School Profile

Our school provides a Secondary Education for both boys and girls from Years 8 to 12 as well as night classes for senior studies by adults through its Centre for Continuing Secondary Education (CCSE). Between 1200 and 1267 students attended the school in 2009 with the population reflecting the full range of professional, trade and labour backgrounds.

Demographic Mix

The school attracts students from all over the city but primarily from eight (8) major feeder schools. The school draws students from the surrounding “three M” suburbs of Manoora, Manunda and Mooroobool. In addition the school attracts students from a large crossection Cairns suburbs including; City View, Kanimbla, Whitfield, Edge Hill, Brinsmead, Freshwater and Redlynch.

Approximately 20% of students identify themselves as being indigenous (the vast majority of these being Torres Strait Islander). A significant proportion of these students board away from home at hostels or with family in order to attend a “mainstream” school in Cairns.

A small number of students attend the school as a result of migrant settlement programs operating in Cairns. These students come from varied backgrounds but mainly from Africa or Indochina.

Full fee paying international students currently represent a small cohort of students at the school.

Students with Special Needs
The school is a centre for meeting the needs of visually impaired, hearing impaired and speech/language impaired students.