INTRODUCTION

This report is compiled to comply with State and Federal Government reporting requirements. St Aidan’s also provides information to the School and wider community through its regular online news articles published on Aidan’s Central, fortnightly newsletter, website, magazines (St Aidan’s Blueprint, The Recorder, The Huddle) and other documentation provided by the School from time to time.

From The Principal

St Aidan’s focus is to develop and promote authentic, caring, confident, creative and connected women who value reason, imagination, truth, compassion and responsibility. The values of the Society of the Sacred Advent; humility, courage, compassion, resilience, faithfulness and wholeheartedness inform our daily school life.

St Aidan’s continues to evolve as we deliver education, which grows our students’ understanding that, in order to create a caring, creative, and connected community, we must be involved. Since 1929, St Aidan’s has unashamedly held to our Christian values and heritage as the source of purpose in educating the whole girl, for the whole of life. We expect everyone to reach their potential and we provide the opportunity to pursue personal aspirations so that they may truly flourish. St Aidan’s has been doing this for nearly 95 years and we intend to continue to do so well into the future.

St Aidan’s focus is to develop and promote authentic, caring, confident, creative and connected women who value reason, imagination, truth, compassion and responsibility. The values of the Society of the Sacred Advent; humility, courage, compassion, resilience, faithfulness and whole-heartedness inform our daily school life. It is my hope that you will discover these learner attributes, values, and beliefs, reflected in the annual achievements and progress highlighted within our Annual Report.

As we do each year, we acknowledge our hard-working and resilient senior cohort of students. Our young women have steadfastly met the demands of the QCE system, completed external examinations in all their General Subjects, while demonstrating inspiring leadership in uncertain times. St Aidan’s is a non-selective school and our senior students’ academic outcomes continue to place with the top schools in Queensland.

I thank our community of student leaders, peak bodies, and staff for their commitment. I commend our teachers and support staff, who are dedicated professionals and ensure the relationships for learning they build each year encompass our global view and outlook to the future, so that every St Aidan’s girl has the opportunity to fly. Leaders in our school, in every year of St Aidan’s history, enrich and enable others; they help ‘build’ an environment in which compassion and courage shape all our learning. They lead with strength and responsibility to make a positive impact in this community, and to make a difference more broadly to society.

Ms Toni Riordan