Principal's welcome
Welcome to Ipswich State High School — a dynamic, inclusive, and future-focused learning community.
We are proud to deliver a high-quality education that supports every student to achieve success across academic, vocational, cultural, and sporting pathways. Our strong and consistent pedagogical practices create calm, structured classrooms where students are known, valued, and engaged in meaningful learning.
At Ipswich SHS, we believe that education is about more than academic achievement. We prioritise the social and emotional wellbeing of our students and support their development into confident, capable, and respectful young people. Our school values of Respect and Responsibility are reflected in the way we learn, lead, and contribute to our community each day.
Through personalised learning and future-focused planning, our students graduate with the skills, confidence, and character to thrive in life beyond school — not just ready to work, but truly work ready.
We invite you to explore our school and discover the many opportunities available to every student at Ipswich State High School.
Kathryn Todd
Principal, Ipswich State High School
Did you know:
The Ipswich State High School is one of the largest school-based Registered Training Organisations in Queensland, offering over 30 nationally recognised certificate courses, but was also acknowledged in 2019 as the most successful school RTO in the State by the Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development.
We were the first school in Australia to provide a retail Hair and Beauty service to members of the public from its own commercial salon on the school site.
Ipswich State High School is the home of the $5 million Ipswich Regional Trade Training Centre acknowledged for best practice in a teaching and learning of Vocational Education in schools, $10 million X Block Performing Arts Centre and new state of the art STEM centre.
We are the only school in the Metropolitan Region offering a Cert I, Cert II and Cert III dance qualifications and the QCAA General Dance courses.
Ipswich High has a dedicated Student Support Faculty that aims to develop a safe, supportive and inclusive school environment through the provision of support services such as Young Families Connect, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Hub, Alternative Learning Centre and FlexiSpace. We are als acknowledged to be one of the leading schools in the Metropolitan Region in promoting and developing the importance of Diversity and Inclusion for all students. This includes, but is not limited to, supporting those students struggling with mental health concerns, refugee families and others who also come from a non-English speaking background, Young Mums, and those who identify as being a member of the LGBTIQ+ community.
The school offers five High Performance Academies, providing elite training and coaching programs in: