| Redbank Plains State High School | |
| Motto: | Learning First... Leading Tomorrow |
| Established: | 1987 |
| Principal: | Aimee Argiro |
| Address: | 136 Willow Road |
| Coordinates: | -27.652°N 152.8691°W |
| Campus: | Urban (Ipswich) |
| Teaching Staff: | 116 |
| Employees: | 174 (2023) |
| Secondary Years Taught: | Years 7-12 |
| Gender: | Co-education |
| Enrolment: | 1,455 (2023) |
| Colours: | Light blue & navy blue |
Redbank Plains State High School is a public co-educational secondary school located in the Ipswitch suburb of Redbank Plains, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education, with an enrolment of 1,445 students and a teaching staff of 116, as of 2023. The school serves students from Year 7 to Year 12.
The school opened on 27 January 1987[3] [4] with a staff of 20 teachers under the leadership of Principal Bernadette O’Rourke. Twelve classes of Year 8 students (380) began the year.
In 2008, the school won The Queensland University of Technology Showcase Award for Excellence in Leadership for its work in supporting pregnant and parenting students.[5] [6]
On 10 July 2012, the school was the venue for a community cabinet meeting which was attended by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, Cabinet ministers and roughly 400 community members.[7]
On 15 November 2021, the school was the venue for a COVID-19 vaccine rollout press conference Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk and cabinet minister.[8]
In 2023, the school had a student enrollment of 1,445 with 116 teachers (111 full-time equivalent) and 58 non-teaching staff (42 full-time equivalent). Female enrollments consisted of 731 students and Male enrollments consisted of 714 students; Indigenous enrollments accounted for a total of 8% of total enrollments and 44% of students had a language background other than English.