The Southport School

For the UK school with a similar name, see Southport College.

The Southport School
Location
Map
2 Winchester Street, Southport, Queensland

Australia
Coordinates27°59′8″S 153°24′52″E / 27.98556°S 153.41444°E / -27.98556; 153.41444
Information
TypeIndependent early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school
MottoLatin: Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat
(Let him who deserves the palm of victory bear it.)
DenominationAnglican
Established1901; 123 years ago (1901)
FounderHorace Henry Dixon
ChairmanAdam Twemlow
HeadmasterAndrew Hawkins
YearsEarly learning to Year 12
GenderBoys only
Enrolmentc. 1,551[1]
Colour(s)Navy, white & maroon    
TuitionVaries by grade[2]
Affiliation
AlumniOld Southportonians
Websitewww.tss.qld.edu.au

The Southport School (TSS) is an independent Anglican early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in Southport, a suburb on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia.

Established in 1901 by the Revd Horace Henry Dixon, TSS is the oldest Anglican boys' boarding school in Queensland and the only all-boys boarding school on the Gold Coast.[3] The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1305 students from early learning to Year 12, including 276 boarders from Years 7 to 12.[4]

The school is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA),[4] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA),[6] Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ),[7] and has been a member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland (GPS) since 1920.[8]

  1. ^ 2016 TSS Handbook
  2. ^ "The Southport School Domestic Fee Schedule 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. ^ "TSS Prospectus" (PDF). Enrolment Information. The Southport School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  4. ^ a b "The Southport School". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  5. ^ "AHISA Schools". Queensland. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  6. ^ "JSHAA Queensland Directory of Members". Queensland Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  7. ^ "Brisbane Grammar School". School Search. Independent Schools Queensland. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  8. ^ "GPS Schools". Sport and Music. Brisbane State High School. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.