Childcare and schools

Childcare

Defence childcare centres
Children of mobile Defence families can receive priority of access to Defence childcare centres around Australia. Defence Community Organisation (DCO) also provides individual case management to help parents with childcare placement. For more information click here. 

More childcare resources

There are a number of child care facilities in Townsville. The resources below may help you locate the right childcare service for your family.

• C&K Blue Skies Preschool and Kindergarten

• Department of Defence Child Care Centres

• Family Day Care Australia

• My Child

• Playgroup Queensland

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Schools

DCO provides a range of services and resources for Defence children to assist with the transition between schools and education systems when families move, and to provide support for the unique needs of Defence students. You can find information on schooling, including aides and mentors on the DCO website on Education or Your Community pages.

Townsville has both public and private schools for all levels. In Queensland, children under six years of age attend preschool, children from six years onwards attend primary school (years 1-7) and children 12 years and over attend high school (years 8-12).

• The Good Schools Guide is a helpful tool to search for all primary and secondary schools in the region.

• The Private Schools Directory provides a guide to private schools in Townsville.

• There is also a number of tertiary institutions in Townsville, including the James Cook University, TAFE Queensland North, and Tec-NQ (formerly Australian Technical College North Queensland).

• For all other information on education services, visit the Queensland Department of Education and Training website.

QLD School Terms

Click here to see the school terms observed in QLD from 2018-2020.

Enrolment Information

• Click here to see a helpful map of catchment areas for QLD schools.
• Click here to see helpful enrolment information for QLD schools.