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List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory

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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

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Primary schools (K–6)

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

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

High schools (7–10)

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

Secondary colleges (11–12)

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Name Suburb District Opened Website Notes
Canberra College (Weston Campus) Stirling Weston Creek 1977 Website Formerly Stirling College until 1997
Canberra College (Woden Campus) Phillip Woden Valley 1976 Website IB Diploma from 2009 until 2017. Formerly Phillip College until 1997
Dickson College Dickson North Canberra 1962 Website Became College in 1976
Erindale College Wanniassa Tuggeranong 1981 Website
Gungahlin College Gungahlin Gungahlin 2011 Website
Hawker College Hawker Belconnen 1976 Website
Lake Tuggeranong College Greenway Tuggeranong 1990 Website
Melba Copland Secondary School (College Campus) Melba Belconnen 1978 Website IB Diploma; Formerly Copland College; merged in 2009 with Melba High School
Narrabundah College Narrabundah South Canberra 1961 Website IB Diploma, French Baccalaureate. Became College in 1976
UC Senior Secondary College, Lake Ginninderra Belconnen Belconnen 1987 Website Formerly Lake Ginninderra College

Other schools, including Play Schools

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

Closed public schools

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Name Suburb District Opened Closed Notes
Acton Primary School Acton North Canberra 1920 1923
Canberra Primary School City North Canberra 1880 1914
Charnwood High School Charnwood Belconnen 1981 1996
Chifley Primary School Chifley Woden Valley 1966 1988 Closed and reformed as Melrose PS
Cook Primary School Cook Belconnen 1969 2007
Cotter River School Cotter Dam 1914 1917 Temporary school for children of the workers of the Cotter Dam
Deakin High School Deakin South Canberra 1966 1988 Closed and reformed as Alfred Deakin HS
Downer Primary School Downer North Canberra 1962 1988 Merged with Watson PS and Hackett PS to Become Majura PS
Duntroon Primary School Campbell North Canberra 1914 1971
Fisher Primary School Fisher Weston Creek 1972 1988
Flynn Primary School Flynn Belconnen 1974 2006
Ginninderra School Nicholls Gungahlin 1870 1911
Ginninderra District High School Holt Belconnen 1974 2005 Demolished and Kingsford Smith School built on site
Griffith Primary School Griffith South Canberra 1955 1995
Gungahleen School Lyneham North Canberra 1873 1923
Hackett Primary School Hackett North Canberra 1964 1991 Merged with Downer PS and Watson PS to become Majura PS
Hall Primary School Hall 1911 2006
Higgins Primary School Higgins Belconnen 1971 2008 Amalgamated into Kingsford Smith School
Holder High School Holder Weston Creek 1975 1993 Amalgamated with Weston Creek (Stromlo) HS in 1991
Holder Primary School Holder Weston Creek 1972 1991
Holt Primary School Holt Belconnen 1973 2008 Amalgamated into Kingsford Smith School
Kambah High School Kambah Tuggeranong 1976 2007 Closed and rebuilt as Namadgi School in 2011
Kowen School Kowen Forest 1875 1906
Majura School Majura 1874 1930
Melba Primary School Melba Belconnen 1973 1997 Merged with Spence PS to form Mount Rogers Community School
Melrose Primary School Chifley Woden Valley 1989 2006 Established following closure of Chifley PS & Pearce PS
Mount Neighbour Primary School Kambah Tuggeranong 1975 2006
Mulligans Flat School Throsby Gungahlin 1896 1931
Narrabundah School Narrabundah South Canberra 1886 1900
North Curtin Primary School Curtin Woden Valley 1966 1982 Closed and reformed with South Curtin PS as Curtin PS
Page Primary School Page Belconnen 1970 1988
Pearce Primary School Pearce Woden Valley 1967 1988
Rivett Primary School Rivett Weston Creek 1972 2006
Royalla Public School Royalla 1892 1935
Russell Hill Primary School Russell North Canberra 1927 1930
School Without Walls Acton, Braddon and Ainslie North Canberra 1974 1997 Closed by the department
Scullin Primary School Scullin Belconnen 1970 1988 Closed and reformed as Southern Cross PS
South Curtin Primary School Curtin Woden Valley 1965 1982 Closed and reformed with North Curtin PS as Curtin PS
Spence Primary School Spence Belconnen 1977 1997 Merged with Melba PS to form Mount Rogers Community School
Tharwa Primary School Tharwa 1899 2006
Tuggeranong School Chisholm Tuggeranong 1870 1940
Urambi Primary School Kambah Tuggeranong 1976 2010
Uriarra Primary School Uriarra 1936 2001 Also open 1897–1907
Village Creek Primary School Kambah Tuggeranong 1975 2007
Waramanga Primary School Waramanga Weston Creek 1970 1988 Closed and reformed as Arawang PS
Watson High School Watson North Canberra 1965 1988
Watson Primary School Watson North Canberra 1970 1988 Closed and reformed with Downer PS and Hackett PS as Majura PS
Weston Creek High School Waramanga Weston Creek 1972 1991 Merged with Holder HS to form Stromlo HS
Weston Creek Primary School Weston Weston Creek 1971 2006 Formerly Weston PS until 2001
Williamsdale Primary School Williamsdale 1892 1949
Woden Valley High School Phillip Woden Valley 1968 1988
Yarralumla School Yarralumla South Canberra 1850 1906

Non-Government schools

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Catholic Primary schools

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Name Suburb District M/F/Co-ed Years Founded
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Amaroo Gungahlin Co-ed K–6 2002
Holy Family Parish Primary School Gowrie Tuggeranong Co-ed K–6 1985
Holy Spirit Primary School Nicholls Gungahlin Co-ed K–6 1996
Holy Trinity Primary School Curtin Woden Valley Co-ed K–6 1966
Mother Teresa Primary School (a campus of Good Shepherd Primary School Amaroo) Harrison Gungahlin Co-ed K–6 2010
Rosary Primary School Watson North Canberra Co-ed K–6 1963
Sacred Heart Primary School Pearce Woden Valley Co-ed K–6 1970
St Anthony's Primary School Wanniassa Tuggeranong Co-ed K–6 1980
St Bede's Primary School Red Hill South Canberra Co-ed K–6 1963
St Benedict's Primary School Narrabundah South Canberra Co-ed K–6 1955
St Clare of Assisi Primary School Conder Tuggeranong Co-ed K–6 1994
St Francis of Assisi Primary School Calwell Tuggeranong Co-ed K–6 1988
St John the Apostle Primary School Florey Belconnen Co-ed K–6 1979
St John Vianney's Primary School Waramanga Weston Creek Co-ed K–6 1971
St Joseph's Primary School O'Connor North Canberra Co-ed K–6 1956
St Jude's Primary School Holder Weston Creek Co-ed K–6 1975
St Matthew's Primary School Page Belconnen Co-ed K–6 1972
St Michael's Primary School Kaleen Belconnen Co-ed K–6 1983
St Monica's Primary School Evatt Belconnen Co-ed K–6 1977
Sts Peter & Paul Primary School Garran Woden Valley Co-ed K–6 1967
St Thomas Aquinas Primary School Charnwood Belconnen Co-ed K–6 1975
St Thomas More's Primary School Campbell North Canberra Co-ed K–6 1960
St Thomas the Apostle School Kambah Tuggeranong Co-ed K–6 1977
St Vincent's Primary School Aranda Belconnen Co-ed K–6 1970

Catholic High and K–12 schools

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Name Suburb District M/F/Co-ed Years Category Founded Notes
Daramalan College Dickson North Canberra Co-ed 7–12 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart 1962
Marist College Canberra Pearce Woden Valley M 4–12 Marist Brothers 1968
Merici College Braddon North Canberra F 7–12 Systemic 1959
St Clare's College Griffith South Canberra F 7–12 Systemic 1965
St Edmund's College Griffith South Canberra M 4–12 Christian Brothers 1954
St Francis Xavier College Florey Belconnen Co-ed 7–12 Systemic 1976
St John Paul II College Nicholls Gungahlin Co-ed 7–12 Systemic 2013
St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra Isabella Plains and Wanniassa Tuggeranong Co-ed 7–12 Systemic 1998 formerly St Peter's Catholic College and Padua Catholic HS

Independent schools

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

Closed Non-Government schools

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Centre for Learning Innovation (2009). "School Name: NARRABUNDAH (2)". Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. ^ "CGS Outlook August 2014". Canberra Grammar School. August 2014. Page 12. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ History, 2015, Covenant Christian School, accessed 1 November 2015, <"» History Covenant Christian School Canberra". Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.>

References

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