ROCHEDALE STATE HIGH SCHOOL

'Integrity and Achievement'

Principal: Mr David McDonald

Co-educational state secondary school for years 8 - 12

Rochedale State High School is a school of 700 students conveniently located on the southern boundary of Brisbane City with direct access to the city (20 minutes) via the Eight Mile Plains Bus Exchange on the South East Busway, which is located approximately one kilometre from the school.

Rochedale High offers specialist programs in: The Arts with a focus on Dance, Music, Drama, Instrumental and Film & Television; Marine Studies; Agriculture through the schools on site two hectare animal of market garden farm; Mandarin Chinese & French; Sport development – Touch & Volleyball; Multimedia Studies.

The integration of technology into the teaching/learning process is a key feature of science and mathematics programs at the school with our students having access to over 200 Internet capable networked computers.

Rochedale High has a strong academic history with students regularly achieving OP 1 scores. The school consistently performs at or above State-wide benchmarks for numbers of students with OP 5 or better. This strong academic profile is a result of quality programs, quality teaching and strategic resource allocation.