Private & international schools in Townsville

Map the qualification to the correct senior phase

Cathedral publishes senior pathways focused on QCE and tertiary preparation, together with vocational education and training options. Townsville Grammar’s secondary page identifies two Years 11–12 academic routes: the Queensland programme leading to the QCE and the IB Diploma. Its earlier secondary programme uses the Australian Curriculum, with Year 10 preparing for senior study. Diploma evidence for the final two years should not be stretched into an IB claim for Years 7–10.

QCAA identifies the QCE as Queensland’s senior schooling qualification. Ask each school to explain the difference between obtaining that certificate, meeting university prerequisites and becoming eligible for the intended tertiary selection process. For an incoming Year 11 pupil, request a complete two-year subject plan; for a transfer after that point, ask whether prior work and assessment timing allow the intended pathway to continue.

Sources: Cathedral: senior and vocational pathways · Townsville Grammar: secondary phases, QCE and Diploma · Townsville Grammar: campus addresses and phase-specific English support · QCAA: senior QCE qualification

Keep Mundingburra and North Ward campus choices clear

Cathedral describes kindergarten through Year 12 on one Mundingburra campus, with junior, middle and senior divisions. Townsville Grammar’s North Ward campus is its Years 7–12 location and boarding base; its Annandale and North Shore sites serve younger pupils separately. A search result for the whole school can therefore lead a primary family to the wrong address.

Use the child’s actual phase to plan a visit and a day-school journey. For boarders, ask where classes, evening study and residential accommodation sit within that campus. Cathedral’s boarding page describes different room arrangements for senior and younger pupils, and states that dormitories close during term breaks. A boarding offer should consequently address holiday accommodation and travel-day arrangements as well as the ordinary school-week routine.

Sources: Cathedral: Mundingburra campus and school divisions · Townsville Grammar: secondary phases, QCE and Diploma · Townsville Grammar: campus addresses and phase-specific English support · Cathedral: boarding, holiday closure and travel arrangements

Ask what English support replaces in the timetable

Grammar describes English-language support differently by phase: in younger secondary years it can replace a language or elective, while senior support follows a separate timetable. It also describes evening support for international boarders. Ask which classes an individual pupil would miss, how support changes as proficiency develops and whether the desired elective remains available.

Cathedral’s published 2026 fee page distinguishes day fees, five- and seven-day boarding, and international-student fees. Those categories are not interchangeable quotations. Request an entry-year annual total, the residential pattern that applies to the child and any compulsory support or holiday costs. Neither original profile established current tuition totals or individual age and entry eligibility; these remain questions for admissions rather than assumptions based on a destination guide.

Sources: Townsville Grammar: campus addresses and phase-specific English support · Cathedral: published 2026 day, boarding and international fee categories · Cathedral: boarding, holiday closure and travel arrangements

Compare documented pathways and campuses

These are the pathways recorded for each included campus. Online provision appears separately. A senior qualification does not establish provision in younger years.

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