Education and Training
Carpentaria Shire offers a range of child care, primary school, and high school education, along with TAFE for vocational study. There is also a range of boarding schools available for students of the region.
Day Schools
Karumba State School
5 Yappar Street, Karumba
Prep to Year 6
Phone: (07) 4747 6222
www.karumbass.eq.edu.au
Karumba Childrens Centre
104 Carron Street, Karumba
Phone: (07) 4745 9175
Carpentaria Kindergarten C&K
Woodward Street, Normanton
Phone: (07) 4745 1259
Gulf Christian College
Brown Street, Normanton
Prep to Year 9
Phone: (07) 4745 1180
www.gulfcc.qld.edu.au
Normanton Childcare Centre
11-13 Balonne Street, Normanton
Phone: (07) 4745 1167
www.carpentaria.qld.gov.au/community/community-services/childcare
Normanton State School
Little Brown Street, Normanton
Prep to Year 10
Phone: (07) 4769 7222
www.normantonss.eq.edu.au
TAFE North
20 Green Street, Normanton
Phone: (07) 4745 2000
https://tafeqld.edu.au/about/campus-locations/far-north-queensland
Boarding Schools
All Souls
30 Dr George Ellis Drive, Charters Towers
Years Prep to 12
Phone: (07) 4787 1433
www.allsouls.qld.edu.au
Blackheath & Thornburgh College
55-59 King St, Charters Towers
Years Prep to 12
Phone: (07) 4787 5100
www.btc.qld.edu.au
Cathedral School
154 Ross River Road, Townsville
Years 7 to 12
Phone: (07) 4722 2000
www.cathedral.qld.edu.au
Columba Catholic College
6-8 Hackett Terrace, Charters Towers
Years 7 to 12
Phone: (07) 4787 1744
www.columba.catholic.edu.au
Holy Spirit College
Cnr Hope and Burkitt Street, Cooktown
Years 6 to 12
Phone: (07) 4053 4550
www.holyspiritcollege.qld.edu.au
Mount St Bernard College
15 Broadway, Herberton
Years 7 to 12
Phone: (07) 4096 1444
www.msb.qld.edu.au
Peace Lutheran College
Cowley Street, Cairns
Years 6 to 12
Phone: (07) 4039 9000
www.plc.qld.edu.au
Spinifex State College – Residential Campus
83-85 Transmission Street, Mount Isa
Prep to Year 12
Phone: (07) 4745 4333
www.spinifexsc.eq.edu.au
St Augustine’s College Cairns
251 Draper Street, Cairns
Years 7 to 12
Phone: (07) 4051 5555
www.sac.qld.edu.au
St Monica’s
177 Abbott Street, Cairns
Years 7 to 12
Phone: (07) 4042 4800
www.stmonicas.qld.edu.au
Western Cape College – Residential Campus
50 Tamarind Road, Weipa
Prep to Year 12
Phone: (07) 4090 5333
www.westerncapecollege.eq.edu.au
There are more boarding school options available in Mount Isa, Charters Towers, Cairns and Townsville, to name a few.