Established in 1899, Somerville House is a day and boarding school for girls from Prep to Year 12, and a co-educational school for Pre-Prep girls and boys. The School is made up of three sub schools:
Boarding is available for students from Years 6 to 12 and our facilities, dedicated boarding staff and related programs are renowned both nationally and internationally. Located in the inner city suburb of South Brisbane, just two kilometres from the city centre and directly opposite South Bank parklands and the state’s pre-eminent cultural precinct, Somerville House offers enviable campus facilities and programs bolstered by highly credentialed and dedicated teaching and support staff, tutors and coaches.
The School provides a comprehensive, balanced educational environment that recognises the importance of academic excellence as well as psychological, physical and spiritual wellbeing. This is reflected in the School’s rich and varied academic, sporting, cultural and social pursuits and our proud history of developing well rounded, confident and capable students.
Academically, the School stands as one of Australia’s finest. With outstanding facilities for Music, Performing Arts, Cultural endeavours and Sport, combined with one of Australia’s leading technology programs, Somerville House students graduate with a much broader education than can be provided by an academic curriculum alone.
The academic environment of Somerville House is best described as progressive, seamlessly combining traditional values, modern day ethics and technology in a dynamic, supportive and challenging environment. Somerville House provides each and every student with the framework they require to explore their interests, develop their talents, to strive to meet their goals honourably, and ultimately, to be the very best they can be.
Somerville House is governed by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association (PMSA). The PMSA was established in 1918, and operates four schools and one childcare centre in South-East Queensland. Affiliated schools include Brisbane Boys’ College, Clayfield College and Sunshine Coast Grammar School.
Honour Before Honours’ is the Somerville House motto, a motto valuable to our students now and for their lives after school. It is a great honour to serve at Somerville House, and we return mindful of all that the School holds good and valuable. We make my commitment to the students, staff parents, Old Girls, and to members of the broader school community that the education and welfare of our students is and always must be our first priority. In making this commitment, the School motto will guide me in the way we make our way forward together. So too, do the words, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable if anything is excellent or praiseworthy think about such things.
The approach adopted at Somerville House acknowledges the Christian beliefs. Respect, integrity and inclusiveness drive the School’s behaviours, exemplified through our School motto,Honour Before Honours. As part of the PMSA family of schools, our endeavours are underpinned by strong Christian values, which include.
Our vision is to remain an exemplary school and a leader in education. The School continually invests in learning excellence, building capacity and proactively engaging with the community. This focus is underpinned by three core planning areas which set the direction across all operations of the School: Learn and Explore, Evolve and Grow, Engage and Inspire.
At Somerville House, we encourage our students to liberate their imaginations, embrace creativity and to value learning as a life-long, enriching undertaking. We seek to cultivate and extend student abilities within a disciplined environment and recognise each learner as an individual and encourage them to produce their best in all circumstances. In this context, pursuing excellence is acknowledged as a primary goal for all.
We acknowledge that parents hold the primary responsibility for a child’s education, with the School, teaching and corporate staff playing an active, supportive role. Ideally, the outcome will be a compatible and collaborative venture between home and School through which each student is nurtured towards the fulfilment of their true potential.
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