Shailer Park State High School is a public co-educational secondary school located in the suburb of Shailer Park (Queensland, Australia). The school is located in the Logan City local government area.

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, becoming a district in 1971, a sub-district of Slacks Creek in 1977, and eventually a suburb in 1991. The school was the first school to operate in Shailer Park, being established on 29 January 1980.

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

Infrastructure

The school originally consisted of six buildings. 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," while in 2009, Shailer Park was one of 32 schools to take part in a welfare scheme.

Administration Staff When the school opened in 1980 it had a teaching staff of 8. As of 2024, the school has a teaching staff of 93 (Full-time equivalent: 86.8) and a non-teaching staff of 38 (Full-time equivalent of 31.6).

Parents and Citizens Committee

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

School Council

The school council was established under the on 1 August 2017.

Principals

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

+ Principals of the School Principal Tenure Initial Year Final Year Megan Herbert Dorothea Jensen Troy Ascott Richard Usher

Before this some of the noted principals included John Milne.

Students

Years

Until 2013, the school was teaching only year 8 to year 12. 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. Since 2014, Shailer Park State High School started catering for year 7 to year 12

Enrolment

When the school opened in 1980, there were 101 students initially enrolled. By 1991, there were 1,400 students enrolled. As of 2024, the school has an enrolment of 958 students, with a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,385 students. The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:-

+ Trend in enrolment figuresYearYearsBoysGirlsTotalSchool CapacityRef 7 8 9 10 11 12 2011 - - - - - - 420 367 787 - 2012 - - - - - - 363 341 704 - 2013 - - - - - - 340 332 672 - 2014 - - - - - - 314 334 648 - 2015 - - - - - - 349 347 696 - 2016 - - - - - - 377 332 709 - 2017 - - - - - - 349 347 696 - 2018 - - - - - - 474 439 913 - 2019 - - - - - - 529 457 986 - 2020 225 262 232 124 139 78 554 506 1,060 1,230 2021 210 227 254 213 107 120 601 530 1,131 1,230 2022 219 202 221 225 174 93 579 555 1,134 1,230 2023 192 210 189 201 174 149 575 540 1,115 1,385 2024 158 178 188 174 157 155 518 492 1,010 1,385 2025 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 493 465 958 1,385 2026 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Cultural Diversity Multiculturalism The recent trends in multicultural composition have been:

+ Trend in multiculturalismYearIndigenousLBOTERef 2014 5% 10% 2015 5% 9% 2016 5% 9% 2017 4% 8% 2018 4% 10% 2019 5% 10% 2020 5% 11% 2021 5% 10% 2022 5% 11% 2023 5% 13% 2024 5% 15% 2025 5% 17% 2026 TBA TBA

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:

+ School housesHouse NameHistorical FigureColourRef Barnes Kel H. Barnes Red Bilin Bilin Bilin Bilin Green Francis Francis Shailer Orange Karle Val Karle Purple

Controversies

In June 2019, the school was placed in a lockdown and a 12-year-old student was arrested after stabbing a 13-year-old student from behind during a class change which resulted in a non life threatening injury.

Notable alumni

Alumni Notoriety RefDaniel JonesMusician, songwriter, record producer and real estate agentRobbie McEwenFormer professional road cyclistJade PregeljAustralian rules football player

See also

List of schools in Greater Brisbane

References

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