Gold Coast principal podcast: Find out more about your schools in 2021

They are the leaders in charge of getting the most from Gold Coast students. Listen to our principals discuss anything and everything about school. RECAP THE SERIES

THEY are the leaders in charge of getting the most from Gold Coast students. Listen to our principals discuss anything and everything about school in 2021. 

SOUTHPORT STATE SCHOOL

FROM growing up in a small Tassie town where everyone spoke fluent footy, to leading one of the most multicultural schools in Queensland, Southport State School principal Taylor Haley has made it his mission to bring communities together.

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GAINSBOROUGH STATE SCHOOL

FOR THE past few months, Clay McCann has been the principal of a school without students.

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Gold Coast principals are getting ready for a big 2021.

FOXWELL STATE SCHOOL

THE foundation principal of the Gold Coast’s newest school has a popularity problem: with a waiting list nearly twice the school’s current size.

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KING'S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

MANAGING one school is hard enough. Imagine overseeing three with a combined total of 3000 students – that is the reality of King’s Christian College principal Rees Davis.

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ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN SCHOOL

KNOWN for his love of language and ability to lift the spirits of children, it is hard to believe Headmaster Patrick Wallas hated school as a child.

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BURLEIGH HEADS STATE SCHOOL

Principal of one of the oldest Gold Coast Schools, Peter Tong opens up on his upbringing as a child deaf parents, and why he quit his career with the South Queensland Crushers for the classroom.

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ARCADIA COLLEGE 

TAHLIA McGahey has always sung to a different tune. From country music singer to principal of a Gold Coast independent school dedicated to stopping at-risk students from slipping through the cracks, her love of the arts and passion for social justice have been the constants in her diverse career.

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THE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL

ANDREW Hawkins is in the business of making men. At just 41 years old he will next year become the first old boy to lead The Southport School (TSS), one of the city’s most prestigious colleges.

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TRINITY LUTHERAN COLLEGE

DOCTOR Tsae Wong says she was shocked when she first stepped into an Australian classroom. The maths and science teacher from Singapore believed she would be walking into a world of excited senior students. Instead, she discovered many had become disengaged with learning.

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HELENSVALE STATE SCHOOL

HEIDI Booth does not know what to expect next year in her third round as principal of Helensvale State School.

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