Queensland state high schools
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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 [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 prclude 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 dormatories 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.
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 extend high school attendance requirements by one year, which would mean many students would reach legal adulthood, including the legal right to consume alcohol, during their final school year.
- There has been a long running debate about placing students over 16 (Legal Age of Consent in Queensland) in the same campuses as students as young as 12.
- School Chaplains provided by Scripture Union have been introduced in some schools.
List of Queensland SHSs
- Atherton State High School
- Aldridge State High School
- Beenleigh State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- Bundamba State Secondary College
- Bundaberg State High School
- Caboolture State High School
- Cairns State High School
- Calamvale Community College
- Clifton State High School
- Craigslea State High School
- Corinda State High School
- Deception Bay State High School
- Isis District State High School
- Kedron State High School
- Kenilworth Community College
- Kenmore State High School
- Kepnock State High School
- Maleny State High School
- Marsden State High School
- Miles State High School
- Narangba Valley State High School
- Noosa District State High School
- North Bundaerg State High School
- Redcliffe State High School
- Pine Rivers State High School
- The Gap State High School
- Toowoomba State High School
- Tully State High School
- Wavell State High School
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