The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James - Townsville

Employment Opportunities | Join Our Team at The Cathedral School

Are you passionate about making a meaningful contribution to education, student development, and school life? We are currently seeking talented and dedicated professionals to join our community in a range of exciting leadership and specialist roles.

Current opportunities include:
✅ Director of Teaching and Learning – Senior School
✅ Head of Sport and Co-Curricular Activities
✅ Head of House
✅ Tertiary and Careers Information Coordinator
✅ Production Director
✅ IT Officer

We are a purpose-driven school community that inspires curiosity, develops character, and fosters meaningful connections, empowering both students and staff to make a positive impact.

Whether your expertise lies in educational leadership, student wellbeing, co-curricular programs, performing arts, careers guidance, or information technology, we invite you to explore how you can contribute to our dynamic and future-focused school.

🔗 Visit our employment page to learn more about these opportunities and submit your application:
https://cathedral.qld.edu.au/about/employment/

Science Week 2026 | Seeds of Science: Nurturing knowledge for all

'Science Week has been in full swing across the school! From Junior School to Senior School, students have embraced the excitement of scientific discovery.

Junior School students investigated density by creating colourful rainbow water towers, while Year 6 explored carbon dioxide in both its solid form (dry ice) and as a gas produced during chemical reactions.

Students across the school also put their knowledge to the test in Quiz in the Quad, bringing together a spirit of curiosity, teamwork, and friendly competition. In the Middle and Senior School, students delved into biological investigations through squid dissections and explored the remarkable world of slime mould, discovering how this fascinating organism helped inspire the design of Japan’s rail network.

It has been wonderful to see students engaging with science through inquiry, creativity, and hands-on learning throughout the week.'

Rebecca Smith, Head of Science Department

Basketball News | Silver Medal at the CBSQ

'We are proud to announce that our Grade 5/6 CBSQ 3x3 Girls have returned with a silver medal in Division 2. This competition runs for two days and has 4 Divisions in the girls’ competition. This is an amazing achievement for this young team with only one Grade 6 player and by far the smallest team in the competition.

Competing against mostly Brisbane-based schools, the girls won four out of five games on day one, finishing second in our pool. On day two, we played a cross-over semi-final against Sheldon College, winning this hard-fought game by two points in the last minute! The team then progressed to the gold Medal game against Wishart Girls, losing 7-3.

Overall a wonderful experience with the team displaying great sportsmanship and performing above expectation. Many thanks to Co-Coach Ashley Foster, parents, and the school for supporting the team to attend this competition.'

Deb Bracken, Basketball Coach


Basketball Queensland

STEM News | Meeting Australia's first Astronaut

What an incredible experience for Cathedral student Oskar. We're excited to follow your journey into Aerospace Engineering.

Full story on our website:
https://cathedral.qld.edu.au/cathedral-student-meets-australias-first-astronaut-at-the-pacific-airshow/



Aussie Astro Katherine
Roo-ver Mission
Australian Space Agency

Rowing News | NQ Schools Rowing Championships 2026

Outstanding Results for TCS at NQ Schools Championships 55 Cathedral students proudly represented the School at the NQ Schools Championships over the weekend, competing across a huge program of singles, doubles, quads, fours and eights.

Alumni News | Past Students' Association AGM

Join us for the Past Students’ Association Annual General Meeting, Monday 24 August at 5PM. We’re always looking for new members, so if you’re interested in joining us, please email: [email protected]

PSA AGM
Monday 24 August, 2026 - 5PM.
Heatley House Boardroom, The Cathedral School.
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The Cathedral School Past Students' Association

Rowing News | Rowing Partnership Opportunities

The Cathedral School Rowing Program is inviting businesses, families, and supporters to partner with our rowing community through a limited number of boat sponsorship opportunities.

Following another successful season for Cathedral Rowing, these
partnerships offer businesses the opportunity to support our student athletes while gaining ongoing recognition across the rowing program.

Partnership opportunities include naming rights for a limited number of our Single and Double Sculls, with funds raised supporting the purchase of a new boat trailer to transport our fleet to regional, state and national regattas.

With only two Double Scull partnerships and five Single Scull partnerships available, expressions of interest are now invited.
We encourage members of the Cathedral community to view the
Partnership Opportunity document and, if you know a business or
organisation that may be a great fit for Cathedral Rowing, please feel free to share this opportunity with them.

Sponsorship Packages:
bit.ly/tcsrowing

For more information, please contact:
[email protected]

Sports News | Brisbane 2032 Inspires Cathedral Students

What an incredible day at The Cathedral School as we welcomed representatives from the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games!

More than 1,200 students from Prep to Year 12 had the opportunity to hear from Brisbane 2032 Director of Community Affairs Dominique Lamb, Paralympic swimmer Grant “Scooter” Patterson OAM PLY and four-time Winter Olympian Alex Ferlazzo.

The speakers shared inspiring stories about resilience, determination, leadership and the journey to competing on the world stage. Our students were incredibly excited to meet the athletes, ask questions and, of course, get a close-up look at some of Scooter’s Paralympic medals! 🥈🥉

The message extended well beyond sport, with students learning about the many career, volunteering and community opportunities that Brisbane 2032 will create for young Australians, including right here in North Queensland.

A huge thank you to Dom, Scooter and Alex for sharing their time, experiences and inspiration with our students.

We were also thrilled that Scooter and Alex stayed on after the assembly to speak with WIN News about the visit. 📺 Tune in tonight to see the story!

The countdown to Brisbane 2032 is underway, and it was fantastic to see our students already so excited about the opportunities ahead.



WIN News Townsville
Scooter
Brisbane 2032

Performing Arts News | 'A huge congratulations to all our amazing students who took part in last Friday’s Instrumental and Musical House Competition. From those performing on stage to those working behind the scenes, every student played a part in making the day such a success. Your talent, enthusiasm, and House spirit were fantastic to see!

A special congratulations to Bede House for taking out BOTH competitions! What an incredible achievement! Well done to everyone involved — you should be very proud of what you produced!'

Bonnie Nicholas, Head of The Arts Department