content-left-bg.png
content-right-bg.png

Our schools

WebPartZone1_1
PublishingPageContent

Queensland is a huge state and our schools are (almost) everywhere. Roughly 37% of our schools are in major cities, with the rest in regional or remote communities. We offer a range of teaching environments from hospital schools to special schools and schools in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Almost half of our schools have less than 200 students.

If you teach in a school outside our major cities, you may be eligible to receive additional rural and remote benefits​, like extra leave, subsidised accommodation and a larger number of opportunities for permanent employment. It's worth exploring if you're open to relocation.

Our regions

Our state schools are clustered into seven regions each offering distinct benefits and experiences. Click on the map below to explore these regions.

WebPartZone1_2
Qld-Regions South East Queensland Region Metropolitan Region North Coast Region Darling Down South West Region Central Queensland Region North Queensland Region Far North Queensland Region
Towns or cities seperated by regional boundries
Region City/Town
Far North Queensland
  • Thursday Island
  • Cairns
North Queensland
  • Townsville
  • Mt. Isa
  • Charters Towers
Central Queensland
  • Mackay
  • Rockhampton
  • Gladstone
  • Emerald
  • Longreach
Darling Downs South West
  • Roma
  • Toowoomba
Metropolitan
  • Brisbane
South East
  • Gold Coast
WebPartZone2_1
WebPartZone2_2
WebPartZone2_3
WebPartZone3_1
WebPartZone3_2
WebPartZone3_3
WebPartZone3_4
WebPartZone4_1

Our mobile workforce

Permanent state school teachers can request a move to another location through a range of employee mobility arrangements. For classroom teachers, this is called teacher transfer, and for classified teachers (e.g. principals), this is referred to as relocation. Once you're working permanently with us and have completed a minimum period of service in a school location (this varies from 2 years to 3 years depending on the role and school location), you can apply to move to another school in Queensland.

You can search our schools directory map to find out more about individual school locations and regional boundaries.

WebPartZone5_1
WebPartZone5_2
WebPartZone6_1
WebPartZone6_2
WebPartZone7_1
WebPartZone7_2
WebPartZone8_1
WebPartZone8_2
WebPartZone9_1
Last updated 23 July 2021