Welcome to the Department of Education Schools Directory
This directory allows you to search for information about State schools, Non-state schools and Department of Education (DoE) Organisation units within Queensland.
Non-state schools include those that are not administered by the government and are affiliated with Queensland Catholic Education Commission (QCEC) or Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ). Boarding schools fit within this category. A link also shows on the Non-state schools (tab) to the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board's DirectoryGo to Non-State Schools Accreditation Board's Directory page for additional information.
A link for the Early Childhood website is also available on the Home screen.
The directory includes information about Schools that are ‘Open’, as well as some limited information about schools that are ‘Approved Future Centres’. These are Schools approved to open but not yet fully operational.
Note that state schools that have ‘Closed’ are not included, but a link to the Register of Recent School Openings, Closures and Name Changes is included on the Home screen.
Searches are not case sensitive, so it does not matter whether you use upper or lower case, or any combination e.g. Brisbane, brisbane, BRISBANE, brisBane.
Clicking on the Download button on the results returned page, will populate an excel spreadsheet with the returned results.
For Departmental staff, an option is available in the footer of the page to view the external (public facing) view of the Schools directory, when assisting the public with enquiries. As some restricted details for both state and non-state schools do not show in the public facing view.
Searching For Schools
There are four types of groupings offered using tabs. The first State schools (only), Non-state schools (only) with the third All Schools and Education Centres incorporates all state, non-state Schools and their as associated units. Organisation units also show.
State Schools Search
There are five search options available on the Basic Search screen. Any of search criteria can be used in isolation to search.
The first field can be used to search on complete or partial school names, addresses, suburbs, towns and cities etc. You can then narrow your search by using the Education Region or school type drop downs as well.
An option also exists to check the include campuses and/or include approved future centres to return those state schools that have campuses and/or are approved to but are not yet opened.
Only single selections can be made in each drop down in the Basic Search. However you can select multiple selections if you use the Advanced Search option (by clicking on a selection or multiple selections then clicking again to remove that selection). Then select the required tab – state schools, non-state schools, all schools and education centres or organisation units for the relevant search. The Advanced Search is available as a link at the top of the screen.
Selecting the Search button will activate your search using the criteria selected. With Reset clearing the displayed search criteria and returning the screen to the default view.
If you do not enter any search criteria in any of the fields, a list of all open state schools in Queensland will be displayed.
Non-state Schools Search
There are seven search options available on the Basic Search screen. Any of these fields can be used in isolation to search.
The first field can be used to search on complete or partial school names, addresses, suburbs, towns and cities etc. You can then narrow your search by using the Education Region or school type drop downs as well.
An option also exists to check the include boarding schools, include campuses and/or approved future centres to return those non-state schools that offer boarding, to include sites/campuses and/or are approved to, but are not yet opened.
Only single selections can be made in each drop down in the Basic Search. However you can select multiple selections if you use the Advanced Search option (by clicking on a selection or multiple selections then clicking again to remove that selection). Then select the required tab – state schools, non-state schools, all schools and education centres or organisation units for the relevant search. The Advanced Search is available as a link at the top of the screen.
Selecting the Search button will activate your search using the criteria selected. With Reset clearing the displayed search criteria and returning the screen to the default view.
If you do not enter any search criteria in any of the fields, a list of all of the Non-state schools in Queensland will be displayed.
All Schools and Education Centres Search
There are four search options on the search screen. Any of these fields can be used in isolation to search.
The first field can be used to search on complete or partial school names, addresses, suburbs, towns and cities etc. You can then narrow your search by using the Education Region field as well.
An option exists to check include approved future centres to return those schools that have campuses and/or are approved to but are not yet opened.
Only single selections can be made in each drop down in the Basic Search. However you can select multiple selections if you use the Advanced Search option (by clicking on a selection or multiple selections then clicking again to remove that selection). Then select the required tab – state schools, non-state schools, all schools and education centres or organisation units for the relevant search. The Advanced Search is available as a link at the top of the screen.
Selecting the Search button will activate your search using the criteria selected. With Reset clearing the displayed search criteria and returning the screen to the default view.
If you do not enter any search criteria in any of the fields then a list of all of the schools in Queensland (both state and non-State Schools and their associated units) will be displayed.
Organisation Units Search
There are two fields on the search screen. Either of these fields can be used in isolation to search.
The first field can be used to search on complete or partial school names, addresses, suburbs, towns and cities etc. You can then narrow your search by using the Education Region field as well.
An option exists to check include approved future centres to return those schools that have campuses and/or are approved to but are not yet opened.
Only single selections can be made in each drop down in the Basic Search. However you can select multiple selections if you use the Advanced Search option (by clicking on a selection or multiple selections then clicking again to remove that selection). Then select the required tab – state schools, non-state schools, all schools and education centres or organisation units for the relevant search. The Advanced Search is available as a link at the top of the screen.
Selecting the Search button will activate your search using the criteria selected. With Reset clearing the displayed search criteria and returning the screen to the default view.
If you do not enter any search criteria in any of the fields, a list of all of the open Departmental organisation units in the state will be displayed.
Organisation Units Search
Additional Search criteria are available on the Advanced Search page which is available as a link at the top of the screen. You can then select the required tab – all schools, state schools, non-state schools or organisation units. You can return to the Basic Search by selecting the - Home link.
The first field can be used to enter and search on centre names, addresses, suburbs, towns and cities.
Additional options exist to check relevant criteria and selections from drop downs to further refine your search.
For State Schools (advanced search) option exists to check include; Open Centres, Schools of Distance Education, Independent Public Schools and Enrolment Management Plan (if selected returns all the state schools with an Enrolment Management Plan in place). An option is also available to select Include Campuses and Approved Future Centres.
To return Approved Future Centres (only) select the check box, which will allow then allow you to uncheck Open Centres resulting in list of the Approved Future Centres (only).
Drop down options available to further refine your search and include; Type of school (Primary, Secondary, Combined or Special), Types of Centres (schools types), School Characteristics (flags used to identify programs or details to identify groups of schools), Alternative Education Programs, Education Region, ASGS Statistical Area level 2, ABS Remoteness Area, Local Government Area, State Electorate, Federal Electorate, School Band and total enrolment (from and to).
Multiple selections can be made in each drop down, by clicking on a selection (or clicking again to remove that selection).
For Non-state schools (Advanced Search) these options include; Open Centres, Boarding Schools, Special Assistance Schools, Approved Future Centres and Include Sites/Campuses.
Drop down options are available to further refine your search and include; Types of Centres (schools types), Type of school (Primary, Secondary, Combined or Special), Gender, Affiliation, Education Region, ASGS Statistical Area level 2, ABS Remoteness Area, Local Government Area, State Electorate, Federal Electorate and total enrolment (from and to).
Multiple selections can be made in each drop down, by clicking on a selection (or clicking again to remove that selection).
Map Search
The map search is done by using either the zoom buttons onscreen or the scroll roller on the mouse to zoom in on areas. The map can be moved around with the mouse point similar to most internet based mapping services.
Users can also click on clusters of schools to get a closer look at those clusters, zooming in further with also allow users to click on catchment areas or individual schools.
Clicking on an individual school will also show a highlighted area which is the school’s catchment area, also shown is the Schools name and centre code with links to option buttons to go to a more detailed information screen about the centre. A link to use the Google maps direction service and a link to report any information that is believed to be incorrect about the centre also shows.
Download
A download of school information (Centre Profile) is also available and includes contact and geographic details about a centre (including full time enrolments for each year level offered - for both state and non-state schools).
This can be run by either searching for a single or group of school(s) and then selecting the Download option at the top of the results screen. The results are exported to excel (in either a Tab or Comma delimited format)
Search Result
The search results are returned as a list of centres on the left of the screen. Basic details about the centre are displayed. Maps also display on the right of the screen
Further information about the school can be accessed by selecting More Details. You can also select get directions or report incorrect information from either the results list (on the right) or the icons showing on the school details (on the map on the left).
More Details
School Profile (tab): shows contact details for the school, Regional Reporting details, Email and web address links.
Zones and Districts (tab): shows geographic details about a centre (including Education Region, Federal, State, Local Government and Statistical Area Level 2 and the ABS Remoteness Area).
Enrolment details (tab): shows the school enrolments either by full or part time/count or full time equivalent (FTE). Results are displayed on screen by year level in a grid. If the school has campuses where enrolments are reported, the enrolment total will show against the host school, with links showing below to the Campuses that make up that enrolment total. A link to additional State School Statistics and Information available on the Department website, also shows.
Facilities details (tab): shows links to catchment maps, names of feeder schools, facilities planning and utilities information, Capital works projects, and maintenance.
Additional details (tab): shows any centres associated (hosted) by this centre, associated services (noted characteristics about the school e.g. if the school is a P-10, P-12, Independent Public School etc.), a link to the details of the Special Education Program which provides the cluster support program (if this is relevant to the school), the ABN and available Grants reports (for Departmental staff only).
Maps
When you select a centre on the left, the catchment map for that centre shows on the right of the screen with the relevant catchment colour coding. You can also zoom in by clicking on the map, to locate nearby schools.
The key for types of schools displays when selecting the information icon on the map.
Additional map selections are also available and include State and Federal Electorates and Education Regions. These options show on the top right of the map and may further assist with searching.