Queensland State High Schools

Queensland State High Schools cater for Years 8 to 12 (covering students from 12 to 17). Years 8, 9 and 10 are known as Junior and Years 11 and 12 are known as Senior. The term "Senior" is widely applied to those in Year 12. The technical term Sub-senior is sometimes encountered in relation to Year 11, but is not in widespread use.

State education system

Queensland, Australia has an extensive State education system, which is free and open to all residents, administered by and funded through a Queensland State Government Department now known as [http://education.qld.gov.au/ Education Queensland] and also responsible for the Arts.

The system (in 2006) consisted of Preschools, Primary Schools generally called State Schools, High Schools, Special Schools (catering to the needs of those with physical and intellectual handicaps severe enough to preclude mainstreaming) and the Correspondence/Remote support service. In 2007, Preschools will be replaced by a Prep year at Primary Schools.

Naming of schools

Secondary Schools in the Education Queensland system are normally named Town/District State High School, and often referred to by their acronym eg TSHS. Unlike some other schooling systems, State High Schools in Queensland are normally not (re)named to commemorate significant individuals or historic events.A few schools (e.g. Bundamba State Secondary College) have adopted other styles of names. Some schools have been renamed from Town SHS to District SHS, this sometimes occures when smaller schools in a district are closed, and rural school bus services to the major centre provided instead.

Variations

In some rural areas, small local State High Schools cater only to years 8 to 10, with students continuing to Year 12 busing to a larger centre for their final two years. There have also been a few schools, usually in extremely remote areas, that provide Years 1 to 10 (Hightop Primary Schools), with those wishing to complete Senior usually moving to a larger centre to complete their schooling.

A very small number of State High Schools offer or have offered either dormitories or out-boarding placements, however the majority of boarding schools in Queensland are religiously affiliated, mostly Anglican, Lutheran or Catholic schools.

In recent years, some new schools have been built with a clear division between the Junior (years 8 to 10) and Senior (years 11 & 12) facilities, with the Junior sub-campus referred to as the Middle School.

Completion

* Queensland Certificate of Education: Certificate of completion at the end of Year Twelve, will be considered a minimum qualification for most employment. A certificate was historically given at the conclusion of grade 10, known as the "junior certificate", while the final certificate received at the conclusion of grade 12 was the "senior certificate". It is now Queensland Government policy that student must remain in education, training, or work, until they are 17. It has come to be known as the "earning or learning" policy.

Under the previous system, Apprenticeships and other post (Junior) Secondary employment and training options, coupled with compulsory attendance only until 15 saw many students leave to enter the workforce before completing the Junior Certificate. Changes to employment conditions, compulsory education requirements and other factors have seen most students now completing Junior and attending through to Senior Certificate level. Now all students must achieve either a Queensland Certificate of Education or be working full time.

This system has only recently been applied to the state's system and so the last group of year 12's to receive the traditional "Senior Certificate" will be that to graduate at the end of 2007. Following this year all groups will receive a "Certificate of Education", the difference being that this does not show subjects which have been studied and failed, rather only subjects which have been studied and successfully passed.

Controversies

* There is a proposal to bring the Queensland education system in line with those of other states by extending high school attendance requirements by one year. This would mean many students would reach legal adulthood (the age of 18), including the legal right to consume alcohol, during their final school year.

List of Queensland SHSs

A

* Aldridge State High School
* Aspley State High School
* Atherton State High School
* Aviation High (Formerly Hendra Secondary College)
* All Saint Anglican School

B

* Balmoral State High School
* Beaudesert State High School
* Beenleigh State High School
* Beerwah State High School
* Benowa state high school
* Bowen State High School
* Bremer State High School
* Bray Park State High School
* Bribie Island State High School
* Brisbane School of Distance Education
* Brisbane State High School
* Browns Plains State High School
* Bundamba State Secondary College
* Bundaberg State High School
* Burnside State High School

C

* Caboolture State High School
* Cairns State High School
* Calamvale Community College
* Caloundra State High School
* Centenary Heights State High School
* Centenary State High School
* Chancellor State College
* Clifton State High School
* Coolum State High School
* coombabah state high school
* Coorparoo Secondary College http://www.coorparoosecondarycollege.eq.edu.au/wcmss/
* Corinda State High School
* Craigslea State High School

D-J

* Deception Bay State High School
* Earnshaw State College
* Elanora State High School
* Flagstone State Community College
* Forest Lake State High School
* Gladstone State High School
* Glenala State High School
*Gympie State High School
* Harristown State High School
*Heatley Secondary College
* Helensvale state high school
*Hervey Bay State High
*Home Hill State High School
* Indooroopilly State High School
* Innisfail State High School
* Ipswich State High School
* Isis District State High School
* James Nash State High School

K-L

* Kawana Waters State High School (Changed in 2007 to Kawana-Bokarina State College)
* Keebra Park State High School
* Kedron State High School
* Kenilworth Community College
* Kenmore State High School
* Kepnock State High School
* Kimberley College
* Kirwan State High School
* Lockyer District High School
* Loganlea State High School
* Lowood State High School

M

* Mabel Park State High School
* MacGregor State High School
* Mackay North State High School
* Mackay State High School
* Maleny State High School
* Mansfield State High School
* Mareeba State High School
* Maroochydore State High School
* Marsden State High School
* Maryborough State High School
* Miles State High School
* Morayfield State High School
* Mount Gravatt State High School
* Mountain Creek State High School

N

* Nambour State High School
* Nanango State High School
* Narangba Valley State High School
* Noosa District State High School
* North Bundaberg State High School
* North Rockhampton State High School
* Northern Beaches State High School
* Nyanda State High School
* Nerang State High School

P-S

* Pacific Pines State High School
* Palm Beach Currumbin State High School
* Park Ridge State High School
* Pimlico State High School
* Pine Rivers State High School
* Pioneer State High School
* Queensland Academy for Creative Industries
* Queensland Academy for Health Sciences
* Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology
* Redcliffe State High School
* Robina State High School
* Rochedale State High School
* Runcorn State High School
* Sandgate District State High School
* Sarina State High School
* Southport State High School
* Spinnifex State High School
* Springwood State High School
* Stanthorpe State High School
* Sunnybank State High School
* Sunshine Beach State High School

T

* Tamborine Mountain State High School
* The Gap State High School
* The Springfield College
* Thuringowa State High School
* Trinity Bay State High School
* Toolooa State High School
* Toowong State High School (site now Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology)
* Toowoomba State High School
* Townsville State High School
* Tullawong State High School
* Tully State High School

U-Y

* Upper Mount Gravatt State High School
* Urangan State High School
* Victoria Point State High School
* Warwick State High School
* Wavell State High School
* Wellington Point State High School
* William Ross State High School
* Woree State High School
* Wynnum North State High School
* Wynnum State High School
* Yeppoon State High School

External links

* [http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/directory/ Schools Directory]