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For Non-Primary schools, see Queensland State High Schools

Queensland State Schools are schools that are part of the Queensland, Australia State Government provided universal free education system.

Primary Schools cater for Years 1 to 7 (covering students from 5 to 13 years). Years 1, 2 and 3 are sometimes known as Infants.

Highschools cater for Years 8 to 12.

There have also been a few schools, usually in extremely remote areas, that provide Years 1 to 10 (Hightop Primary Schools)

Contents 1 State education system 2 Primary schools 2.1 Naming of state primary schools 3 Queensland State Schools 4 External links

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 Education Queensland and also responsible for the Arts.

The system (in 2006) consisted of Preschools, Primary Schools (see below), High Schools, Special Schools (catering to the needs of those with physical and intellectual handicaps severe enough to prclude mainstreaming) and the Correspondence/Remote support service. 2007 will see an end to Preschools, with a compulsory Prep Year in Primary Schools (often referred to as Grade Zero) replacing them.

The Queensland system of State School schools grew out of the National Schools program, the first of which in Queensland was established in 1850 in Warwick, funded by the New South Wales government. Other national schools such as that at Drayton soon followed. After Queensland was declared independent of New South Wales in 1859, it assumed responsibility for Schools. In 1870, State Schools became free, and with the Education Act of 1875, provided for free, secular and compulsory education in State schools for all Queenslanders.

Primary Schools cater for Years 1 to 7 (covering students from 5 to 13 years). Years 1, 2 and 3 are sometimes known as Infants.

Highschools cater for Years 8 to 13.

In 2007, Preschool will be replaced with a Prep Year at Primary Schools, meaning that a typical State School will cater for years Prep to 7. (In some rare cases Prep to Year 10).

Primary schools tend to be more numerous and smaller than High Schools in the Queensland State education system.

Primary Schools rely strongly on the support and fundraising of their P&Cs (Parents and Citizens Associations).

Primary Schools in the Education Queensland system are normally named Suburb/Locality/Town/District State School. Unlike some other schooling systems, State Schools in Queensland are normally not (re)named to commemorate significant individuals or historic events.

See also: List of schools in Queensland where State Schools (Government Schools) are designated

• 1860 Warwick East State School (Founded as Queensland's first National School in 1850)
• 1860 Drayton State School (Founded as a National School in 1851)
• 1865 Toowoomba South State School
• 1867 Ipswich North State School
• 1869 Toowoomba North State School
• 1894 Brassall State School
• 2000 Queensland School for Travelling Show Children

• Education Queensland
  • A chronology of education in Queensland

1874 Pinkenba State School