Ms Karen Gorrie
As Principal, I welcome you to St Andrew's Anglican College, an award-winning Independent private school achieving excellence on the Sunshine Coast.
Our College caters for students from Prep to Year 12 and our Early Learning Centre and day care service, Little Saints, provides care for children from six-weeks through to school age.
As the incoming Principal in 2025, I am honoured to join this exceptional community, renowned for its commitment to a holistic and meaningful education.
From my earliest days, I knew I wanted to teach and lead in education, driven by a deep desire to inspire others to love learning. Over my career, I’ve worked with students and teachers in a wide variety of settings, always with a focus on fostering strong, positive relationships. This adaptable approach to leadership allows me to meet people where they are and to support both personal and academic growth within an inclusive, supportive environment.
The St Andrew's Way
Our approach to education is based on high expectations of our staff and students, balanced with a firm commitment to the importance of the respectful relationships that exist between staff, students and parents.
This ensures our commitment to encourage each student to develop a love for learning and to challenge themselves to reach their personal best is not something that we simply write about. Our committed staff engender not just a love for learning but a love for belonging, of being part of a community. The flow-on effect is a student body that openly emanates a willingness to engage in a wide range of opportunities.
Our wish for our departing Collegians is that they will have a passion for learning and will be individuals who endeavour to positively transform the communities in which they live and work. In the great and the small things they do, they will enliven and enrich our world. Our commitment to encourage each student to develop a love for learning and to challenge themselves to reach their personal best is not something we simply write about, a quick walk around campus will demonstrate that we strive to turn the rhetoric into reality.
I encourage all families interested in applying to our school to contact the College to arrange a time to meet us and have a tour of one of Queensland’s great schools.
Karen Gorrie
Ms Karen Gorrie
Principal