Brisbane State High School welcomes new students and their families to our community.
This page includes important information for new students starting at our school.
Apps and resource listsPlease view the Apps and Resource Lists page on the school website.
Year 7, 2026 resources
Following the Year 7 2026 Curriculum & Extra-Curricular Showcase held on Tuesday 26 August 2025, relevant documents will be made available. This will include:
- Year 7 2026 Curriculum and Extra-Curricular Showcase Presentation
- The link to the Year 7 2026 Curriculum and Extra-Curricular Showcase Padlet
- A link to the Junior Course Guide to support you when making subject preferences.
The Year 7 2026 apps and resource list will be made available on the Apps and resource lists webpage.
At Brisbane State High School, we offer a two year selective entry Enrichment Program called 'Aspire'. The Aspire program comprises of two strands of study for Year 7 and 8:
1. Maths/Science; and
2. English/Humanities.
The courses offered explore topics in greater breadth and depth than normally required and thus enable learners to develop an appreciation of the wider context of the subject area. All students, regardless of enrolment category (Local Catchment, Academic Selective Entry, Sporting Selective Entry or Cultural Selective Entry – Visual Art or Music), must apply to be considered for this program.
We are changing the way in which interested students apply for Aspire. Further information will be provided via a Virtual Session via Teams once the details have been finalised.
The link to the Teams meeting will be emailed to all Year 7 2026 parents.
Brisbane State High School is proud to offer a comprehensive Instrumental Music program. The school runs a variety of ensembles that cater for all band and orchestral instruments with specialist tuition available on all orchestral instruments.
Parents are asked to register their child's interest in the 2025 Instrumental Music program via expression of interest no later than Friday 11 October 2024.
Please click here to access further information regarding the sign-up process.
'Conditional enrolment' requires students to commit to and participate in the Aspiring Minds program during Year 6.
The Aspiring Minds program engages students in:
- higher-order, creative and lateral thinking skills and processes
- problem-solving and decision-making
- complexity of challenge
appropriate degrees of independence and learning to work interdependently.
Students completing the Aspiring Minds Program must maintain a high level of participation and achievement to maintain their 'conditional enrolment' status.
During Year 6, students who have been offered conditional enrolment will be asked to provide evidence of their primary school levels of achievement.
Year 6, semester 1 reports confirming sustained high standards of commitment, behaviour and academic performance are necessary before the enrolment becomes unconditional.
View the Aspiring Minds page on the school website for further information on the Aspiring Minds program.