Education in Queensland

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Education in Queensland is the responsibility of the Department of Education. The Queensland school system is based around Queensland state schools, independent schools and catholic schools.{{cite web

|url= https://education.qld.gov.au/schools-educators

|title= Schools and educators

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|publisher= Department of Education

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}} Schooling in Queensland begins with a preparatory year (Prep) followed by 12 years of study. Primary schools teach Prep through to Year 6, while high school or secondary school is from Year 7 to 12.

Prep became compulsory in 2017,{{Cite web|url=http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/stepup/families/prep.html|title=About Prep|date=12 August 2014|website=Department of Education and Training|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013234633/http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/stepup/families/prep.html|archive-date=13 October 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=14 October 2017}} and is a full-time program.{{cite web

|url= https://education.qld.gov.au/schools-educators/ecec/about-prep

|title= About Prep

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|date= 4 February 2022

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|publisher= Department of Education

|access-date= 21 February 2024

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Upon completion of 13 years of schooling, students receive a Queensland Certificate of Education and an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank used for tertiary education entrance.{{cite web |url=https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/australian-tertiary-admission-rank-atar |date=27 September 2023 |publisher=Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority |access-date=21 February 2024 |title=Tertiary entrance: ATARs and OPs }}

My School provides information about individual schools in Australia. Many schools are finding it difficult to fill teacher vacancies.{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=Hannah |date=2 April 2022 |title=Queensland education review prompts advocates to call for schooling changes |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-02/education-shake-up-advocates-say-its-time-to-reimagine-education/100929068 |work=ABC News |access-date=6 December 2023}} In recent year Queensland has seen an increase in home schooling enrolments. The state has seven distance education schools.{{cite web |url=https://education.qld.gov.au/schools-educators/distance-education |title=Distance Education |date=4 October 2023 |website=Department of Education |publisher=The State of Queensland |access-date=6 December 2023 }}

TAFE Queensland is the statutory authority parent body for TAFE technical and further education training in Queensland. Queensland has eight main universities and two satellite universities across a total of 31 campuses.{{cite web |url=https://universityreviews.com.au/list-of-universities/queensland/ |title=List of Universities in Queensland, Australia |date=16 June 2021 |website=University Reviews |access-date=6 December 2023 }}