Deception Bay State High School is a public, co-educational, high school, located in the

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suburb of Deception Bay, in Queensland,

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. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 1,361 students and a teaching staff of 88, as of 2023. The School serves students from Year 7 to

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History

Prior to the schools opening, the land was a plantation of pine trees, the school opened on 1 January 1992. In September 2008, it was believed the school was one of many locations of a cancer cluster, due to eleven staff members contracting cancer within the past few years, with three cases being diagnosed since November the previous year. Two of the eleven cases, however, were pre-existing before the staff members arrived at the school. It was investigated by the Queensland Government after the cases had been identified and was declared safe in December 2008, after finding no evidence of contamination in the soil, water or the air. If it would have deemed unsafe, the school would have been abandoned.

Houses

The school has four sports houses, Cawley, Bradman, Elliott and Gould.

Curriculum

The school offers a range of curriculum in the senior school that caters for different pathways, providing VET certificates in Hospitality, Early Childhood, Horticulture and Fitness. The school also has a volleyball development program.

Recognition

From 2016, the school has increased its enrolments by 15%; achieved 100% QCE attainment; reduced its school disciplinary absences by 40%; improved A–C student outcomes to be the highest in the North Coast Region. It is renowned for its flexible programs: Futures (for seniors) and Aspire (for young mums) and its focus on Positive Behaviour for Learning and Restorative Practices to improve the learning culture of the school.{{Citation needed, date=June 2024

External links

Deception Bay State High School website

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