St Peters Lutheran College
Brisbane Lutheran P-12 co-educational school
St Peters Lutheran College is the largest Lutheran, co-educational private school in Queensland, Australia, with teaching campuses in Indooroopilly and Springfield, and an outdoor education centre in Crows Nest. The college provides Prep to Year 12 education with domestic day schooling at Springfield, while at the larger Indooroopilly campus takes domestic and international day and boarding. In Year 9, students spend five weeks completing the Ironbark Outdoor Education Program at the outdoor education centre in Crows Nest.
The college was founded in 1945 with the initial purchase of Ross Roy House, later expanding through neighbouring properties and the opening of the Springfield campus in 2008. Both Ross Roy and the chapel have been listed in the Queensland Heritage Register since 2012.
In 2017, St Peters had an enrolment of 1986 students with a teaching staff of 183 teachers with 182 non-teaching staff. As of 2025, the school employs approximately 550 permanent employees (including teaching, groundskeeping and cafeteria staff) and additional employees in casual positions.
History
St Peters Lutheran College was established at Indooroopilly by the Lutheran Church in 1945 with 56 boarding students. Ross Roy was the main building and focus for early college life with Luther House built by voluntary labour soon after the college's commencement. St Peters has had seven heads in its history and is the largest Lutheran school in Australia, today, with an enrolment maintained at approximately 2000 day and boarding students and 350 teaching and non-teaching staff.
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