Why choose our school?

​​​Marshall Road State School is an inner-city school with a rural atmosphere located south-east of the Brisbane CBD.  It caters for the learning needs of  just over 500 students fr​om Prep to Year 6.  Marshall Road State School has a proud sense of community with family associations that extend through generations. 

Parent Handbook 2022 (PDF, 1431KB)   Prep Handbook 2022​ (PDF, 736KB)

Our school population
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​Marshall Road State School ​has a stable population with enrolments from the local area. Students who start at the school in their Prep year nearly always stay and complete their schooling with us until the end of year 6. This creates a strong sense of community and builds enduring family relationships across our local area. For those families ken to know if they are in our catchment area please consult the school  ​ catchment area map. 

Performance

We are proud of our school's performance and student achievements. Our students consistently perform higher than the Australian national average in NAPLAN tests.  Parents and students also rate the school very highly in satisfaction surveys.  See our performance and achievements page for more information.

Our school at a glance

Our extensive intervention and enrichment programs support all of our students from Prep to year 6 to develop their passions and talents in whichever learning areas they are most interested in:

• Health and Wellbeing program
• Japanese Languages program from grade 3
• Makerspace and Manual Arts program
• Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program (SAKGP)
  
• Digital and Design Technology program
• Visual Arts program
• Instrumental Music and Choral program (Year 3-6)
• Dance and Drama program
• Literacy and Numeracy extension programs​
  

Extra-curricular activities

Our school offers many extra-curricular activities including:

• Interschool sports Years 4 - 6
• Swimming Club run by P&C
  
• Camps and excursions (years 4 - 6)
• Clubs
• Science Fair and Arts Festival

Events

During the year, our school holds or hosts many special events including:

• STEAMfest
  
• School Fete
• Book Week
• Easter Hat Parade - Prep to Year 2 students - all parents and friends welcome
• Under 8's Week Prep to Year 2 students - all parents and friends welcome
  
• Reader's Cup 
  

For more information please see the Events Calendar.

Our facilities

Our school facilities include:

• Performing Arts Centre (PAC) which is used for concerts, assembly/parade and many other community events
• Resource Centre - home of the school's library and meeting areas
  
• Visual Arts Studio
  
• Swimming pool - 25m swimming pool where swimming lessons are provided as part of the curriculum
• Tennis Court
  
• 3 playgrounds
  
• 2 Sport Ovals - Max Martin Oval and Brescia Street Oval
  
• Environmental Learning Area (ELA)
  
• Gibson Gardens Nature Play area
  
• Creek Bed and Water Play area
  
• Loose Parts village area​
  
• Tuckshop and Uniform Shop

Out-of-school-hours care

Kidszone is the name of our out-of-hours care which operates during school term, school holidays and pupil-free days from 7.00 am to 6.00 pm.

Kidszone has recently increased its licensed capacity to 180 children and can generally accommodate all families in need of this service.

Please note, that as per the Kidszone Policies, if they are required to search for/confirm the whereabouts of your child, you will be charged a non-notification of absence fee.

House teams

There are three house teams in our school, each named after early settlers in our community as outlined on our school history.  Every child is placed in a house:

• Gibson (yellow)
• Holland (red)
• Toohey (blue)

Students compete in cross country  and field events and athletics  and swimming  for house trophies.  Children are encouraged to wear a house polo shirt on Mondays for parade and for all sporting events and a bathing cap in their house colour for the Swimming Carnival.  These are standard uniform items and are available from the P&C uniform shop.