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Coorparoo Secondary College

Coorparoo, Brisbane

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Sector
State
Year levels
Year 7 to 12
Students
407 (Aug 2025)
Gender
Co-Ed
Established
1994
Boarding
No
Motto
Creating Tomorrow Together
Website
coorparoosecondarycollege.eq.edu.au

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Location & catchment

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Getting there

Coorparoo, Brisbane QLD · View on map

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Reviews

The story of this school, told by 4 families

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Daniel · Alum · Graduated recently (2022, 2023, 2024)
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Would you recommend it?

I would recommend this school to others. I found the classes to be engaging and thorough in the course content.

What had the biggest impact

My classmates had the biggest impact on me, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with them and the closeness the school had. The teachers were good too.

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Year 12 subject choices

I did all elective courses as I wanted to do a trade: essential math, tourism, social science, English and hospitality.

Getting extra help

I found the teachers to be accessible when we needed extra help. I found them to be supportive as well. They were quite nice.

Readiness for life after school

I felt prepared for life after high school, especially in regards to my trade. I feel like the school helped to build good character qualities and life long connections.

Subject range and curiosity

I think the school offered enough subject choices. I never felt like I had to study a certain subject or like I struggled to pick subjects. It encouraged curiosity by holding assemblies before we chose our senior subjects.

Bullying and getting to school safely

I don’t think bullying was a big issue, I never experienced it or saw it happening. We did have frequent assemblies regarding bullying though.

Camps and excursions

My favourite excursion would be the dreamworld excursion we did in year 9. It was a great way to get out of the school and just have fun for a day.

Something only students would know

I’m unsure of anything surprising, but something random would be a bird that terrorised the school oval.

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Brooke · Alum · Graduated recently (2022, 2023, 2024)
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Would you recommend it?

I would recommend this school to others if they asked. I found the school to be quite supportive and there was a wide range of opportunities.

What had the biggest impact

I think the teaches had the biggest impact on me. Especially in grade 12, my biology teacher was instrumental in my success.

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Year 12 subject choices

English, Film and TV, Biology, general mathematics, tourism.

Getting extra help

I found the teachers to be quite accessible when we needed extra support. I guess it depended on the teacher but I found all mine to be supportive when we needed it.

Readiness for life after school

I felt quite prepared by the time I graduated. I felt as though I had good character and qualities that the school helped to develop in me.

Subject range and curiosity

I think the school offered enough variety and choices in subjects. It also encouraged our curiosity by having engaging classes, that were not so focused on theory.

Bullying and getting to school safely

I think bullying was a big issue at the school, but the principal always dealt with it promptly. We had assemblies frequently about bullying. I don’t think the school was unsafe.

Camps and excursions

I found the grade 8 science excursion to be quite fun, it was really engaging and enjoyable to learn in a different environment and to actually see what we were learning at the time in front of us.

Something only students would know

In grade 12 sometimes we would wag to get Maccas during lunch. I can see how this is not a good thing… but our parents didn’t know.

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