# Catholic Education Cairns

Catholic Education in the Diocese of Cairns, Australia, educates over 11,200 students from north in the Torres Strait, west to the Atherton Tablelands, and as far as Tully in the South. There are 29 Catholic Schools in the Diocese, including primary, secondary, college and boarding.
The Catholic Education Services office is located in Cairns, on the corner of Lake and Minnie Street, and takes all enquires for the Diocese.

## List of schools and colleges

| Name | Suburb | Opened | Website | Notes |
| Good Counsel College | Innisfail | 1975 | Website | Year 7 – 12 Co-Educational Day Schooling |
| Good Counsel Primary School | Innisfail | 1975 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
| Holy Cross Primary School | Trinity Park, Cairns | 1987 | Website | Prep – Year 6 OSHCare |
| Holy Spirit College Cooktown | Cooktown | 2015 | Website | The focus of this college is the provision of education for disengaged young people which guides their spiritual, social, emotional, academic, and physical development through an engaging and individualised curriculum. |
| Holy Spirit College Manoora | Manoora, Cairns | 2015 | Website | The focus of this college is the provision of education for disengaged young people which guides their spiritual, social, emotional, academic, and physical development through an engaging and individualised curriculum. |
| Mackillop Catholic College | Mount Peter, Cairns | 2016 | Website | Prep – Year 12 (Prep to Year 4 in 2017) Co-Educational Day Schooling |
| Mother of Good Counsel School | North Cairns | 1936 | Website | Prep – Year 6 OSHCare |
| Mount St Bernard College | Herberton | 1921 | Website | Year 7 – 12 Co-Educational Day Schooling and Boarding |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School | Earlville, Cairns | 1964 | Website | Prep – Year 6 OSHCare |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School | Thursday Island and Hammond Island | 1886 | Website | Thursday Island Campus, Prep – Year 6 Hammond Island Campus, Prep – Year 3 |
| St Andrews Catholic College | Redlynch, Cairns | 2001 | Website | Prep – Year 12 Co-Educational Day Schooling OSHCare |
| St Anthony's Primary School | Dimbulah | 1966 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
| St Augustine's College | Cairns City | 1930 | Website | Year 7 – 12 Boys Only Day Schooling Boarding |
| St Augustine's School | Mossman | 1934 | Website | Prep – Year 6 OSHCare |
| St Clare's School | Tully | 1928 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
| St Francis Xavier's School | Manunda, Cairns | 1967 | Website | Prep – Year 6 OSHCare |
| St Gerard Majella School | Woree, Cairns | 1988 | Website | Prep – Year 6 OSHCare |
| St John's Catholic School | Silkwood | 1948 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
| St Joseph's School | Atherton | 1923 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
| St Joseph's School | Parramatta Park, Cairns | 1927 | Website | Prep – Year 6 OSHCare |
| St Joseph's School | Weipa | 2016 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
| St Mary's College | Woree, Cairns | 1986 | Website | Year 7 – 12 Secondary Co-Educational Day Schooling |
| St Michael's School | Gordonvale | 1923 | Website | Prep – Year 6 OSHCare |
| St Monica's Catholic College | Cairns City | 1890 | Website | Year 7 – 12 Girls Only Day Schooling/ Boarding |
| St Rita's School | Babinda | 1926 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
| St Rita's School | South Johnstone | 1932 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
| St Stephen's Catholic College | Mareeba | 2006 | Website | Year 7 – 12 Co-Educational Day Schooling |
| St Teresa's Primary School | Ravenshoe | 1950 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
| St Therese's School | Bentley Park, Cairns | 1929 | Website | Prep – Year 6 OSHCare |
| St Thomas's School | Mareeba | 1909 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |