Feeder school model

When your child is ready to attend high school, their local high school is determined by the primary school they attended when they finished Year 6.

Each primary ‘feeder’ school has one or two ‘intake high schools’.

When your child finishes primary school, they are guaranteed a place at their primary school’s intake high school. 

In the feeder school model, each primary school is allocated to one or two high schools that students can attend when they finish primary school.

Find your local high school by looking for the name of your local primary school in the lists below, and checking the intake high school/s for that primary school.

Intake high schools lists – by primary school

A – C

Primary SchoolIntake High Schools
Albuera Street Primary SchoolHobart City High School
Andrews Creek Primary SchoolLatrobe High School
Austins Ferry Primary SchoolMontrose Bay High School
Bagdad Primary SchoolJordan River Learning Federation (JRLF) Senior School
Beaconsfield Primary SchoolExeter High School
Bellerive Primary SchoolClarence High School or Rose Bay High School
Bicheno Primary SchoolSt Mary’s District School
Blackmans Bay Primary SchoolKingston High School
Boat Harbour Primary SchoolWynyard High School
Bothwell District SchoolBothwell District School
Bowen Road Primary SchoolHobart City High School or Cosgrove High School
Bracknell Primary SchoolCressy District high School or Prospect High School
Bridport Primary SchoolScottsdale High School
Brighton Primary SchoolJordan River Learning Federation (JRLF) Senior School
Bruny Island District SchoolWoodbridge District School
Burnie Primary SchoolBurnie High School
Cambridge Primary SchoolRose Bay High
Campania District SchoolCampania District School
Campbell Street Primary SchoolHobart City High School or Taroona High School
Campbell Town District SchoolCampbell Town District School
Cape Barren District SchoolCape Barren District School
Clarendon Vale Primary SchoolBayview Secondary College
Collinsvale Primary SchoolMontrose Bay High School
Cooee Primary SchoolBurnie High School
Cygnet Primary SchoolHuonville High School

D – G

Primary SchoolsIntake High Schools
Deloraine Primary SchoolDeloraine High School
Devonport Primary SchoolDevonport High School
Dodges Ferry Primary SchoolSorell School
Dover District SchoolDover District School
Dunalley Primary SchoolSorell School or Tasman District School
East Derwent Primary SchoolJordan River Learning Federation (JRLF) Senior School
East Devonport Primary SchoolReece High School
East Launceston Primary SchoolQueechy High School
East Tamar Primary SchoolBrooks High School
East Ulverstone Primary SchoolUlverstone High School
Edith Creek Primary SchoolSmithton High School
Evandale Primary SchoolKings Meadows High School
Exeter Primary SchoolExeter High School
Fairview Primary SchoolNew Norfolk High School
Fingal Primary SchoolSt Mary’s District School
Flinders Island District SchoolFlinders Island District School
Forest Primary SchoolSmithton High School
Forth Primary SchoolUlverstone High School
Franklin Primary SchoolHuonville High School
Gagebrook Primary SchoolJordan River Learning Federation (JRLF) Senior School
Geeveston Primary SchoolHuonville High School or Dover District School
Glen Dhu Primary SchoolKings Meadows High School or Prospect High School
Glen Huon Primary SchoolHuonville High School
Glenora District SchoolGlenora District School
Glenorchy Primary SchoolCosgrove High School or Montrose Bay High School
Goodwood Primary SchoolCosgrove High School or Montrose Bay High School
Goulburn Street Primary SchoolHobart City High School or Taroona High School

H – M

Primary SchoolsIntake High Schools
Hagley Farm Primary SchoolProspect High School
Havenview Primary SchoolParklands High School
Herdsmans Cove Primary SchoolJordan River Learning Federation (JRLF) Senior School
Hillcrest Primary SchoolReece High School
Howrah Primary SchoolClarence High School
Huonville Primary SchoolHuonville High School
Illawarra Primary SchoolKingston High School
Invermay Primary SchoolBrooks High School
Kempton Primary SchoolJordan River Learning Federation (JRLF) Senior School
King Island District SchoolKing Island District High School
Kingston Primary SchoolKingston High School
Lansdowne Crescent Primary SchoolHobart City High School or Taroona High School
Latrobe Primary SchoolLatrobe High School
Lauderdale Primary SchoolBayview Secondary College
Lenah Valley Primary SchoolHobart City High School or Cosgrove High School
Lilydale District SchoolLilydale District School
Lindisfarne North Primary SchoolRose Bay High School
Lindisfarne Primary SchoolRose Bay High School
Longford Primary SchoolCressy District High School or Kings Meadows High School
Margate Primary SchoolKingston High School
Miandetta Primary SchoolReece High School
Mole Creek Primary SchoolDeloraine High School
Molesworth Primary SchoolNew Norfolk High School
Montagu Bay Primary SchoolRose Bay High School
Montello Primary SchoolBurnie High School or Parklands High School
Moonah Primary SchoolCosgrove High School or Hobart City High School
Mount Nelson Primary SchoolTaroona High School
Mount Stuart Primary SchoolHobart City High School or Taroona High School
Mountain Heights SchoolMountain Heights School
Mowbray Heights Primary SchoolBrooks High School

N – R

Primary SchoolsIntake High Schools
Natone Primary SchoolBurnie High School
New Norfolk Primary SchoolNew Norfolk High School
New Town Primary SchoolHobart City High School or Cosgrove High School
Nixon Street Primary SchoolDevonport High School
Norwood PrimaryQueechy High School
Oatlands District High SchoolOatlands District High School
Orford Primary SchoolTriabunna District School
Ouse District SchoolNew Norfolk High School or Glenora District School
Penguin District SchoolPenguin District School
Perth Primary SchoolKings Meadows High School
Port Dalrymple District SchoolPort Dalrymple District School
Port Sorell Primary SchoolLatrobe High School or Sheffield High School
Princes Street Primary SchoolTaroona High School
Punchbowl Primary SchoolQueechy High School
Ravenswood Heights Primary SchoolBrooks High School or Queechy High School
Redpa Primary SchoolSmithton High School
Riana Primary SchoolPenguin District School
Richmond Primary SchoolCampania District School or Rose Bay High School
Ridgley Primary SchoolParklands High School
Ringarooma Primary SchoolScottsdale High School
Risdon Vale Primary SchoolRose Bay High School
Riverside Primary SchoolRiverside High School
Rokeby Primary SchoolBayview Secondary College
Romaine Park Primary SchoolParklands High School
Rosebery District SchoolRosebery District School
Rosetta Primary SchoolMontrose Bay High School

S – Z

Primary SchoolsIntake High Schools
Sandy Bay Infant School/Waimea Heights Primary SchoolTaroona High School
Sassafras Primary SchoolLatrobe High School
Scottsdale Primary SchoolScottsdale High School
Sheffield SchoolSheffield School
Smithton Primary SchoolSmithton High School
Snug Primary SchoolKingston High School
Somerset Primary SchoolBurnie High School
Sorell SchoolSorell School
South Arm Primary SchoolBayview Secondary College
South George Town Primary SchoolPort Dalrymple District School
South Hobart Primary SchoolTaroona High School
Sprent Primary SchoolUlverstone High School
Spreyton Primary SchoolLatrobe High School or Reece High School
Springfield Gardens Primary SchoolCosgrove High School
St Helens District SchoolSt Helens District School
St Leonards Primary SchoolQueechy High School
St Marys District SchoolSt Marys District School
Stanley Primary SchoolSmithton High School
Strahan Primary SchoolMountain Heights School
Summerdale Primary SchoolProspect High School
Swansea Primary SchoolTriabunna District School
Table Cape Primary SchoolWynyard High School
Trevallyn Primary SchoolRiverside High School
Ulverstone Primary SchoolUlverstone High School
Waimea Heights Primary SchoolTaroona High School
Warrane Primary SchoolRose Bay High School
Waverley Primary SchoolQueechy High School
West Launceston Primary SchoolProspect High School or Riverside High School
West Ulverstone Primary SchoolUlverstone High School
Westbury Primary SchoolDeloraine High School
Westerway Primary SchoolGlenora District School
Wilmot Primary SchoolDevonport High School
Windermere Primary SchoolMontrose Bay High School
Winnaleah District SchoolWinnaleah District School
Woodbridge District SchoolWoodbridge District School.
Yolla Primary SchoolYolla District High School
Young Town Primary SchoolKings Meadows High School
Zeehan Primary SchoolMountain Heights School or Rosebery District High School

Year 11 and 12

Students in Year 11 and 12 can enrol at the school that best suits their current circumstances and future aspirations. This may be:

  • their local high school (7-12)
  • district school (K-12)
  • one of our colleges (Year 11 and 12 only).

Have your say on current feeder school arrangements

We are currently reviewing feeder school arrangements. This includes reviewing current feeder school arrangements. We are considering a range of potential options including:

  • changes to current feeder school arrangements
  • retaining current arrangements
  • considering intake areas for high schools.

You can have your say by completing an online survey by the end of Term 3 2023.

We will also contact School Association Committees for primary schools in Greater Hobart, Launceston, Burnie and Devonport in Term 3 2023 to seek their views.

Can I choose which school I send my child to?

  • We encourage families to enrol at their local ‘in-area’ school.
  • You may seek to enrol your child in a government school that is not your local school, if that school has capacity to accept ‘out-of-area’ enrolments.
  • You can find a list of schools that are at-capacity or nearing capacity on our Schools at Enrolment Capacity webpage.
  • Schools use the Out-of-Area Enrolment Procedure (PDF, 516KB) to apply a consistent, equitable and transparent approach to assess out-of-area enrolment requests.
  • If you would like to enrol your child as an out-of-area enrolment, and the school has capacity, they will provide you with an Expression of Interest form.
  • Schools use the completed form and the evidence that you are required to provide, to prioritise enrolments according to standard criteria contained in the Out-of-Area Enrolment Procedure (PDF, 516KB).
  • If the number of out-of-area enrolment applications exceeds the number of out-of-area enrolments the school can accommodate, the school will prioritise applications based on set criteria outlined in the Out-of-Area Enrolment Procedure. 

Benefits of attending your local school

We asked families about the benefits of attending your local Tasmanian government school. They said that they valued:

  • increased sense of connection to the local community.
  • shorter travel times to and from school.
  • living close to school, meaning students can walk or ride to school.
  • ease for students to catch up with their friends outside school.
  • the feeling of being close to home while they’re at school.