List_of_schools_in_Tasmania Knowpia

Schools in the Tasmanian public education system include 123 primary schools (Kindergarten to Grade 6), 54 high schools (Grade 7 to 12), and 8 colleges (Grade 11 and 12). The public education system is run by the Department for Education, Children and Young People.

Of the high schools, 26 are district (or district high) schools, where in rural areas the primary and high schools are located on a single campus. There are also 6 support (or special) schools, 4 early learning centres, 1 infant school and distance education.

The largest public education institute in Tasmania is the University of Tasmania, with major campuses at Newnham (in Launceston) and Sandy Bay (in Hobart), along with a north-west centre in Burnie.

There are many non-government schools and colleges in Tasmania. Non-government schools generally have a religious affiliation, although the strength varies between schools. There are 70 registered non-government schools in Tasmania.

Government schools edit

Secondary schools edit

Name	Suburb	Opened	Notes
Bayview Secondary College	Rokeby	1980	Formerly Rokeby High School
Brooks High School	Rocherlea	1948
Burnie High School	Cooee	1916
Claremont College	Claremont	1990
Clarence High School	Bellerive	1959
Cosgrove High School	Glenorchy	1951
Deloraine High School	Deloraine	1952
Devonport High School	Devonport	1916
Don College	Devonport	1976
Elizabeth College	North Hobart	1911
Exeter High School	Exeter	1985
Hellyer College	Burnie	1976
Hobart City High School	New Town	2022	Amalgamation of New Town High School and Ogilvie High School
Hobart College	Mount Nelson	1913
Huonville High School	Huonville	1940
Jordan River Learning Federation – Senior School	Bridgewater	2011
Kings Meadows High School	Kings Meadows	1960
Kingston High School	Kingston	1972
Latrobe High School	Latrobe	1964
Launceston Big Picture School	Invermay	2016
Launceston College	Launceston	1913
Montrose Bay High School	Rosetta and Goodwood	2010
New Norfolk High School	New Norfolk	1954
Newstead College	Launceston	1997
Parklands High School	Romaine	1958
Prospect High School	Prospect	1965
Queechy High School	Norwood	1957
Reece High School	Devonport	1955
Riverside High School	Riverside	1962
Rose Bay High School	Rose Bay	1961
Rosny College	Rosny Park	1973
Scottsdale High School	Scottsdale	1922
Smithton High School	Smithton	1938
Taroona High School	Taroona	1958
Ulverstone Secondary College	Ulverstone	1953
Wynyard High School	Wynyard	1960

District schools edit

Name	Suburb	Opened	Notes
Bothwell District High School	Bothwell	1833
Bruny Island District School	Alonnah	1949
Campania District High School	Campania	1886
Campbell Town District High School	Campbell Town
Cape Barren Island School	Cape Barren Island	1890
Cressy District High School	Cressy	1840
Dover District High School	Dover	1919
Flinders Island District High School	Whitemark
Glenora District High School	Glenora	1848
King Island District High School	Currie
Lilydale District High School	Lilydale	1875
Mountain Heights School	Queenstown	1896
Oatlands District High School	Oatlands	1833
Ouse District School	Ouse	1847
Penguin District School	Penguin	2013
Port Dalrymple School	George Town	1999	Merger of George Town Primary School and George Town High School.
Rosebery District High School	Rosebery	1899
Sheffield School	Sheffield	1878
Sorell School	Sorell	1821
St Helens District High School	St Helens	1874
St Marys District High School	St Marys	1857
Tasman District High School	Nubeena
Triabunna District High School	Triabunna	1863
Winnaleah District High School	Winnaleah
Woodbridge School	Woodbridge	1871
Yolla District School	Yolla	1904

Primary and infant schools edit

Name	Suburb	Opened	Notes
Albuera Street Primary School	Hobart	1847
Andrews Creek Primary School	Wesley Vale	2013	Merger of Moriarty and Wesley Vale Primary Schools
Austins Ferry Primary School	Claremont	2011
Bagdad Primary School	Bagdad	1867
Beaconsfield Primary School	Beaconsfield	1883
Bellerive Primary School	Bellerive	1842
Bicheno Primary School	Bicheno
Blackmans Bay Primary School	Blackmans Bay
Boat Harbour Primary School	Boat Harbour	1888
Bowen Road Primary School	Moonah	1929
Bracknell Primary School	Bracknell	1866
Bridport Primary School	Bridport
Brighton Primary School	Brighton	1952
Burnie Primary School	Park Grove	1852
Cambridge Primary School	Cambridge	1864
Campbell Street Primary School	North Hobart	1926
Clarendon Vale Primary School	Clarendon Vale
Collinsvale Primary School	Collinsvale	1848
Cooee Primary School	Cooee	1915
Cygnet Primary School	Cygnet
Deloraine Primary School	Deloraine	1847
Devonport Primary School	Devonport	1886
Dodges Ferry Primary School	Dodges Ferry	1988
Dunalley Primary School	Dunalley	1885
East Derwent Primary School	Bridgewater	1891	Formerly Bridgewater Primary School. Part of The Jordan River Learning Federation (JRLF)
East Devonport Primary School	East Devonport	1856
East Launceston Primary School	East Launceston	1908
East Tamar Primary School	Mayfield
East Ulverstone Primary School	Ulverstone
Edith Creek Primary School	Edith Creek	1954
Evandale Primary School	Evandale	1834
Exeter Primary School	Exeter	1909
Fairview Primary School	New Norfolk
Forest Primary School	Forest	1880
Forth Primary School	Forth	1867
Franklin Primary School	Franklin	1860
Gagebrook Primary School	Gagebrook		Part of The Jordan River Learning Federation (JRLF)
Geeveston Primary School	Geeveston	1880
Glen Dhu Primary School	South Launceston	1895
Glen Huon Primary School	Glen Huon	1880
Glenorchy Primary School	Glenorchy	1839
Goodwood Primary School	Derwent Park	1954
Goulburn Street Primary School	West Hobart	1887
Hagley Farm Primary School	Hagley	1932
Havenview Primary School	Havenview	1963
Herdsmans Cove Primary School	Herdsmans Cove	1979	Part of The Jordan River Learning Federation (JRLF)
Hillcrest Primary School	Devonport
Howrah Primary School	Howrah	1961
Huonville Primary School	Huonville
Illawarra Primary School	Blackmans Bay
Invermay Primary School	Invermay	1889
Kempton Primary School	Kempton	1861
Kingston Primary School	Kingston	1860
Lansdowne Crescent Primary School	West Hobart	1916
Latrobe Primary School	Latrobe	1870
Lauderdale Primary School	Lauderdale	1965
Lenah Valley Primary School	Lenah Valley
Lindisfarne North Primary School	Geilston Bay	1895
Lindisfarne Primary School	Lindisfarne	1895
Longford Primary School	Longford	1830
Margate Primary School	Margate	1919
Miandetta Primary School	Miandetta	1970
Mole Creek Primary School	Mole Creek	1878
Molesworth Primary School	Molesworth	1881
Montagu Bay Primary School	Montagu Bay	1935
Montello Primary School	Montello
Moonah Primary School	Derwent Park	1911
Mount Nelson Primary School	Mount Nelson
Mount Stuart Primary School	Mount Stuart	1957
Mowbray Heights Primary School	Mowbray	1927
Natone Primary School	Natone	1957
New Norfolk Primary School	New Norfolk	1860s
New Town Primary School	New Town	1860
Nixon Street Primary School	Devonport	1959
Norwood Primary School	Norwood
Orford Primary School	Orford	1869
Perth Primary School	Perth	1833
Port Sorell Primary School	Port Sorell	2013
Princes Street Primary School	Sandy Bay	1922
Punchbowl Primary School	Newstead
Ravenswood Heights Primary School	Ravenswood	1996
Redpa Primary School	Redpa
Riana Primary School	Riana	1954
Richmond Primary School	Richmond	1834
Ridgley Primary School	Ridgley	1905
Ringarooma Primary School	Ringarooma	1880
Risdon Vale Primary School	Risdon Vale	1961
Riverside Primary School	Riverside
Rokeby Primary School	Rokeby
Romaine Park Primary School	Burnie	2011
Rosetta Primary School	Rosetta	1960
Sandy Bay Infant School	Sandy Bay	1888
Sassafras Primary School	Sassafras	1871
Scottsdale Primary School	Scottsdale	1868
Smithton Primary School	Smithton	1874
Snug Primary School	Snug
Somerset Primary School	Somerset	1865
South Arm Primary School	South Arm
South George Town Primary School	George Town	1967
South Hobart Primary School	South Hobart	1847
Sprent Primary School	Sprent	1950
Spreyton Primary School	Spreyton	1890
Springfield Gardens Primary School	West Moonah	1960
St Leonards Primary School	St Leonards	1862
Stanley Primary School	Stanley	1854
Strahan Primary School	Strahan	1890
Summerdale Primary School	Summerhill	1913
Swansea Primary School	Swansea	1860
Table Cape Primary School	Wynyard	1856	Formerly Wynyard Primary School
Taroona Primary School	Taroona	1915
Trevallyn Primary School	Launceston	1916
Ulverstone Primary School	Ulverstone	1870
Waimea Heights Primary School	Sandy Bay	1953
Warrane Primary School	Warrane
Waverley Primary School	Waverley	1956
West Launceston Primary School	West Launceston
West Ulverstone Primary School	West Ulverstone	1959
Westbury Primary School	Westbury	1839
Westerway Primary School	Westerway	1920
Wilmot Primary School	Wilmot
Windermere Primary School	Claremont	2010
Youngtown Primary School	Youngtown	1887
Zeehan Primary School	Zeehan	1872

Support schools edit

Name	Suburb	Opened	Notes
Ashley School	Deloraine
Northern Support School – Newstead Heights campus	Ravenswood
Northern Support School – St Georges campus	Ravenswood
North-Western Support School – Burnie	South Burnie
North-Western Support School – Devonport	Devonport
Southern Support School	Howrah	1969	Formerly Timsbury Road School

Early learning edit

Early Learning Tasmania Burnie
Early Learning Tasmania Devonport
Early Learning Tasmania Hobart
Early Learning Tasmania Launceston

Non-government edit

Catholic schools edit

Name	Suburb	M/F/Co-ed	Opened	Notes
Corpus Christi School	Bellerive	Co-ed	1936
Dominic College	Glenorchy	Co-ed	1973
Guilford Young College	Hobart and Glenorchy	Co-ed	1995
Holy Rosary School	Claremont	Co-ed	1961
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School	Lenah Valley	Co-ed	1961
John Paul II School	Rokeby	Co-ed	1983
Larmenier Primary School	St Leonards	Co-ed	1961
MacKillop College	Mornington	Co-ed	1994
Marist Regional College	Burnie	Co-ed	1972
Mount Carmel College	Sandy Bay	F	1942
Our Lady of Lourdes School	Devonport	Co-ed	1891
Our Lady of Mercy School	Deloraine	Co-ed	1895
Sacred Heart College	New Town	Co-ed	1888
Sacred Heart School	Geeveston	Co-ed	1938
Sacred Heart School	Launceston	Co-ed	1872
Sacred Heart School	Ulverstone	Co-ed	1889
St Aloysius Catholic College	Kingston Beach and Huntingfield	Co-ed	1960
St Anthony's School	Riverside	Co-ed	1958
St Brendan-Shaw College	Devonport	Co-ed	1981
St Brigid's School	New Norfolk	Co-ed	1926
St Brigid's School	Wynyard	Co-ed	1923
St Cuthbert's School	Lindisfarne	Co-ed	1938
St Finn Barr's Catholic School	Invermay	Co-ed	1894
St Francis Flexible Learning Centre	Chigwell	Co-ed		Alternative
St James' College	Cygnet	Co-ed	1962
St John's School	Richmond	Co-ed	1843
St Joseph's School	Queenstown	Co-ed	1899
St Joseph's School	Rosebery	Co-ed	1958
St Mary's College	Hobart	F	1868
St Patrick's College	Prospect	Co-ed	1918
St Patrick's School	Latrobe	Co-ed	1887
St Paul's School	Bridgewater	Co-ed	1984
St Peter Chanel Catholic School	Smithton	Co-ed	1979
St Therese's School	Moonah	Co-ed	1931
St Thomas More's School	Newstead	Co-ed	1938
St Virgil's College	Hobart and Austins Ferry	M	1911
Star of the Sea College	George Town	Co-ed	1957
Stella Maris School	Burnie	Co-ed	1862

Independent schools edit

Name	Suburb	M/F/Co-ed	Category	Opened	Notes
Australian Christian College	Burnie, Launceston and Hobart	Co-ed	Christian	1981	Formerly Seabrook Christian School
Calvin Christian School	Kingston	Co-ed	Christian	1962
Channel Christian School	Margate	Co-ed	Christian	1988
Circular Head Christian School	Smithton	Co-ed	Christian	1985
The Cottage School	Bellerive	Co-ed	Non-denominational	1975
Devonport Christian School	Devonport	Co-ed	Christian	1992
Eastside Lutheran College	Warrane	Co-ed	Lutheran	1982
Emmanuel Christian School	Rokeby	Co-ed	Christian	1979
Fahan School	Sandy Bay	F	Non-denominational	1935
The Friends’ School	North Hobart	Co-ed	Quaker	1887
Geneva Christian College	Latrobe	Co-ed	Christian	1967
Hilliard Christian School	Moonah	Co-ed	Adventist	1900
The Hutchins School	Sandy Bay	M	Anglican	1846
Indie School	Glenorchy and Devonport	Co-ed	Alternative
John Calvin School	Launceston	Co-ed	Christian	1965
Lambert School	North Hobart	Co-ed	Non-denominational	1975
Launceston Christian School	Riverside	Co-ed	Christian	1976
Launceston Church Grammar School	Mowbray	Co-ed	Anglican	1846
The Launceston Preparatory School	Launceston	Co-ed	Non-denominational
Leighland Christian School	Ulverstone	Co-ed	Christian	1976
Newstead Christian School	Newstead	Co-ed	Christian	1995
North West Christian School	Penguin	Co-ed	Adventist	1975
Northern Christian School	Bridgewater	Co-ed	Christian	1993
OneSchool Global	Claremont and Kings Meadows	Co-ed	Exclusive Brethren	1993	Formerly Oakwood School
Peregrine School	Nicholls Rivulet	Co-ed	Non-denominational	2000
Scotch Oakburn College	Launceston	Co-ed	Uniting	1979
Southern Christian College	Kingston	Co-ed	Christian	1986
St Michael's Collegiate School	Hobart	F	Anglican	1892
Tamar Valley Steiner School	Launceston	Co-ed	Steiner	2016
Tarremah Steiner School	Huntingfield	Co-ed	Steiner	1988

Closed edit

Government schools edit

Name	Suburb	Type	Opened	Closed	Notes
Abbotsfield Primary School	Claremont	Primary	1964	2009	Merged into Austins Ferry Primary School and Windermere Primary School
Acton Primary School	Acton	Primary		2020
Avoca Primary School	Avoca	Primary	1849	2010	Merged into Romaine Primary School
Branxholm Primary School	Branxholm	Primary		2011	Merged into Winnaleah District High School
Brent Street Primary School	Glenorchy	Primary	1980	2009	Merged with Glenorchy Primary School
Bridgewater High School	Bridgewater	High	1977	2011	merged into Jordan River Learning Federation
Bridgewater Primary School	Bridgewater	Primary	1891	2010	Merged into East Derwent Primary School and Greenpoint Primary School
Brooklyn Primary School	Brooklyn	Primary		2011	Merged into Romaine Primary School
Claremont High School	Claremont	High	1961	2010	Merged into Montrose Bay High School
Claremont Primary School	Claremont	Primary	1924	2009	Merged into Austins Ferry Primary School and Windermere Primary School
Elizabeth St School	North Hobart	Primary	1890	1968	Site became Elizabeth College
Fingal Primary School	Fingal	Primary	1856		Became a campus of Campus of St Marys District High School
Geilston Bay High School	Geilston Bay	High	1972	2013	Lindisfarne North Primary School moved on to site in 2015. ^[1]
Hazlewood School	Moonah	Special	1996	2010s
Inglis Primary School	Wynyard	Primary	1856	2009	Was renamed to Table Cape Primary School (Bowick Street Campus) in 1998
Levendale Primary School	Levendale	Primary		2018	Now used as Levendale Community Centre
Mayfield Primary School	Mayfield	Primary		2013	Merged into East Tamar Primary School
Meander Primary School	Meander	Primary	1891	2014
Mornington Primary School	Mornington	Primary		1992	Campus now Mackillop College
Mt Faulkener Primary School	Chigwell	Primary	1958	2010	Formerly Chigwell Primary School, Merged into Austins Ferry Primary School and Windermere Primary School
Ogilvie High School	New Town	High	1937	2022	Merged into Hobart City High School
Newtown High School	New Town	High	1919	2022	Merged into Hobart City High School
Penguin High School	Penguin	High		2013	Merged into Penguin District School
Penguin Primary School	Penguin	Primary	1869	2013	Merged into Penguin District School
Paloona State School	Paloona			1929	Closed in 1929 due to poor attendance caused by extensive bad weather. From 1930 students attended Melrose State School^[2]
Ravenswood High School	Ravenswood	High		1997
Rocherlea Primary School	Rocherlea	Primary		2013	Merged into East Tamar Primary School
Roseneath Primary School	Claremont	Primary	1970	2009	Merged into Austins Ferry Primary School and Windermere Primary School
Rosetta High School	Rosetta	High	1965	2010	Merged into Montrose Bay High School
Upper Burnie Primary School	Upper Burnie	Primary		2010	Merged into Romaine Primary School
Waratah Primary School	Waratah	Primary		2009	Merged with Ridgley Primary School
West Somerset Primary School	Somerset	Primary			Merged with Somerset Primary School and remained in the same place, While Somerset Primary closed its other site in 2010.

Non-government schools edit

Name	Suburb	Category	Opened	Closed	Notes
Broadland House, Church of England Girls' Grammar School	Launceston	Anglican Girls	1860	1982	now part of Launceston Church Grammar School
Clemes College	New Town	Quaker	1900	1946	Now part of The Friends' School
Capstone College	Poatina		2016	2022	Alternative School
Herrick Presbyterian Covenant School	Herrick	Presbyterian		2015
Holy Name College	Glenorchy	Catholic Girls	1964	1973	Merged into Dominic College
Horton College	Ross	Methodist Boys	1852	1893	Demolished; parts used for The Hutchins School and Scotch Oakburn College
Launceston Steiner School	Launceston	Steiner		2000s
Lourdes Hill College	Cygnet	Catholic Boys	1944	1962	Now part of St James Catholic College
Marian College	Launceston	Catholic Girls	1978	1984	Merger of Sacred Heart and St Thomas More’s; now part of St Patrick's College
Marist College	Burnie	Catholic Boys	1959	1972	Merged into Marist Regional College
Methodist Ladies College/Oakburn College	Launceston	Methodist	1886	1979	Now part of Scotch Oakburn College
Our Lady Help of Christians School	Launceston	Catholic	1961	1988	Now part of St Finn Barr's Catholic Primary School
Sacred Heart College	Launceston	Catholic Girls	1872	1978	Merged into St Patrick's College and Sacred Heart School, Launceston
Savio College	Glenorchy	Catholic Boys	1946	1973	Merged into Dominic College
Scotch College	Launceston	Presbyterian Boys	1901	1979	Merged into Scotch Oakburn College
Shaw College	Devonport	Catholic Girls	1969	1981	Merged into St Brendan-Shaw College
St Brendan’s College	Devonport	Catholic Boys	1960	1981	Merged into St Brendan-Shaw College
St Francis Xavier’s School	South Hobart	Catholic	1965	1973
St John’s School	Glenorchy	Catholic	1959	1973	Merged into Dominic College
St Joseph's College	Hobart	Catholic Girls	1847	1964	Now part of Mount Carmel College
St Luke’s School	South Hobart	Catholic	1863	1949
St Mary’s School	Cygnet	Catholic Girls	1896	1962	Now part of St James Catholic College
St Peter's School	Hobart	Catholic Boys	1893	1996	Now part of St Virgil's College
St Thomas More's College	Launceston	Catholic Girls	1938	1978	Now part of St Patrick's College and St Thomas More's School
Stella Maris Girls College	Burnie	Catholic Girls	1966	1972	Merged into Marist Regional College
Tasmanian Christian Academy	Geilston Bay	Christian			Now part of Australian Christian College
Trinity College	Poatina	Christian		2010s

References edit

^ https://www.premier.tas.gov.au/releases/lindisfarne_north_to_relocate_to_former_geilston_bay_high_school_site
^ "Kentish Council". Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890–1954). 4 August 1930. p. 5.