary School	South Canberra	Co-ed	K–6	1955
St Clare of Assisi Primary School	Tuggeranong	Co-ed	K–6	1994
St Francis of Assisi Primary School	Tuggeranong	Co-ed	K–6	1988
St John the Apostle Primary School	Belconnen	Co-ed	K–6	1979
St John Vianney's Primary School	Weston Creek	Co-ed	K–6	1971
St Joseph's Primary School	North Canberra	Co-ed	K–6	1956
St Jude's Primary School	Weston Creek	Co-ed	K–6	1975
St Matthew's Primary School	Belconnen	Co-ed	K–6	1972
St Michael's Primary School	Belconnen	Co-ed	K–6	1983
St Monica's Primary School	Belconnen	Co-ed	K–6	1977
Sts Peter & Paul Primary School	Woden Valley	Co-ed	K–6	1967
St Thomas Aquinas Primary School	Belconnen	Co-ed	K–6	1975
St Thomas More's Primary School	North Canberra	Co-ed	K–6	1960
St Thomas the Apostle School	Tuggeranong	Co-ed	K–6	1977
St Vincent's Primary School	Belconnen	Co-ed	K–6	1970

Catholic High and K–12 schools

See Catholic education in Australia

District	M/F/Co-ed	Years	Category	Founded	Notes
North Canberra	Co-ed	7–12		1962
Woden Valley	M	4–12		1968
	North Canberra	F	7–12	Systemic	1959
South Canberra	F	7–12	Systemic	1965
South Canberra	M	4–12		1954
Belconnen	Co-ed	7–12	Systemic	1976
Gungahlin	Co-ed	7–12	Systemic	2013
Tuggeranong	Co-ed	7–12	Systemic	1998	formerly St Peter's Catholic College and Padua Catholic HS

Independent schools

-	Name	Suburb	District	M/F/Co-ed	Years	Category	Founded	Notes
Blue Gum Community School		North Canberra	Co-ed	K–10		1998
		North Canberra and Belconnen	Co-ed	P–12		1980	formerly O'Connor Christian School until 1997
		Gungahlin	Co-ed	K–12		1998
Canberra Christian School		Woden Valley	Co-ed	K–6	Christian	1972	Previously Mawson Christian School
		South Canberra	F	K–12		1926	Formerly Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School
		South Canberra	Co-ed	K–12		1929	IB Diploma Programme (currently introducing IB PYP);^[2]
Canberra Montessori School		Weston Creek	Co-ed	K–6	Montessori	1980
		Tuggeranong	Co-ed	K–10		1991	Formerly a Presbyterian school called Covenant College.^[3] Registered for International students
Emmaus Christian School		North Canberra	Co-ed	K–10		1997
Communities at Work's Galilee School		Woden Valley	Co-ed	7–12			For "at risk" students years 7–12
Islamic School of Canberra		Weston Creek	Co-ed	K–10	Islamic	2011
		Weston Creek	Co-ed	K–12		1981
		Belconnen	Co-ed	K–12		1984
Taqwa School			Co-ed	K–6	Islamic
		Tuggeranong	Co-ed	K–12		1980

Closed Non-Government schools

Name	District	Opened	Closed	Notes
AME School, Duntroon	North Canberra	1972	1976	Moved to Weston in 1977
AME School, Weston	Weston Creek	1977	1996	Buildings merged with adjacent Orana School
Our Lady of Mercy Primary School	North Canberra	1935	1973
Padua Catholic High School	Tuggeranong	1978	1997
St Brigid's Primary School	North Canberra	1960	1986
St Christopher's School	South Canberra	1928	1971
St Michael's Primary School	North Canberra	1961	1973
St Peter Chanel's Primary School	South Canberra	1956	1989
St Peter's Catholic College	Tuggeranong	1989	1997	Amalgamated into St Mary MacKillop College

References

Directory of Schools, a directory of government and approved non-government schools in the Australian Capital Territory. (ACT Education Directorate)
Schools in the ACT (ACT Libraries)
Associated Southern Colleges

Notes and References

Web site: School Name: NARRABUNDAH (2). Centre for Learning Innovation. 2009. 17 September 2009.
Web site: CGS Outlook August 2014. August 2014. 20 December 2014. Canberra Grammar School. Page 12. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220032316/http://www.cgs.act.edu.au/en/About-Us/Educational-Outreach/~/media/Files/Publications/Outlook/CGS%20Outlook%20July%202014%20%20Whole%20Mag%20FAweb.ashx. 20 December 2014. dead.
History, 2015, Covenant Christian School, accessed 1 November 2015, » History Covenant Christian School Canberra . 2015-11-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151007214221/http://www.covenant.act.edu.au/history/ . 2015-10-07 . >