New state school to be built on Gold Coast

A new $60 million primary school is set to be built in one of the Gold Coast’s fastest growing suburbs. And it won’t be long before it can admit its first pupils.

An artist’s impression of how the new school at Pimpama may look.

A $60 million new primary school is set to be built in one of the Gold Coast’s fastest growing suburbs.

State planning documents have revealed the proposed Pimpama North State School on Yawalpah road will be completed and ready to take its first pupils by 2021.

A proposed covered area at the new school.

The official name of the school is yet to be determined but it is expected to open with a population of between 380 and 400 students in its first year.

The primary school will grow by about 300 students per year to an ultimate peak of 1,200 students.

It is believed the school will employ 150-165 full time equivalent staff.

The Yawalpah road site of Pimpama’s newest primary school.

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The school will take up four lots across a total of 7.6 hectares with road frontage onto Yawalpah Road and Gawthern Drive.

The site will ultimately include an Administration and Student Services Centre, a resource centre and a multipurpose hall.

The new school’s catchment area.

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Both the junior and senior learning precincts will have multiple storeys.

An internal one-way road will be built to assist in the distribution of traffic and minimise potential delays.

How the school’s main entrance is expected to look.

According to the Queensland the Department of Education Coomera and Pimpama are estimated to be home to 63,762 and 25,931 people respectively by 2036.

The department acknowledges there will be pressure on schools in the area as the number of children in the area exceeds the state average.