sean trethewey

We will be moving to the Gold coast in July and was hoping people would give us advice on good high schools mainly in the Robina,Mudgereba,Reedy creek, Merrimac,Carrara and Ashmore areas

Sean

Jonahs_mummy

My brother went to Trinity Lutheran (he is CofE) and says it was fantastic!
Trinity is on the edge of Ashmore/Molendinar. www.tlc.qld.edu.au

karenjc

If the Gold coast is anything like Brisbane then according to the latest results in the Aussie school league tables then state schools were out performing private schools. The Trinity school is a decent one so is the catholic school in Burleigh, which i can't remember the name of. Our daughter goes to Robina state primary with some other Expat kids their as well and our son goes to kindy in Mudgereba

sean trethewey

Thanks Claire it looks great but we were hoping to find a good state school as were unsure if we will be able to cover private school fee's

Jonahs_mummy

Yeah I understand Sean. Paul&Nic's kids go to Upper Coomera State College & by all accounts are loving it! http://uppercoomerasc.eq.edu.au/

sean trethewey

Hi we like the look of Robina state high school but were not sure if we will be living in the catchment area, but if we rent in the catchment area and then move out of it after will they push our children out?
also could you tell me what age children start school there?

Sorry about all the questions but schooling is a big issue for us.

sean trethewey

Any idea what the Ashmore state school is like Claire?

karenjc

Sean when aren't you asking lots of questions . Your fine we rent and will be moving out of the area and could leave Elise in the school but it would be a little to far to travel so we will be moving her. They start high school at 11 the same as the UK but primary starts at 6. They go to from prep from 4/5 but the government are making changes to this with more schools doing it

sean trethewey

Any idea how long it would take to drive from Carrara to Robina high?

karenjc

5/10 minutes depending on what part of Carrara your coming from. Its just one main road the Robina parkway, could be even quicker if they eventually get the extra lanes up and working.

sean trethewey

Jonahs_mummy

Hi Sean
That is where my bruv went to primary school & also where jonah/suzy will probably go. By all accts it a very good school.

Claire
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moneypenny20

Karen, they start high school at 12 - year 8 (QLD but not all states for anyone else).

First born went into grade 8 a tad too old but not much. She is 13. All the other kids will be 13 during this school year.

Sean, Merrimac is a good one but not heard anything bad about the others. There are only about two high schools that are not as favourable as all the rest on the GC but generally a high standard so you are unlikely to go wrong.

My eldest is at Elanora High - bit outside your radius but it's a great school and she is really enjoying it.

TheHallidays

Hi KarenJC,

You mention Aussie school league tables - where can I find these? Been looking for them for ages, was beginning to think there was no such thing!!

Cheers,

Jane

moneypenny20

There isn't really QLD have just started doing them this year, but they bear no relation to the league tables in the UK. You have to really understand what you are looking at.

Personally I never rated the UK ones and feel the same about the QLD ones. They only show how one particular year has performed and that is totally dependent on the children that were in that year.

Anyway for QLD list the link is

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.a...schoolsop.html

There is other info here:

http://thecouriermail.news.com.au/fe...004341,00.html
On that link there is a useful series of articles from the 4th April as to how to pick a school.