Brisbane’s Loreto College Coorparoo has submitted a formal application to Queensland’s Non-State Schools Accreditation Board (NSSAB) for the introduction of Year 5 in 2025 and Year 6 in 2026.
Loreto College Coorparoo Principal Kim Wickham said the application followed a comprehensive strategic review and consultation process.
“Loreto College Coorparoo will celebrate its centenary in 2028, and this major milestone provides an opportunity to reflect on both the College’s history and our future evolution,” Mrs Wickham said. 
“Introducing a junior school would enable the College to remain responsive to the needs and wishes of our community, by continuing to fulfil its mission and providing even more opportunities for families and their daughters to access a Catholic education founded in the tradition of Mary Ward.”
If successful in its application, Loreto College Coorparoo would seek to commence a Year 5 cohort of approximately 50 students in 2025, and a Year 5 and Year 6 cohort of 50 students per year level in 2026, taking school enrolment numbers to around 1,000. “Year 5 and Year 6 students would learn within purpose-designed classrooms and facilities with specialist teachers, in consideration of their unique academic, social and pastoral
needs, as well as benefit from our rich extra-curricular program across sport, culture and service, ” Mrs Wickham said.
“Loreto College Coorparoo was proudly recognised with excellence awards at the 2021 and 2022 Australian Education Awards (best professional learning program and best remote learning program respectively) and is committed to upholding these high standards of education in the creation of our proposed junior school.”
Loreto College Coorparoo hopes an outcome for the application process would be known in early 2023. More information can be found on the school’s website at https://www.loreto.qld.edu.au/enrol/proposed-introduction-of-year-5-2025-and-year-6-2026/
