List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory


This is a list of schools in the Australian Capital Territory, 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 Department of Education and Training.

Public schools

Primary schools (K–6)

Includes Early Childhood Schools and K–10 schools
NameSuburbDistrictOpenedWebsiteNotes
Ainslie SchoolBraddonNorth Canberra1927
Amaroo SchoolAmarooGungahlin2004K–10
Aranda Primary SchoolArandaBelconnen1969
Arawang Primary SchoolWaramangaWeston Creek1989Established following closure of Waramanga PS & Fisher PS
Bonython Primary SchoolBonythonTuggeranong1992
Calwell Primary SchoolCalwellTuggeranong1989
Campbell Primary SchoolCampbellNorth Canberra1961
Caroline Chisholm SchoolChisholmTuggeranong19856–10
Chapman Primary SchoolChapmanWeston Creek1975
Charles Conder Primary SchoolConderTuggeranong1994
Charles Weston SchoolCoombsMolonglo Valley2016
Charnwood-Dunlop SchoolCharnwoodBelconnen1975Formerly Charnwood PS
Curtin Primary SchoolCurtinWoden Valley1983Established following closure of North Curtin PS & South Curtin PS
Duffy Primary SchoolDuffyWeston Creek1973
Evatt Primary SchoolEvattBelconnen1974
Fadden Primary SchoolFaddenTuggeranong1985
Farrer Primary SchoolFarrerWoden Valley1970
Florey Primary SchoolFloreyBelconnen1989
Forrest Primary SchoolForrestSouth Canberra1958
Fraser Primary SchoolFraserBelconnen1979
Garran Primary SchoolGarranWoden Valley1967
Gilmore Primary SchoolGilmoreTuggeranong1987
Giralang Primary SchoolGiralangBelconnen1977
Gold Creek SchoolNichollsGungahlin1998K–10
Gordon Primary SchoolGordonTuggeranong1993
Gowrie Primary SchoolGowrieTuggeranong1983
Harrison SchoolHarrisonGungahlin2008K–10
Hawker Primary SchoolHawkerBelconnen1976
Hughes Primary SchoolHughesWoden Valley1964
Isabella Plains Early Childhood SchoolIsabella PlainsTuggeranong1988K–2; Formerly PS
Kaleen Primary SchoolKaleenBelconnen1976
Kingsford Smith SchoolHoltBelconnen2009
Latham Primary SchoolLathamBelconnen1972
Lyneham Primary SchoolLynehamNorth Canberra1959
Lyons Early Childhood SchoolLyonsWoden Valley1966K–2; formerly PS until 2008
Macgregor Primary SchoolMacgregorBelconnen1968
Macquarie Primary SchoolMacquarieBelconnen1968
Margaret Hendry SchoolTaylorGungahlin2019
Majura Primary SchoolWatsonNorth Canberra1989Established following closure of Watson PS, Hackett PS and Downer PS
Maribyrnong Primary SchoolKaleenBelconnen1979
Mawson Primary SchoolMawsonWoden Valley1968
Miles Franklin Primary SchoolEvattBelconnen1980
Monash Primary SchoolMonashTuggeranong1982
Mount Rogers Primary SchoolMelbaBelconnen1998Formed from Melba PS & Spence PS; formerly Mount Rogers Community School
Namadgi SchoolKambahTuggeranong2011K-9
Narrabundah Early Childhood SchoolNarrabundahSouth Canberra1952K–2; formerly PS until 2008; Also open 1894–1923
Ngunnawal Primary SchoolNgunnawalGungahlin1997
North Ainslie Primary SchoolAinslieNorth Canberra1958
O'Connor Co-operative SchoolO'ConnorNorth Canberra1978Early Childhood school
Palmerston District Primary SchoolPalmerstonGungahlin1995K-6
Red Hill SchoolRed HillSouth Canberra1960IB Primary Years Program since 2006
Richardson Primary SchoolRichardsonTuggeranong1984
Southern Cross Early Childhood SchoolScullinBelconnen1989K–2 since 2009; Established as Southern Cross PS following closure of Scullin PS & Page PS
Stromlo High SchoolWaramangaWeston Creek19726–10. Formerly Weston Creek HS until 1991
Taylor Primary SchoolKambahTuggeranong1978
Telopea Park SchoolBartonSouth Canberra1923K–10. IB Middle Years Program, French Brevet;
bilingual French-Australian since 1983
Theodore Primary SchoolTheodoreTuggeranong1991
Torrens Primary SchoolTorrensWoden Valley1968
Turner SchoolTurnerNorth Canberra1953
Wanniassa SchoolWanniassaTuggeranong1981K–10
Wanniassa Hills Primary SchoolWanniassaTuggeranong1978K–2. Formerly PS until 2009
Weetangera Primary SchoolWeetangeraBelconnen1973
Yarralumla Primary SchoolYarralumlaSouth Canberra1956Officially opened in 1957

High schools (7–10)

NameSuburbDistrictOpenedWebsiteNotes
Alfred Deakin High SchoolDeakinSouth Canberra1989Established following closure of Deakin HS & Woden Valley HS
Amaroo SchoolAmarooGungahlin2004K–10
Belconnen High SchoolHawkerBelconnen1971
Calwell High SchoolCalwellTuggeranong1990
Campbell High SchoolCampbellNorth Canberra1965
Canberra High SchoolMacquarieBelconnen1938Relocated 1969 from North Canberra
Caroline Chisholm SchoolChisholmTuggeranong1985K–10
Gold Creek SchoolNichollsGungahlin1998K–10
Harrison SchoolHarrisonGungahlin2008K–10
Kingsford Smith SchoolHoltBelconnen2009K–10
Lanyon High SchoolConderTuggeranong1996
Lyneham High SchoolLynehamNorth Canberra1959
Melba Copland Secondary School MelbaBelconnen1976IB Middle Years Program, Formerly Melba High School; merged in 2009 with Copland College
Melrose High SchoolPearceWoden Valley1970
Namadgi SchoolKambahTuggeranong2011K-10
Stromlo High SchoolWaramangaWeston Creek19726–10. Formerly Weston Creek HS until 1991
Telopea Park SchoolBartonSouth Canberra1923K–10. IB Middle Years Program, French Brevet;
bilingual French-Australian since 1984
Wanniassa SchoolWanniassaTuggeranong1981K–10
UC High School, KaleenKaleenBelconnen1978Formerly Kaleen High School

Secondary colleges (11–12)

NameSuburbDistrictOpenedWebsiteNotes
Canberra College StirlingWeston Creek1977Formerly Stirling College until 1997
Canberra College PhillipWoden Valley1976IB Diploma from 2009 until 2017. Formerly Phillip College until 1997
Dickson CollegeDicksonNorth Canberra1962Became College in 1976
Erindale CollegeWanniassaTuggeranong1981
Gungahlin CollegeGungahlinGungahlin2011
Hawker CollegeHawkerBelconnen1976
Lake Tuggeranong CollegeGreenwayTuggeranong1990
Melba Copland Secondary School MelbaBelconnen1978IB Diploma; Formerly Copland College; merged in 2009 with Melba High School
Narrabundah CollegeNarrabundahSouth Canberra1961IB Diploma, French Baccalaureate. Became College in 1976
UC Senior Secondary College, Lake GinninderraBelconnenBelconnen1987Formerly Lake Ginninderra College

Other schools, including Play Schools

NameSuburbDistrictOpenedWebsiteNotes
Black Mountain SchoolO'ConnorNorth Canberra1954Intellectual disabilities. Formerly Koomarri until 2003
Cranleigh SchoolHoltBelconnen1974Intellectual disabilities
German Australian PlayschoolTurnerNorth Canberra20063-5 year old children
Inner North PlayschoolAinslieCanberra20093-4 year old children
Koala PlayschoolCookBelconnen19903-4 year old children
Malkara SchoolGarranWoden Valley1970Intellectual disabilities
Turner Early Childhood CentreTurnerNorth Canberra1971Formerly Hartley Street School
The Woden SchoolDeakinSouth Canberra1974Intellectual disabilities
Wombats PlayschoolPageBelconnen1991A Pre-Preschool educational program for 3-4 year olds

Closed public schools

Private and Independent schools

Primary schools

NameSuburbCategoryDistrictOpenedWebsiteNotes
Canberra Christian SchoolMawsonChristianWoden Valley1972K-6, Previously Mawson Christian School
Canberra Montessori SchoolHolderMontessoriWeston Creek1980K-6
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary SchoolAmarooCatholicGungahlin2002K-6
Holy Family Parish Primary SchoolGowrieCatholicTuggeranong1985K-6
Holy Spirit Primary SchoolNichollsCatholicGungahlin1996K–6
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolCurtinCatholicWoden Valley1966K-6
Islamic School of CanberraWestonIslamicWeston Creek2011K-7
Mother Teresa Primary School HarrisonCatholicGungahlin2010K–6
Rosary Primary SchoolWatsonCatholicNorth Canberra1963K-6
Sacred Heart Primary SchoolPearceCatholicWoden Valley1970K-6
St Anthony's Primary SchoolWanniassaCatholicTuggeranong1980K-6
St Bede's Primary SchoolRed HillCatholicSouth Canberra1963K-6
St Benedict's Primary SchoolNarrabundahCatholicSouth Canberra1955K-6
St Clare of Assisi Primary SchoolConderCatholicTuggeranong1994K-6
St Francis of Assisi Primary SchoolCalwellCatholicTuggeranong1988K-6
St John the Apostle Primary SchoolFloreyCatholicBelconnen1979K-6
St John Vianney's Primary SchoolWaramangaCatholicWeston Creek1971K-6
St Joseph's Primary SchoolO'ConnorCatholicNorth Canberra1956K-6
St Jude's Primary SchoolHolderCatholicWeston Creek1975K-6
St Matthew's Primary SchoolPageCatholicBelconnen1972K-6
St Michael's Primary SchoolKaleenCatholicBelconnen1983K-6
St Monica's Primary SchoolEvattCatholicBelconnen1977K-6
Sts Peter & Paul Primary SchoolGarranCatholicWoden Valley1967K-6
St Thomas Aquinas Primary SchoolCharnwoodCatholicBelconnen1975K-6
St Thomas More's Primary SchoolCampbellCatholicNorth Canberra1960K-6
St Thomas the Apostle SchoolKambahCatholicTuggeranong1977K-6
St Vincent's Primary SchoolArandaCatholicBelconnen1970K-6
Taqwa SchoolSpenceIslamicK-4

High and K–12 schools

NameSuburbCategoryDistrictOpenedWebsiteNotes
Blue Gum Community SchoolHackettIndependentNorth Canberra1998K–10
Brindabella Christian College LynehamChristianNorth Canberra1980Main Campus; P-12; formerly O'Connor Christian School until 1997
Brindabella Christian College CharnwoodChristianBelconnen1980Junior Campus; P-4
Burgmann Anglican School GungahlinAnglicanGungahlin1998K-5, 9-12
Burgmann Anglican School FordeAnglicanGungahlin2009K–2, 6-8
Canberra Girls' Grammar SchoolDeakinAnglicanSouth Canberra1926K–12; Formerly Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School
Canberra Grammar SchoolRed HillAnglicanSouth Canberra1929IB Diploma Programme ; K–12
Covenant Christian SchoolGordonChristianTuggeranong1991K-10; Formerly a Presbyterian school called Covenant College. Registered for International students
Daramalan CollegeDicksonCatholicNorth Canberra19627-12
Emmaus Christian SchoolDicksonChristianNorth Canberra1997K–10
The Galilee SchoolMawsonIndependentWoden ValleyFor "at risk" students years 7 -10
Marist College CanberraPearceCatholic boysWoden Valley1968Boys 4–12
Merici CollegeBraddonCatholic girlsNorth Canberra19597-12
Orana Steiner SchoolWestonSteinerWeston Creek1981K–12
Radford CollegeBruceAnglicanBelconnen1984K–12
St Clare's CollegeGriffithCatholic girlsSouth Canberra19657-12
St Edmund's CollegeGriffithCatholic boysSouth Canberra1954Boys 4–12
St Francis Xavier CollegeFloreyCatholicBelconnen19767-12
St John Paul II CollegeNichollsCatholicGungahlin20137-12
St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra Isabella PlainsCatholicTuggeranong199810-12; Senior Campus, formerly St Peter's Catholic College
St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra WanniassaCatholicTuggeranong19987-9; Junior Campus, formerly Padua Catholic HS
Trinity Christian SchoolWanniassaChristianTuggeranong1980P–12

Closed private schools