Enrolments

Our student cohort is unique and ever-changing, with students joining us for classroom or ward-based teaching either as admitted patients of the Queensland Children's Hospital, as siblings of patients, or as children of parents receiving treatment at an adult hospital. The criteria for student registration eligibility is outlined below.

Students are eligible to attend a hospital education program if they are currently enrolled in a school (may be a state or non-state school) and are medically cleared by hospital staff to attend the program, and where:

• they are currently receiving treatment in the hospital as an inpatient or outpatient, and
• are anticipated to be absent from their base school for four or more school days, or
• are being treated for a chronic or acute condition that requires multiple periods of absence from their base school;
• they are a family member of a patient who is receiving extended medical treatment in a hospital setting and are absent from their regular place of residence (this service is at the discretion of the Principal, based on student needs); or
• exceptional circumstances exist and special consideration is authorised by the Principal and the Regional Director.

Patients of the Queensland Children’s Hospital typically receive teaching in their ward, or attend classrooms as arranged in consultation with clinical staff and school liaison teachers. Siblings of QCH patients attend the classrooms, as do children of adult patients who are receiving treatment in local adult hospitals (e.g. Royal Brisbane, Mater Mothers'). Students include patients of the Child Youth Mental Health Services, and inpatients admitted through the Emergency Department for diagnostic clarification/medical review.

To discuss registration at our South Brisbane school please contact admin@qchschool.eq.edu.au or call (07) 3004 7888. 

For registration at any of our other campuses, please see the relevant campus page under the Facilities tab.