Mary MacKillop College

Welcome to Mary MacKillop College  - a great place for young women to learn!  Girls in Year 7 - 12 enjoy a diverse and innovative curriculum in a Catholic school where the teachers are dedicated to giving their all for the benefit of the students. Students and staff alike love being at Mary MacKillop College.  There is a strong sense of shared purpose.  It's a faith-filled and hope-filled place.  It's a place of warm and friendly welcome.  In the playground, in the classrooms and along the verandahs we are constantly greeted by inquisitive, enthusiastic young women eager to listen, to share, to learn.

We believe in the growth potential of each and every one of our students.  We are deliberately smaller than the other girls’ schools on the north side of Brisbane and this means our girls don't get lost in the crowd.  Behind each young face is a special story we seek to know, celebrate and extend.

Expectations are high at Mary MacKillop College.  Learning excellence is evident in great results across all year levels.  Learning progress is tracked for each student in a comprehensive process of goal setting, review and support.  Students have access to diverse learning enrichment opportunities including university short courses, vocational courses, master classes, national and international competitions and assessments.

Student initiative and leadership is nurtured and encouraged.  Action and advocacy for social justice is integral to the life of the College.  Music, art, drama and sporting activities abound.  There are multiple camps, tours and expeditions on offer.  Up-to-date, high-class spaces and facilities span the campus.

Inspired by the life and spirit of Australia's first Saint, the young women of Mary MacKillop College learn what it is to live principled lives - lives characterised by a passion for justice, deep integrity and compassion. We hope you enjoy learning about Mary MacKillop College as you browse our website.  Don't hesitate to give us a call or email if you need to know more.

At Mary MacKillop College you will find a community committed to bringing out the best in each and every student. It’s a great place to learn. Girls in Years 7 -12 enjoy a diverse and innovative curriculum in a school where the teachers are dedicated to giving their all for the benefit of the students. It’s a faith-filled and hope-filled place. It’s a place of warm and friendly welcome.

Students and staff alike love being at Mary MacKillop College. There’s a strong sense of shared purpose to see the growth of every one of our students. The College, founded by the Sisters of St Joseph caters for the diversity of needs of young women by providing an education that realises the dream of Mary MacKillop – a true education that resides in the hearts, minds and strengths of each person as they journey to wholeness. As a medium sized school of approximately 500 students, Mary MacKillop College prides itself on each student being known and recognised for their strengths and support through their learning journey.

The curriculum, spirituality, artistic and scholastic expression, relationships, culture, planning for the future and living of life now all give credence to feminine visions and capacities. In keeping with the spirit of Mary MacKillop, founder of the Order of the Sisters of St Joseph, the College continues to have a strong emphasis on faith, community and pastoral care as well as on an education suited to the needs of the times. Mary MacKillop College aims to provide the environment, the resources and the freedom for each young woman to grow towards her full potential in all aspects of her life; intellectual, physical, social and spiritual. A Mary MacKillop education aims to help prepare young women to take their places in the world proudly and confidently and to lead them to an awareness of all the options the world has to offer.

Mary MacKillop College, a Catholic Girls' Secondary College situated at Nundah, is committed to excellence in education for young women. As a Catholic school for young women, the community is dedicated ​to the learning and spirit of woman. The curriculum, spirituality, artistic and scholastic expression, relationships, culture, planning for the future and living of life now all give credence to enhance and challenge feminine visions and capacities.

The College seeks to immerse students in the knowledge, practices and dispositions necessary to operate effectively in information rich environments. Students are provided with a computer as part of the College's one-to-one laptop program and are engaged in the transformation of data to information, information to knowledge and knowledge to wisdom in all areas of the curriculum.

In addition to the range of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities that form part of the normal school life, the College offers a number of extended opportunities in social justice initiatives, university studies, work placements, school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. Students are able to awaken their potential, explore the richness of life's opportunities and confront issues through the College's Learning and Enrichment Faculty, Career Advisor and Counsellor.

The College responds to the call of Jesus to spread the Good News and does so in its educational mission. The College Community has commitment to Education of young women in a Catholic context, Each student is encouraged to grow in her awareness of the sacredness of herself and of all Creation.  In participating in this journey in the College context, students are encouraged to build on and grow into right relationship with all.

A holistic education that is diverse and dynamic Mary MacKillop College is an inclusive community that celebrates the gifts of each individual. We are open to a discernment of and response to the fullest educational needs of its students.  This is pursued through a commitment to dialogue with students and their families in a context that is professional, intelligent, informed, impassioned, and Spirit-based.

A community of difference Mary MacKillop College promotes the truth that educated and enabled young women are great contributors to life. Within the College community the values of equality of opportunity, justice, respect and tolerance are embedded in all we do. The community is embodied and defined in their passion for life, eagerness to do good, and in their powerful feminine presence.