| Southern Christian College | |
| Established: | 1986 |
| Principal: | Alan Lawson |
| Principal1: | Scott Ambrose |
| Principal Label1: | Vice Principal |
| Sister School: | SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar |
| Colours: | Blue and yellow |
Southern Christian College is an independent non-denominational Christian co-educational primary and secondary day school located in Kingston, Tasmania providing education from kinder to year 12, as well as providing pre-school services as Kingston Early Learning Centre. Southern Christian College was founded in 1986.[1] Since 2014 it has been an International Baccalaureate world school, teaching the IB curriculum.[2] [3]
It is a ministry of CityLight Church, which is located on the same property. The school is a member of Christian Schools Australia[4] and Independent Schools Tasmania.[5] Until 2015 it taught kinder-year 10, when it received authorisation to start year 11 and 12 in 2016.[6]
The school is part of the Australia-Asia BRIDGE program, and is sistered with SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar in Indonesia,[7] a Muslim private school in Bali.[8] The school has taught Indonesian as a compulsory subject from early learning (pre-kindergarten) to year 10[9] since 1998 as part of the NALSSP and it is an Asia Access School.[10] It received a visit from the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia in 2013.[11]