List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory

This is a list of schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), which houses Australia's capital city, Canberra. The Territory's education system consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from Kindergarten to Year 6, high schools, which accommodate students from Years 7 to 10, and secondary colleges, which are specialist Year 11–12 institutions. As a result of development in newer areas and mergers in existing areas, some schools accommodate more than one of the above year ranges. Certificates are awarded on the basis of continuous assessment of students' progress at the end of years 10 and 12 by the ACT Education Directorate.

While the Jervis Bay Territory is an internal territory of Australia, separate to the ACT, many of its government departments (including education) is managed by the ACT government and has a single primary school.

Public schools

Primary schools (K–6)

Includes Early Childhood Schools (K–2) and K–10 schools

Name Suburb District Opened Website Notes Ainslie School Braddon North Canberra 1927 Website Amaroo School Amaroo Gungahlin 2004 Website K–10 Aranda Primary School Aranda Belconnen 1969 Website Arawang Primary School Waramanga Weston Creek 1989 Website Established following closure of Waramanga PS & Fisher PS Bonython Primary School Bonython Tuggeranong 1992 Website Calwell Primary School Calwell Tuggeranong 1989 Website Campbell Primary School Campbell North Canberra 1961 Website Caroline Chisholm School Chisholm Tuggeranong 1985 Website 6–10 Chapman Primary School Chapman Weston Creek 1975 Website Charles Conder Primary School Conder Tuggeranong 1994 Website Charles Weston School Coombs Molonglo Valley 2016 Website Charnwood-Dunlop School Charnwood Belconnen 1975 Website Formerly Charnwood PS Curtin Primary School Curtin Woden Valley 1983 Website Established following closure of North Curtin PS & South Curtin PS Duffy Primary School Duffy Weston Creek 1973 Website Evatt Primary School Evatt Belconnen 1974 Website Evelyn Scott School Deman Prospect Molonglo Valley 2021 Website Fadden Primary School Fadden Tuggeranong 1985 Website Farrer Primary School Farrer Woden Valley 1970 Website Florey Primary School Florey Belconnen 1989 Website Forrest Primary School Forrest South Canberra 1958 Website Fraser Primary School Fraser Belconnen 1979 Website Garran Primary School Garran Woden Valley 1967 Website Gilmore Primary School Gilmore Tuggeranong 1987 Website Giralang Primary School Giralang Belconnen 1977 Website Gold Creek School Nicholls Gungahlin 1998 Website K–10 Gordon Primary School Gordon Tuggeranong 1993 Website Gowrie Primary School Gowrie Tuggeranong 1983 Website Harrison School Harrison Gungahlin 2008 Website K–10 Hawker Primary School Hawker Belconnen 1976 Website Hughes Primary School Hughes Woden Valley 1964 Website Isabella Plains Early Childhood School Isabella Plains Tuggeranong 1988 Website K–2; Formerly PS Jervis Bay School Jervis Bay - 1914 Website K–6 Kaleen Primary School Kaleen Belconnen 1976 Website Kingsford Smith School Holt Belconnen 2009 Website Latham Primary School Latham Belconnen 1972 Website Lyneham Primary School Lyneham North Canberra 1959 Website Lyons Early Childhood School Lyons Woden Valley 1966 Website K–2; formerly PS until 2008 Macgregor Primary School Macgregor Belconnen 1968 Website Macquarie Primary School Macquarie Belconnen 1968 Website Margaret Hendry School Taylor Gungahlin 2019 Website Majura Primary School Watson North Canberra 1989 Website Established following closure of Watson PS, Hackett PS and Downer PS Maribyrnong Primary School Kaleen Belconnen 1979 Website Mawson Primary School Mawson Woden Valley 1968 Website Miles Franklin Primary School Evatt Belconnen 1980 Website Monash Primary School Monash Tuggeranong 1982 Website Mount Rogers Primary School Melba Belconnen 1998 Website Formed from Melba PS & Spence PS; formerly Mount Rogers Community School Namadgi School Kambah Tuggeranong 2011 Website K–9 Narrabundah Early Childhood School Narrabundah South Canberra 1952 Website K–2; formerly PS until 2008; Also open 1894–1923 Ngunnawal Primary School Ngunnawal Gungahlin 1997 Website North Ainslie Primary School Ainslie North Canberra 1958 Website O'Connor Co-operative School O'Connor North Canberra 1978 Website Early Childhood school (P–2) Palmerston District Primary School Palmerston Gungahlin 1995 Website K–6Red Hill SchoolRed Hill South Canberra 1960 Website IB Primary Years Program since 2006 Richardson Primary School Richardson Tuggeranong 1984 Website Southern Cross Early Childhood School Scullin Belconnen 1989 Website K–2 since 2009; Established as Southern Cross PS following closure of Scullin PS & Page PS Stromlo High School Waramanga Weston Creek 1972 Website 6–10. Formerly Weston Creek HS until 1991 Taylor Primary School Kambah Tuggeranong 1978 Website Telopea Park School Barton South Canberra 1923 Website K–10. IB Middle Years Program, French Brevet;bilingual French-Australian since 1983 Theodore Primary School Theodore Tuggeranong 1991 Website Throsby SchoolThrosbyGungahlin2022Website Torrens Primary School Torrens Woden Valley 1968 Website Turner School Turner North Canberra 1953 Website Wanniassa School Wanniassa Tuggeranong 1981 Website K–10 Wanniassa Hills Primary School Wanniassa Tuggeranong 1978 Website K–2. Formerly PS until 2009 Weetangera Primary School Weetangera Belconnen 1973 Website Yarralumla Primary School Yarralumla South Canberra 1956 Website Officially opened in 1957Strathnairn SchoolStrathnairnBelconnen2026WebsiteOpened in 2026 for preschool to year 2 students. Students from year 3 to 6 will commence in 2027. A new public primary school in the Molonglo region is under development by the ACT Government, to be located in the suburb of Whitlam. The interim name for the school is Whitlam School and is scheduled to open to students in 2027.

High schools (7–10)

Name Suburb District Opened Website Notes Alfred Deakin High School Deakin South Canberra 1989 Website Established following closure of Deakin HS & Woden Valley HS Amaroo School Amaroo Gungahlin 2004 Website K–10 Belconnen High School Hawker Belconnen 1971 Website Calwell High School Calwell Tuggeranong 1990 Website Campbell High School Campbell North Canberra 1965 Website Canberra High School Macquarie Belconnen 1938 Website Relocated 1969 from North Canberra Caroline Chisholm School Chisholm Tuggeranong 1985 Website K–10 Evelyn Scott School Denman Prospect Molonglo Valley 2021 Website P–10 Gold Creek School Nicholls Gungahlin 1998 Website K–10Harrison SchoolHarrisonGungahlin2008WebsiteK–10 Kingsford Smith School Holt Belconnen 2009 Website K–10 Lanyon High School Conder Tuggeranong 1996 Website Lyneham High School Lyneham North Canberra 1959 Website Melba Copland Secondary School (High School Campus) Melba Belconnen 1976 Website IB Middle Years Program, Formerly Melba High School; merged in 2009 with Copland College Melrose High School Pearce Woden Valley 1970 Website Namadgi School Kambah Tuggeranong 2011 Website K–10 Stromlo High School Waramanga Weston Creek 1972 Website 6–10. Formerly Weston Creek HS until 1991 Telopea Park School Barton South Canberra 1923 Website K–10. IB Middle Years Program, French Brevet;bilingual French-Australian since 1984 Wanniassa School Wanniassa Tuggeranong 1981 Website K–10 UC High School, Kaleen Kaleen Belconnen 1978 Website Formerly Kaleen High SchoolAunty Agnes Shea High SchoolTaylorGungahlin2025WebsiteOpened to year 7 and 8 students in 2025Shirley Smith High SchoolKennyGungahlin2024WebsiteOpened to year 7 students in 2024

Secondary colleges (11–12)

Name Suburb District Opened Website Notes Canberra College (Weston Campus) Stirling Weston Creek 1977 Website Formerly Stirling College until 1997 Canberra College (Woden Campus) Phillip Woden Valley 1976 Website IB Diploma from 2009 until 2017. Formerly Phillip College until 1997 Dickson College Dickson North Canberra 1962 Website Became College in 1976 Erindale College Wanniassa Tuggeranong 1981 Website Gungahlin College Gungahlin Gungahlin 2011 Website Hawker College Hawker Belconnen 1976 Website Lake Tuggeranong College Greenway Tuggeranong 1990 Website Melba Copland Secondary School (College Campus) Melba Belconnen 1978 Website IB Diploma; Formerly Copland College; merged in 2009 with Melba High School Narrabundah College Narrabundah South Canberra 1961 Website IB Diploma, French Baccalaureate. Became College in 1976 UC Senior Secondary College, Lake Ginninderra Belconnen Belconnen 1987 Website Formerly Lake Ginninderra College A second college in the Gungahlin region is under development by the ACT Government, to be located in the suburb of Nicholls. The college is scheduled for completion by 2030.

Other schools, including Specialist Schools and Play Schools

Name Suburb District Opened Website Notes Black Mountain School O'Connor North Canberra 1954 Website Specialist school Formerly Koomarri until 2003 Cranleigh School Holt Belconnen 1974 Website Specialist school German Australian Playschool Turner North Canberra 2006 Website 3 to 5 year old children Inner North Playschool Ainslie Canberra 2009 Website 3 to 4 year old children Koala Playschool Cook Belconnen 1990 Website 3 to 4 year old children Malkara School Garran Woden Valley 1970 Website Specialist school Turner Early Childhood Centre Turner North Canberra 1971 Formerly Hartley Street School The Woden School Deakin South Canberra 1974 Website Specialist school Wombats Playschool Page Belconnen 1991 Website A Preschool educational program for 3 to 4 year olds.

Closed public schools The list below includes public schools that have closed in the ACT. The last public school closures were in 2008, when Higgins and Holt Primary were amalgamated into the new Kingsford Smith School.