Quairading District High School (4097)

School Overview



With Quality, Respect, Pride and Grace - we find the spark in every child.

Our school develops and promotes achievement in our priorities of literacy, numeracy and information technology, across the West Australian curriculum and other focus areas.

We value respect, resilience and cooperation in a caring and creative environment. Our students are inspired to become lifelong learners, benefiting their individual, local and global community.

For more than 100 years, Quairading District High School has provided an exceptional education to students from the surrounding community. The school delivers an outstanding academic program that advances each child and the local and global community.

We have a strong reputation for inclusivity and environmental awareness; are strongly connected to the community and together we inspire success. Our school is located 167km from Perth and currently caters for approximately 135 students from Pre-Primary to Year 11. Five school buses service our families who live out of town.

The excellent program at our school is nurtured by a dedicated and motivated staff that is a vibrant mix of experience and youth. The teaching staff at our school are passionate about delivering innovative, challenging and engaging teaching and learning programs.

We encourage graduate teachers to experience teaching in Quairading to experience life in a progressive rural community. Students are encouraged to be self-motivated and independent learners and individual needs and abilities are catered for through the provision of a differentiated curriculum.

Staff develop and sustain strong relationships with all students at Quairading District High School, based on mutual respect. Through consistent behaviour management, positive rewards and values programs, staff strive to ensure that every child feels safe, happy and is engaged. Our school is known for its 'family' atmosphere.

Our fortunate Year 5 and 6 classes are treated to a bi-annual camp, currently to Albany. All students have the opportunity to participate in our Sustainability program which incorporates a chicken coop, a worm farm, vegetable garden, recycling and waste management.

Students in Years 1 to 10 have access to specialist teachers and facilities in music, art and physical education.

The school provides a facility for Year 11 and 12 students to study through the School of Isolated and Distance Education.

We welcome the opportunity to promote our fabulous school to prospective parents and students.

T: 9645 1208
E: Quairading.DHS@education.wa.edu.au