St Joseph’s School is the school of choice for families across the Cairns region. Our school community is centred on our values of Learning, Love, Community and Respect, as Jesus showed. We strive to live the St Joseph’s Way each day which builds on the family values established in the homes of our families.

Our families tell us that they choose St Joseph’s for the following reasons:

• we are considerate of the lives of busy parents as shown through streamlined communication and the provision of all learning resources including digital resources for each child
• we are ideally located in the heart of Cairns, close to where many families work and easily accessible for school events and meetings
• we have a strong and intentional focus on teaching children how to be good at learning which improves well-being and academic achievement
• we are the ideal size school of 390 students where children are known by name
• we provide before and after school care and a vacation care program for working families
• we have state of the art facilities with beautifully appointed learning spaces and much shade for learning and play
• we are very affordable with fee concessions when needed
• we target our high levels of resources for our students with teams of teachers and learning assistants who wrap much support around all cohorts and enable learning targeted at the needs of each child
• a Kitchen Garden program aimed to develop learners who value and care for nature

Our school has undergone major redevelopment and provides a world-class, state of the art learning facility for our community. With large, comfortable, cool and attractive spaces to learn, our ‘learning habitats’ provide agency and agility for all learning situations.

To find out more about our great school, explore this website or contact the school where one of our friendly staff can assist you further. If you so desire, book a school discovery tour and meet the principal as he can show you what St Joseph’s has to offer your family.

Principal’s Welcome

Welcome to the St Joseph’s Primary School website. I hope that you find it both informative and inspiring. Choosing a school for your child is an important decision for all families and one that they spend considerable time researching and stressing about. I hope that our website provides what you are looking for and I encourage all families to book a Principal’s Tour to see our school.

St Joseph’s has a strong Catholic identity that is welcoming to people of all faith backgrounds. We are guided by our role model Jesus Christ and his humanity that was lived out in the Gospel messages. As a Mercy school our charism is distinctively united to the Mercy Sisters and Catherine McAuley. It is through the spiritual and corporal works of Mercy that we express our Catholic Identity and love for God.

I am a strong believer that learning is a lifelong pursuit that never ends. Our role as a school is to partner with families as the first educators of our students to support them in growing their children to love learning and pursue excellence in everything they do. We offer a holistic approach to education that develops skills and knowledge in academic, spiritual, social and emotional, and physical pursuits. We offer a relevant and diverse curriculum and encourage students to value effort and excellence while striving to achieve their true potential.