Shailer Park State High School

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Shailer Park State High School
Location
Shailer Park State High School
3 Leaf Street

Shailer Park
,
Queensland
,
4128

Australia [1] [2] [3] [4]
Coordinates 27°39′44″S153°11′12″E / 27.662244°S 153.18658°E / -27.662244; 153.18658
Information
School type Public secondary day school [2] [4]
MottoExcellence in Learning and Life [5]
Religious affiliationNon-denominational [4]
Established1980 [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Authority Department of Education (Queensland)
PrincipalMegan Herbert [11] [12] [2]
Teaching staff
  • 92 (teaching) [13]
  • 40 (non-teaching) [13]
Year levels Year 7 – Year 12 [13] [2]
Gender Coeducational [14]
Enrolment1,010 [13] [14] : 2  (August 2024)
Capacity1,344 students [15]
Houses
  •   Barnes
  •   Bilin Bilin
  •   Francis
  •   Karle [10]
Colours
  •   Sky Blue
  •   Navy Blue
Website shailerparkshs.eq.edu.au [2]

Shailer Park State High School is a public [2] co-educational [14] secondary school [2] located in the suburb of Shailer Park (Queensland, Australia). [2] [1] [3] [4] The school is located in the Logan City local government area. [16]

Contents

History

The school derives its name from its location in the suburb of Shailer Park, named after a resident farming family, Francis and Catherine Shailer and their children, who arrived in the area in 1866, [16] becoming a district in 1971, [16] a sub-district of Slacks Creek in 1977, [16] and eventually a suburb in 1991. [16] The school was the first school to operate in Shailer Park, [17] being established on 29 January 1980. [6] [7] [8]

Motto

Since 2025, [18] the school's motto, as featured on the school crest, is "Excellence in Learning and Life". [5] This replaced the prior motto of "Achieve with Dignity", [3] used up until 2024. [19]

Infrastructure

The school originally consisted of six buildings. [10] In 1983, the school received a total of $711,541.94 in building and equipment grants; $625,850.48 for a "commerce block" and $85,691.46 for "manual arts – 2 drawing," [20] while in 2009, Shailer Park was one of 32 schools to take part in a welfare scheme. [21]

Administration

Staff

When the school opened in 1980 it had a teaching staff of 8. [10] As of 2024, the school has a teaching staff of 87 (Full-time equivalent: 83.3) and a non-teaching staff of 32 (Full-time equivalent of 24.7). [13]

Parents and Citizens Committee

The parents and citizens committee was established by Kel H. Barnes with the establishment of the school in 1980. [10]

School Council

The school council was established under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld) on 1 August 2017. [22]

Principals

In 1980, the school's first principal was Kel H. Barnes. [23] As of 2025, the school's current principal is Megan Herbert. [11] Recent principals have included:

Principals of the School
PrincipalTenure
Initial YearFinal Year
Megan Herbert
2023 [24] [25]
Current [11] [12]
Dorothea Jensen
2017 [26] : 2  [27]
2023 [28] [29]
Troy Ascott
2014 [30] : 1  [31]
2017 [32] [22]
Richard Usher
2009 [33]

Before this some of the noted principals included John Milne. [34] [3]

Students

Years

Until 2013, the school was teaching only year 8 to year 12. [35] : 4  As part of a 2013 trial, some twenty Queensland secondary schools started catering for year 7 to align Queensland with the other states as part of an early implementation of the official state-wide launch of Anna Bligh's 2015 "Flying Start" program. [36] Since 2014, [35] : 3  Shailer Park State High School started catering for year 7 to year 12 [2] [13]

Enrolment

When the school opened in 1980, there were 101 students initially enrolled. [10] By 1991, there were 1,400 students enrolled. [10] As of 2024, the school has an enrolment of 1,010 students, [14] : 2  [13] with a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,385 students. [15] [15] The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:-

Trend in enrolment figures
YearYearsBoysGirlsTotalSchool CapacityRef
789101112
2011------420367787- [35] : 4 
2012------363341704- [35] : 4 
2013------340332672- [35] : 4 
2014------314334648- [30] : 3  [37] : 3 
2015------349347696- [38] : 4  [39]
2016------377332709- [26] : 10  [40]
2017------349347696- [26] : 5  [41]
2018------474439913- [42] : 4  [43]
2019------529457986- [44] : 3  [45]
2020225262232124139785545061,0601,230 [46] : 2  [47] [48]
20212102272542131071206015301,1311,230 [49] : 2  [50] [51]
2022219202221225174935795551,1341,230 [52] : 2  [53] [54]
20231922101892011741495755401,1151,385 [55] : 2  [56] [57]
20241581781881741571555184921,0101,385 [14] : 2  [13] [58]
2025TBATBATBATBATBATBATBATBATBA1,385 [15]

Cultural Diversity

Multiculturalism

The recent trends in multicultural composition have been:

Student enrolment trends
YearIndigenousLBOTERef
20145%10% [37]
20155%9% [39]
20165%9% [40]
20174%8% [41]
20184%10% [43]
20195%10% [45]
20205%11% [47]
20215%10% [50]
20225%11% [53]
20235%13% [56]
20245%15% [13]
2025TBATBA

Sports

Houses

The school's four houses are named after historical figures from both the school's history and the history of the local area: [10]

School houses
House NameHistorical FigureColourRef
BarnesKel H. Barnes  Red [10]
Bilin Bilin Bilin Bilin   Green [10]
Francis Francis Shailer   Orange [10]
Karle Val Karle   Purple [10]

Controversies

In June 2019, the school was placed in lockdown and a 12-year-old student was arrested after a 13-year-old student received a non-life-threatening stabbing injury to the back during a school brawl. [59] [60] [61] [62]

Notable alumni

AlumniNotorietyRef
Daniel Jones Musician, songwriter, record producer and real estate agent [63]
Robbie McEwen Former professional road cyclist [64]
Jade Pregelj Australian rules football player [65]

See also

References

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