Catholic Education Cairns

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Catholic Education in the Diocese of Cairns, Australia, educates over 11,200 students from north in the Torres Strait, west to the Atherton Tablelands, and as far as Tully in the South. There are 29 Catholic Schools in the Diocese, including primary, secondary, college and boarding.

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The Catholic Education Services office is located in Cairns, on the corner of Lake and Minnie Street, and takes all enquires for the Diocese.

List of schools and colleges

NameSuburbOpenedWebsiteNotes
Good Counsel College Innisfail 1975 Website Year 7 – 12

Co-Educational Day Schooling

Good Counsel Primary School Innisfail 1975 Website Prep – Year 6
Holy Cross Primary SchoolTrinity Park, Cairns 1987 Website Prep – Year 6

OSHCare

Holy Spirit College Cooktown Cooktown 2015 Website The focus of this college is the provision of education for disengaged young people which guides their spiritual, social, emotional, academic, and physical development through an engaging and individualised curriculum.
Holy Spirit College ManooraManoora, Cairns 2015 Website The focus of this college is the provision of education for disengaged young people which guides their spiritual, social, emotional, academic, and physical development through an engaging and individualised curriculum.
Mackillop Catholic CollegeMount Peter, Cairns 2016 Website Prep – Year 12 (Prep to Year 4 in 2017)

Co-Educational Day Schooling

Mother of Good Counsel School North Cairns 1936 Website Prep – Year 6

OSHCare

Mount St Bernard College Herberton 1921 Website Year 7 – 12

Co-Educational Day Schooling and Boarding

Our Lady Help of Christians School Earlville, Cairns 1964 Website Prep – Year 6

OSHCare

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School Thursday Island and Hammond Island 1886 Website Thursday Island Campus, Prep – Year 6

Hammond Island Campus, Prep – Year 3

St Andrews Catholic College Redlynch, Cairns 2001 Website Prep – Year 12

Co-Educational Day Schooling

OSHCare

St Anthony's Primary School Dimbulah 1966 Website Prep – Year 6
St Augustine's College Cairns City 1930 Website Year 7 – 12

Boys Only

Day Schooling Boarding

St Augustine's School Mossman 1934 Website Prep – Year 6

OSHCare

St Clare's School Tully 1928 Website Prep – Year 6
St Francis Xavier's School Manunda, Cairns 1967 Website Prep – Year 6

OSHCare

St Gerard Majella School Woree, Cairns 1988 Website Prep – Year 6

OSHCare

St John's Catholic School Silkwood 1948 Website Prep – Year 6
St Joseph's School Atherton 1923 Website Prep – Year 6
St Joseph's School Parramatta Park, Cairns 1927 Website Prep – Year 6

OSHCare

St Joseph's School Weipa 2016 Website Prep – Year 6
St Mary's College Woree, Cairns 1986 Website Year 7 – 12 Secondary

Co-Educational Day Schooling

St Michael's School Gordonvale 1923 Website Prep – Year 6

OSHCare

St Monica's Catholic College Cairns City 1890 Website Year 7 – 12

Girls Only

Day Schooling/ Boarding

St Rita's School Babinda 1926 Website Prep – Year 6
St Rita's School South Johnstone 1932 Website Prep – Year 6
St Stephen's Catholic College Mareeba 2006 Website Year 7 – 12

Co-Educational Day Schooling

St Teresa's Primary School Ravenshoe 1950 Website Prep – Year 6
St Therese's School Bentley Park, Cairns 1929 Website Prep – Year 6

OSHCare

St Thomas's School Mareeba 1909 Website Prep – Year 6

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See also

List of schools in Far North Queensland