# 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. It has a single primary school, which has been added to this list.

## 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 | |
| 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–6 |
| Red Hill School | Red 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 School | Throsby | Gungahlin | 2022 | | |
| 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 1957 |

### 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 |
| Gold Creek School | Nicholls | Gungahlin | 1998 | Website | K–10 |
| Harrison School | Harrison | Gungahlin | 2008 | Website | K–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 School |

### 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 |

### Other schools, including Play Schools

| Name | Suburb | District | Opened | Website | Notes |
| Black Mountain School | O'Connor | North Canberra | 1954 | Website | Intellectual disabilities. Formerly Koomarri until 2003 |
| Cranleigh School | Holt | Belconnen | 1974 | Website | Intellectual disabilities |
| 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 | Intellectual disabilities |
| Turner Early Childhood Centre | Turner | North Canberra | 1971 | | Formerly Hartley Street School |
| The Woden School | Deakin | South Canberra | 1974 | Website | Intellectual disabilities |
| Wombats Playschool | Page | Belconnen | 1991 | Website | A Preschool educational program for 3 to 4 year olds. |

### Closed public schools

| Name | Suburb | District | Opened | Closed | Notes |
| Acton Primary School | Acton | North Canberra | 1920 | 1923 | |
| Canberra Primary School | City | North Canberra | 1880 | 1914 | |
| Charnwood High School | Charnwood | Belconnen | 1981 | 1996 | |
| Chifley Primary School | Chifley | Woden Valley | 1966 | 1988 | Closed and reformed as Melrose PS |
| Cook Primary School | Cook | Belconnen | 1969 | 2007 | |
| Cotter River School | Cotter Dam | | 1914 | 1917 | Temporary school for children of the workers of the Cotter Dam |
| Deakin High School | Deakin | South Canberra | 1966 | 1988 | Closed and reformed as Alfred Deakin HS |
| Downer Primary School | Downer | North Canberra | 1962 | 1988 | Merged with Watson PS and Hackett PS to Become Majura PS |
| Duntroon Primary School | Campbell | North Canberra | 1914 | 1971 | |
| Fisher Primary School | Fisher | Weston Creek | 1972 | 1988 | |
| Flynn Primary School | Flynn | Belconnen | 1974 | 2006 | |
| Ginninderra School | Nicholls | Gungahlin | 1870 | 1911 | |
| Ginninderra District High School | Holt | Belconnen | 1974 | 2005 | Demolished and Kingsford Smith School built on site |
| Griffith Primary School | Griffith | South Canberra | 1955 | 1995 | |
| Gungahleen School | Lyneham | North Canberra | 1873 | 1923 | |
| Hackett Primary School | Hackett | North Canberra | 1964 | 1991 | Merged with Downer PS and Watson PS to become Majura PS |
| Hall Primary School | Hall | | 1911 | 2006 | |
| Higgins Primary School | Higgins | Belconnen | 1971 | 2008 | Amalgamated into Kingsford Smith School |
| Holder High School | Holder | Weston Creek | 1975 | 1993 | Amalgamated with Weston Creek (Stromlo) HS in 1991 |
| Holder Primary School | Holder | Weston Creek | 1972 | 1991 | |
| Holt Primary School | Holt | Belconnen | 1973 | 2008 | Amalgamated into Kingsford Smith School |
| Kambah High School | Kambah | Tuggeranong | 1976 | 2007 | Closed and rebuilt as Namadgi School in 2011 |
| Kowen School | Kowen Forest | | 1875 | 1906 | |
| Majura School | Majura | | 1874 | 1930 | |
| Melba Primary School | Melba | Belconnen | 1973 | 1997 | Merged with Spence PS to form Mount Rogers Community School |
| Melrose Primary School | Chifley | Woden Valley | 1989 | 2006 | Established following closure of Chifley PS & Pearce PS |
| Mount Neighbour Primary School | Kambah | Tuggeranong | 1975 | 2006 | |
| Mulligans Flat School | Throsby | Gungahlin | 1896 | 1931 | |
| Narrabundah School | Narrabundah | South Canberra | 1886 | 1900 | |
| North Curtin Primary School | Curtin | Woden Valley | 1966 | 1982 | Closed and reformed with South Curtin PS as Curtin PS |
| Page Primary School | Page | Belconnen | 1970 | 1988 | |
| Pearce Primary School | Pearce | Woden Valley | 1967 | 1988 | |
| Rivett Primary School | Rivett | Weston Creek | 1972 | 2006 | |
| Royalla Public School | Royalla | | 1892 | 1935 | |
| Russell Hill Primary School | Russell | North Canberra | 1927 | 1930 | |
| School Without Walls | Acton, Braddon and Ainslie | North Canberra | 1974 | 1997 | Closed by the department |
| Scullin Primary School | Scullin | Belconnen | 1970 | 1988 | Closed and reformed as Southern Cross PS |
| South Curtin Primary School | Curtin | Woden Valley | 1965 | 1982 | Closed and reformed with North Curtin PS as Curtin PS |
| Spence Primary School | Spence | Belconnen | 1977 | 1997 | Merged with Melba PS to form Mount Rogers Community School |
| Tharwa Primary School | Tharwa | | 1899 | 2006 | |
| Tuggeranong School | Chisholm | Tuggeranong | 1870 | 1940 | |
| Urambi Primary School | Kambah | Tuggeranong | 1976 | 2010 | |
| Uriarra Primary School | Uriarra | | 1936 | 2001 | Also open 1897–1907 |
| Village Creek Primary School | Kambah | Tuggeranong | 1975 | 2007 | |
| Waramanga Primary School | Waramanga | Weston Creek | 1970 | 1988 | Closed and reformed as Arawang PS |
| Watson High School | Watson | North Canberra | 1965 | 1988 | |
| Watson Primary School | Watson | North Canberra | 1970 | 1988 | Closed and reformed with Downer PS and Hackett PS as Majura PS |
| Weston Creek High School | Waramanga | Weston Creek | 1972 | 1991 | Merged with Holder HS to form Stromlo HS |
| Weston Creek Primary School | Weston | Weston Creek | 1971 | 2006 | Formerly Weston PS until 2001 |
| Williamsdale Primary School | Williamsdale | | 1892 | 1949 | |
| Woden Valley High School | Phillip | Woden Valley | 1968 | 1988 | |
| Yarralumla School | Yarralumla | South Canberra | 1850 | 1906 | |

## Non-Government schools
### Catholic Primary schools

See Catholic education in Australia
| Name | Suburb | District | M/F/Co-ed | Years | Founded |
| Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School | Amaroo | Gungahlin | Co-ed | K–6 | 2002 |
| Holy Family Parish Primary School | Gowrie | Tuggeranong | Co-ed | K–6 | 1985 |
| Holy Spirit Primary School | Nicholls | Gungahlin | Co-ed | K–6 | 1996 |
| Holy Trinity Primary School | Curtin | Woden Valley | Co-ed | K–6 | 1966 |
| Mother Teresa Primary School (a campus of Good Shepherd Primary School Amaroo) | Harrison | Gungahlin | Co-ed | K–6 | 2010 |
| Rosary Primary School | Watson | North Canberra | Co-ed | K–6 | 1963 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | Pearce | Woden Valley | Co-ed | K–6 | 1970 |
| St Anthony's Primary School | Wanniassa | Tuggeranong | Co-ed | K–6 | 1980 |
| St Bede's Primary School | Red Hill | South Canberra | Co-ed | K–6 | 1963 |
| St Benedict's Primary School | Narrabundah | South Canberra | Co-ed | K–6 | 1955 |
| St Clare of Assisi Primary School | Conder | Tuggeranong | Co-ed | K–6 | 1994 |
| St Francis of Assisi Primary School | Calwell | Tuggeranong | Co-ed | K–6 | 1988 |
| St John the Apostle Primary School | Florey | Belconnen | Co-ed | K–6 | 1979 |
| St John Vianney's Primary School | Waramanga | Weston Creek | Co-ed | K–6 | 1971 |
| St Joseph's Primary School | O'Connor | North Canberra | Co-ed | K–6 | 1956 |
| St Jude's Primary School | Holder | Weston Creek | Co-ed | K–6 | 1975 |
| St Matthew's Primary School | Page | Belconnen | Co-ed | K–6 | 1972 |
| St Michael's Primary School | Kaleen | Belconnen | Co-ed | K–6 | 1983 |
| St Monica's Primary School | Evatt | Belconnen | Co-ed | K–6 | 1977 |
| Sts Peter & Paul Primary School | Garran | Woden Valley | Co-ed | K–6 | 1967 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Primary School | Charnwood | Belconnen | Co-ed | K–6 | 1975 |
| St Thomas More's Primary School | Campbell | North Canberra | Co-ed | K–6 | 1960 |
| St Thomas the Apostle School | Kambah | Tuggeranong | Co-ed | K–6 | 1977 |
| St Vincent's Primary School | Aranda | Belconnen | Co-ed | K–6 | 1970 |

### Catholic High and K–12 schools

See Catholic education in Australia
| Name | Suburb | District | M/F/Co-ed | Years | Category | Founded | Notes |
| Daramalan College | Dickson | North Canberra | Co-ed | 7–12 | Missionaries of the Sacred Heart | 1962 | |
| Marist College Canberra | Pearce | Woden Valley | M | 4–12 | Marist Brothers | 1968 | |
| Merici College | Braddon | North Canberra | F | 7–12 | Systemic | 1959 | |
| St Clare's College | Griffith | South Canberra | F | 7–12 | Systemic | 1965 | |
| St Edmund's College | Griffith | South Canberra | M | 4–12 | Christian Brothers | 1954 | |
| St Francis Xavier College | Florey | Belconnen | Co-ed | 7–12 | Systemic | 1976 | |
| St John Paul II College | Nicholls | Gungahlin | Co-ed | 7–12 | Systemic | 2013 | |
| St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra | Isabella Plains and Wanniassa | Tuggeranong | Co-ed | 7–12 | Systemic | 1998 | formerly St Peter's Catholic College and Padua Catholic HS |

### Independent schools

| Name | Suburb | District | M/F/Co-ed | Years | Category | Founded | Notes |
| Blue Gum Community School | Hackett | North Canberra | Co-ed | K–10 | Independent | 1998 | |
| Brindabella Christian College | Lyneham and Charnwood | North Canberra and Belconnen | Co-ed | P–12 | Christian | 1980 | formerly O'Connor Christian School until 1997 |
| Burgmann Anglican School | Gungahlin and Forde | Gungahlin | Co-ed | K–12 | Anglican | 1998 | |
| Canberra Christian School | Mawson | Woden Valley | Co-ed | K–6 | Christian | 1972 | Previously Mawson Christian School |
| Canberra Girls' Grammar School | Deakin | South Canberra | F | K–12 | Anglican | 1926 | Formerly Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School |
| Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill | South Canberra | Co-ed | K–12 | Anglican | 1929 | IB Diploma Programme (currently introducing IB PYP); |
| Canberra Montessori School | Holder | Weston Creek | Co-ed | K–6 | Montessori | 1980 | |
| Covenant Christian School | Gordon | Tuggeranong | Co-ed | K–10 | Christian | 1991 | Formerly a Presbyterian school called Covenant College. Registered for International students |
| Emmaus Christian School | Dickson | North Canberra | Co-ed | K–10 | Christian | 1997 | |
| Communities at Work's Galilee School | Weston Creek and Kambah | Woden Valley | Co-ed | 7–12 | Independent | | For "at risk" students years 7–12 |
| Islamic School of Canberra | Weston | Weston Creek | Co-ed | K–10 | Islamic | 2011 | |
| Orana Steiner School | Weston | Weston Creek | Co-ed | K–12 | Steiner | 1981 | |
| Radford College | Bruce | Belconnen | Co-ed | K–12 | Anglican | 1984 | |
| Taqwa School | Spence | | Co-ed | K–6 | Islamic | | |
| Trinity Christian School | Wanniassa | Tuggeranong | Co-ed | K–12 | Christian | 1980 | |

### Closed Non-Government schools

| Name | Suburb | District | Category | Opened | Closed | Notes |
| AME School, Duntroon | Campbell | North Canberra | Independent | 1972 | 1976 | Moved to Weston in 1977 |
| AME School, Weston | Weston | Weston Creek | Independent | 1977 | 1996 | Buildings merged with adjacent Orana School |
| Our Lady of Mercy Primary School | Braddon | North Canberra | Catholic | 1935 | 1973 | |
| Padua Catholic High School | Wanniassa | Tuggeranong | Catholic | 1978 | 1997 | Amalgamated into St Mary MacKillop College |
| St Brigid's Primary School | Dickson | North Canberra | Catholic | 1960 | 1986 | |
| St Christopher's School | Forrest | South Canberra | Catholic | 1928 | 1971 | |
| St Michael's Primary School | Lyneham | North Canberra | Catholic | 1961 | 1973 | |
| St Peter Chanel's Primary School | Yarralumla | South Canberra | Catholic | 1956 | 1989 | |
| St Peter's Catholic College | Isabella Plains | Tuggeranong | Catholic | 1989 | 1997 | Amalgamated into St Mary MacKillop College |