St Columba College
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President Avenue , , 5114 Australia | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°40′22″S 138°39′55″E / 34.6729°S 138.6653°E | ||||||||||
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| Religious affiliations | Anglican and Catholic | ||||||||||
| Established | 1996 | ||||||||||
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| Principal | Darren Pitt | ||||||||||
| Staff | 200 | ||||||||||
| Grades | Foundation – Year 12 | ||||||||||
| Enrollment | > 1600 (2026) | ||||||||||
| Campuses | 2 (
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| Website | www | ||||||||||
| Last updated: 12 November 2019 | |||||||||||
St Columba College is a Catholic and Anglican co-educational school located in Andrews Farm, a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The college has two campuses — Primary and Secondary — on both sides of President Avenue, the main street of Andrews Farm, and enrols approximately 1,600 students across Foundation to Year 12.
St Columba College was the first joint Catholic and Anglican co-educational school established in Australia. It was founded in 1996 (with first students enrolling in 1997) as an ecumenical initiative by Ian George and Leonard Faulkner, the Anglican and Catholic Archbishops of Adelaide at the time.
The college offers a broad Student Life program giving all students access to a wide range of sports, clubs and co-curricular groups. Dedicated wellbeing programs are embedded across both campuses, designed to support students academically, socially and emotionally throughout their schooling journey. The college's approach to wellbeing is underpinned by Positive Education principles, with a focus on resilience, belonging and individual student growth.
- Awer Mabil, professional footballer for the Australian national football team, graduated 2013; named Alumni of the Year 2022.[3]
- Leek Aleer, professional Australian rules footballer for the Greater Western Sydney Giants, selected with pick 15 in the 2021 AFL Draft. Born in Kenya to South Sudanese parents, Aleer came to Australia as a refugee at age six. He broke the all-time record for the running vertical jump at the South Australian Draft Combine.[4]
- Sarah Irvine, film and television Production Executive at Werner Film Productions, with credits including Surviving Summer (Netflix) and The Newsreader (ABC).[5]
