| St Paul's School | |
| Motto: | Latin: Fide et Literis |
| Motto Translation: | By Faith and By Learning |
| Country: | Australia |
| Colours: | Cardinal red and bottle green |
| Coordinates: | -27.3158°N 153.0056°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 240 |
| Slogan: | Create your own story! |
| Mascot: | Paul the Puma |
| Enrolment: | 1,300 |
| Grades Label: | Years |
St Paul's Anglican School, Bald Hills, commonly known as St Paul's School is an independent Anglican co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school located in the northern Brisbane suburb of Bald Hills, Queensland, Australia, bordering the Pine River and the City of Moreton Bay.
The school opened on 31 January 1960 and is named after St Paul the Apostle and bears the same name as St Paul's School in London. St. Paul's School offers an academic and technical education as well as a range of co-curricular activities.
St Paul's School's Principal is Mr John O'Sullivan Williams.[1] Within the school there are 4 sub schools:
| Pre-Prep | New to school | ||
| Junior School | Prep to Year 6 | ||
| Senior School | Year 7 to Year 12 | ||
| International School | Provides education in Australia for international students | Director: Ms Kathleen Power |
| Time Period | Headmaster/Principal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1960–1978 | Mr Peter Krebs | |
| 1979–2000 | Mr Gilbert Case | |
| 2001–2007 | Margaret Goddard | |
| 2007–2008 | Patricia Evans | |
| 2008–15 September 2023 | Dr Paul Browning[2] | |
| September 2023 – December 2025 | Mr John O'Sullivan Williams[3] |
In 1857 the site of the school was first settled by Scottish settlers. In 1859, the British colony of Queensland was founded. In 1886 the original wooden building, the Old Farmhouse, was built. It still stands today.[4] On 13 February 1958 the Church of England acquired the property via a bequest from Sir Edwin Tooth for the "establishment of an all boys grammar school".[5] The school opened on 31 January 1961 with a small staff of three and an enrolment of sixty-four boys between grades eight and twelve. Years later the school expanded its clientele and became fully co-educational. This allowed for a substantial increase in funds, which meant much-needed facilities could be built.
St Paul's Campus is located in Bald Hills, approximately 17km (11miles) north of the Brisbane central business district.[6] The school is situated on the bank of the South Pine River, on the border between the Brisbane City Council and Moreton Bay City Council. The area surrounding the school is a mix of residential and rural properties.[7]
The School occupies a single 51ha campus, which includes both the school's buildings as well as its sporting fields and grazing land. A pair of hoop pines which were originally planted in the 1850s are now heritage-listed.[8]
Many of the buildings on the school campus are 40 years old. More modern facilities include the School Chapel, the Music Centre, the Middle School, the renovated Design/Technology building, the Geise Library and the new Science Laboratories. Construction was recently completed on the new Sutton Building, which replaced the old building of the same name at the beginning of 2012. It includes the school's first café – Sippers@Suttons as well as English classrooms and the international school.
The original blocks 1 & 2 used for Language classes, Food Technology and Computer Studies of the school are currently under revision.[9]
TAS (The Associated Schools) SportsThe St Paul's Anglican School sporting program is centred on membership of:
The School participates in TAS & JTAS Saturday Sporting fixtures over 3 trimesters. Each trimester is approximately nine weeks. The School also participates in Interschool Carnivals in Swimming, Cross-country and Athletics.
Prior to 2017, the St. Paul's School house system consisted of ten secondary school houses and four junior school houses. The secondary school houses were Arnott, Baker, Gartside, Grindrod, Halse, Ivor Church, Stewart, Strong, Sutton, and Tooth, whereas the junior school houses were Rudd, Ingpen, Klein, and Theile. However, in late 2016, it was decided to establish a set of new houses across the entire school, based on elements of the school crest (Shield, Sword, Mitre, Crown, and Scroll) and to abolish the former junior school house system altogether. The new houses are:[10]
| Founded | House | Head of House | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Boek | Lisa Bolger | |
| 2017 | Gladius | Neil White | |
| 2017 | Mitre | David Fenwick | |
| 2017 | Scudo | Sophie Hughes | |
| 2017 | Taja | Erica Trudgian |
In 2003, St Paul's School was the subject of intense public scrutiny after former students stated that they had been abused by Kevin Lynch, a staff member employed at the time. Lynch was employed as a school counsellor at Brisbane Grammar School during the 1970s and 1980s, and subsequently at St Paul's School.[11] [12] The students claimed that they were tortured, hypnotised and required to perform sexual acts for Lynch, and alleged that they had told St Paul's School staff about Lynch's activities, but were ignored.[11] [13] In 1997, shortly after having been charged with the sexual abuse of students at Brisbane Grammar School and St Paul's, Lynch committed suicide.[11]