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Ferny Grove State High School

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Principal's Welcome

​Welcome to Ferny Grove State High School. Our school is a vibrant and exciting place where our students are encouraged to Always Aim High. We have an excellent reputation for outstanding achievements across academic, cultural, sporting and citizenship areas. Our school is founded on strong values – respect, learning, community and creativity. These values form the basis for strong relationships with each other, the way we learn, work and achieve success in a dynamic learning environment.

We offer students an opportunity to engage in a wide range of extra and co-curricular activities which will provide life balance and add to their personal development as global citizens

Ferny Grove State High School has welcomed students through the Education Queensland International Student Program since 2008 and we have a long history of successfully hosting visits for exchange students from around the world. We strive to provide an educational experience of an extremely high standard.

Three reasons to choose Ferny Grove State High School

  1. High-quality experiences in academic, citizenship, cultural, artistic and sporting pursuits
  2. Extensive use of information communication technologies for learning, including a one-to-one laptop program
  3. Specialist programs for instrumental and choral music, languages, learning excellence and agricultural studies

School Information

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Ferny Grove State High School provides a caring and supportive environment with many quality

opportunities for you to develop and excel.

We offer a wide range of different academic, cultural, sporting and citizenship study areas, so you can

find something interesting to you, and we will help you to prepare for further study or employment.

You can choose from a large number of extracurricular activities, including our academic excellence

program, equestrian program, and ‘Mad Scientists’ club.

We are just 12 kilometres from the centre of Brisbane city, and convenient to a train station.

Located in beautiful bushland, our school is close to walking tracks and bicycle paths, and Samford and

Bunyaville nature conservation parks are also nearby.​

Contact details

Homestay

Homestay* enables EQI students to truly experience Australia's famous lifestyle.

By living with an Australian host family international students become part of the local community and have a fantastic opportunity to practise their English in a safe and caring home environment. International students often develop lasting friendships with their homestay families.

  • Students have their own bedroom with study facilities, three meals a day, and access to transport to and from school, and to school activities
  • Host families are carefully selected from within the school community and undergo a police check as required by Queensland law

Standard Homestay fees have been set and these are listed on the EQI program fees page.

Read more about accommodation and welfare.

* Students enrolled in Primary School must live with a parent or close relative as defined by the Australian Immigration Regulations.

University or vocational pathways

  • The University of Queensland (UQ) – Enhanced Studies program (university subjects studied during Year 12)
  • START QUT – Queensland University of Technology (QUT) – university subjects studied during Year 12
  • TAFE Queensland tertiary entrance programs​

School facilities

  • Fully operational school farm
  • Large, multipurpose hall and modern 350-seat auditorium for performance, lecture and community events
  • State-of-the-art ICT facilities, including a one-to-one laptop program​
  • New learning centre currently under construction; due for completion in 2020.​

Extracurricular activities

  • School camps
    • Year 7 and 9, Year 11 leadership camp
    • Subject camps in biology, languages, drama, instrumental music
  • Overseas exchanges
  • Annual ski trip
  • FG (Ferny Grove) student radio station​
  • Kokoda Challenge

Holiday adventure programs

EQI Holiday Adventure Programs are an exciting and safe way for International Students to travel and sightsee during school holidays.

There's an EQI adventure to suit every taste - from visiting city landmarks and riding camels on an unforgettable Australian 'outback' adventure, to exploring ancient rainforests and swimming with turtles off Queensland's pristine white sand beaches.

All EQI Holiday Adventures are fully guided and escorted by qualified Queensland Government teachers and staff to ensure student safety. These programs are open to international students enrolled in an EQI high school, and additional fees apply. To find out more visit the holiday programs page

Languages

  • ​German
  • German extension
  • Indonesian

Special programs

  • Academic extension programs
  • Internationally acclaimed instrumental and choral music program
  • Agriculture
  • German Immersion Program
  • Learning Excellence at Ferny (LEAF) program – a select entry academic program
  • School equestrian team
  • Greater Brisbane school sport membership

Disclaimer

The information and data in this webpage is subject to change without notice. Before submitting your application, if you are interested in:

  • a particular subject, sport, program or extracurricular activity offered by an EQI school; or
  • particular school facilities;

please contact EQI or the school directly to confirm it will be offered and/or available in the year you intend to study.

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Last updated 23 November 2020