Enrolling with St Clare’s College
Enrolling with St Clare’s College
Choosing the right school for your daughter is one of the hardest decisions to make – we get it and we are here to support you every step of the way! If you are ready to proceed, we invite you to complete the online enrolment application. It’s simple to get started—just follow the link below to begin your application and take the first step towards joining our College community.
Enrolling with St Clare’s College
St Clare’s College provides a foundation from which girls can discover the joy of learning and develop into confident and courageous young women. Education is one of the most important decisions that you can make about your child’s future and we hope you will trust us to take that journey with you and your daughter.
Enrolling with St Clare’s
Visit St Clare’s
Visit St Clare’s
We welcome families to tour the College to get a sense of our warm and welcoming community, the calm and engaged classrooms, and our exceptional facilities.
Step into St Clare’s
We invite your daughter to experience a day in the life of a Year 7 student! We encourage students to attend in Year 5 and Year 6 to gain a true feel for our College community.
Open Evening
Explore our modern facilities, meet our dedicated teachers, and learn about our academic and co-curricular programs. Enjoy student-led tours and interactive displays that showcase the energy and spirit of St Clare’s College.
Personalised College Tours – Available On Demand
Experience St Clare’s your way with a personalised tour at a time that suits you. Discover our supportive community and learn how our Pastoral Care Program celebrates and nurtures each student as an individual. We are here to answer your questions and showcase our vibrant campus. Click here to book
Mini Clare’s Workshops for Year 4 & 5 Students – Coming Soon
We are excited to offer tailored after-school workshops to introduce students to our diverse academic and co-curricular offerings. We are currently developing potential workshops for Visual Arts, STEM, Performing Arts, Food Technology, Science, and Physical Education.
Enrolment Process
Enrolment Process
Step 1
Enrolment Application
Begin the enrolment process by completing the online Application Form. Ensure you have digital copies of your child’s:
- Birth certificate or passport
- Certificate of Baptism (if Catholic)
- Family Court Orders, Parenting Plans, Protection Orders or other relevant Court orders (if applicable)
- Most recent school report from current school
- Visa grant notice and passport for permanent and temporary visa holders (if applicable) – for both student and parent(s) / legal guardian(s)
- Any medical reports and/or other assessment reports for students with additional learning needs (if applicable)
Step 2
Interview at the College
When your application is processed, you will receive an invitation for an Enrolment Interview. Students are to attend the Enrolment Interview with a parent. This provides a valuable opportunity to familiarise yourselves with the College, ask any questions you may have, and get to know us better. We look forward to meeting you and discussing how we can support your daughter’s educational journey.
Step 3
Offer of Enrolment and Confirmation of Enrolment
Upon a successful interview, offer documents will be sent electronically. To secure your place, you must return the signed offer documents by the indicated deadline in your offer letter.
If all places are currently allocated, you will be placed on the waitlist and contacted once a position becomes available, or you may choose for your application to be reallocated to another Secondary College in the Catholic Education Canberra Goulburn Archdiocese.
Step 4
Orientation Day and Orientation Evening
To help ease any transition nerves, we hold Orientation Day to Term 3. This timing ensures your daughter can confidently embrace her new journey while enjoying an uninterrupted final term of primary school.
Orientation Day gives your daughter a deeper understanding of what to expect of high school, and an opportunity to start building connections with their fellow students. Additionally, we extend an invitation to both parents and students to attend our Orientation Evening. This event will provide an opportunity for you to become familiar with our campus and receive vital information for your child’s transition to Year 7. We look forward to working with you to prepare for the exciting journey ahead as your daughter commences her secondary education with us.
College Fees and Payment Options
College Fees and Payment Options
St Clare’s College is committed to providing a quality education. The quality of education we offer to all students is supported by our ability to provide excellent resources and facilities. The College relies on the timely payment of school fees to meet its running costs.
Please click here for our current 2025 Fees Schedule.
Fee accounts are invoiced each term and distributed to families, with payment typically due in Week 4 of each term. School fees are charged and payable over four terms, with the exception of Year 12, which is charged and payable over three terms.
Payment Options
Families may choose to make each term’s payment in full by Week 4, or opt to make scheduled payments periodically. To establish a periodic payment arrangement, please contact the St Clare’s College Finance Team.
Financial Difficulty
Families experiencing financial difficulties are encouraged to contact the St Clare’s College Finance Team to explore options.
The College has provision to provide fee relief to assist families experiencing genuine, evidenced financial hardship.
Applications for School Fee Concessions are confidential, and the necessary forms can be obtained from the Finance Team. To be considered for assistance, all forms must be completed, and supporting documentation should be provided.
Fee concession applications are assessed anonymously by the Fee Concession Committee, using the same assessment model that is applied by other secondary colleges in the Canberra Goulburn Archdiocese. A reduction in College fees may be granted if parents applying for a fee concession can demonstrate genuine financial difficulty.
Defence Students
Defence Students
St Clare’s College are proud to support and enrol students from Defence families. With a strong contingent of Defence families within our community, we understand the unique challenges that come with frequent relocations. To ensure seamless transitions, we offer priority places for students arriving on short notice due to postings.
We understand that children of Defence families encounter a distinct set of challenges, including parental absence, MWD(u) postings, and the frequent transitions of moving and adjusting to new schools. With the proper support, these students can build self-reliance and confidence, while learning valuable strategies to cope with change and navigate unfamiliar emotions.
St Clare’s College is fortunate to employ a Defence School Mentor who provides direct and flexible assistance to students, parents and teachers to help reduce the impact of mobility on a student’s education. The role of the DSM is not one of a teacher or counsellor, rather is a conduit between these professional services to facilitate information sharing and appropriate referral to support services as required.
Defence School Mentor Program
The Defence School Mentor (DSM) Program provides support to students of Australian Defence Force (ADF) members and their families, particularly during their transition in and out of a school on posting or during parental absences due to deployment.
The program aims to assist Defence students and their families in four key areas throughout the student’s education. The key areas are welcoming, integrating, parental absence support and farewelling.
The DSM activities include:
- Assisting students and families to integrate into the new school and local community
- Coordinating welcome and farewell community activities for relocating families
- Smoothing the transition between schools and different education systems (including minimising the impact of relocation on student’s learning outcomes)
- Monitoring the social, emotional and academic wellbeing of Defence students
- Helping students develop self-confidence, self-reliance and resilience
- Directing students to programs, services or opportunities that suit their needs
- Enhancing awareness and appreciation of the unique Defence lifestyle in schools and communities providing support to children during times of parental absence.
Defence School Mentor
Our Defence School Mentor (DSM) provides assistance to Defence students and their families and raises awareness of the unique needs of these families due to the military lifestyle within the school community.
To get in touch, please email stcc.dsm@stcc.act.edu.au
Additional Support
Defence Member and Family Support – Canberra
The Canberra Area Office team provides ADF members and families with local information and access to support and information services. It organises regular events for fulltime current serving ADF members and their Defence recognised dependants.
Defence Member and Family Helpline: 1800 624 608
The Defence Member and Family Helpline is the first point of call for support, information and connection with your community, including your local DMFS team. The Helpline is available 24/7 and is staffed by qualified professionals, including social workers and psychologists. They can also provide advice on addresses and postal regulations for overseas deployments, and can facilitate the passing of urgent messages to deployed personnel.
The Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation provides evidence based, age appropriate, prevention and early intervention mental health education programs to young people aged 8-18 years who are living in a family impacted by mental illness.
An all-girls school, for all girls.
Why Choose a Girl’s School
Why Choose a Girl’s School
St Clare’s is a proud member of the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools and believes in the many benefits that girls’ schools have to offer.
Whilst there are advantages to co-education, all-girls schools cater better to girls’ learning styles and provide a culture of achievement, which can lead to higher academic performance and more successful graduates. All-girls schools provide learning environments free from gender stereotyping and give young women the confidence to continue with their chosen pathways. The Girls School Advantage
To assist families in making an informed decision regarding their daughters’ enrolment, the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools presents a well-researched Top 10 list of compelling reasons to consider an all-girls’ school.
- Allowing Girls to be Themselves
Girls’ schools provide an environment where students feel safe to express themselves and engage in an open and safe exchange of ideas.
More than 88 percent of girls’ school students report that they are comfortable being themselves at school, which means that they are free to focus their energies on their learning. — Dr. Richard A. Holmgren, Allegheny College, Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools.
- Preparing Girls for the Real World
Girls’ schools engage students in activities that prepare them for life beyond the classroom.
Nearly half of all women graduating from single-sex schools rate their public speaking ability as “high,” compared to 39 percent of women graduates from coed schools. A similar differential exists for writing abilities: 64 percent of girls’ school graduates assess their writing skills as “high,” compared to 59 percent of women graduates of coed schools. — Dr. Linda Sax, UCLA, Women Graduates of Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools: Differences in their Characteristics and the Transition to College.
- Providing Excellent Mentoring
Girls’ school students are mentored by a community of peers, teachers, and school administrators.
Overall, female students at girls’ schools noted more frequently than their co-ed peers that their teachers were enthusiastic, displaying higher levels of teacher encouragement and motivation. — The Positive Effects of the Girls’ School Environment: An Analysis of PISA Data, Macquarie Marketing Group study of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
- Nurturing Higher Aspirations
Girls’ school students strive for greatness.
Girls at all levels of achievement in single-sex schools receive a benefit from the single-sex school environment in terms of heightened career aspirations—an effect unprecedented in any other portion of our study. — Dr. Cary M. Watson, Stanford University, Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.
- Dedication to How Girls Learn
Girls’ schools capitalise on girls’ unique learning styles.
To be successful, students need more than just a feeling of support. That support must translate into actions that are geared toward student success. Nearly 96 percent of girls’ school students report receiving more frequent feedback on their assignments and other course work, compared to 93 percent of girls at coed independent schools, and 80 percent at coed public schools. — Dr. Richard A. Holmgren, Allegheny College, Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools.
- Focus on STEM
Girls’ schools champion the educational needs of girls as a group that is underrepresented in STEM majors and careers.
Girls’ school grads are six times more likely to consider majoring in math, science, and technology, compared to girls who attend coed schools. — Goodman Research Group, The Girls’ School Experience: A Survey of Young Alumnae of Single-Sex Schools.
- Developing Leadership Skills
Girls’ schools empower students to become bold leaders.
Programs at girls’ schools focus on the development of teamwork over other qualities of leadership, while the qualities of confidence, compassion, and resilience also rank prominently. — Dr. Nicole Archard, Kincoppal-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart, Student Leadership Development in Australian and New Zealand Secondary Girls’ Schools: A Staff Perspective.
- Building Self-Confidence
At girls’ schools, girls occupy every role. Seventy-seven percent of girls’ school students reported having self-confidence.
They noted feeling a sense of accomplishment, identifying that when they are in a difficult situation, they can usually find a way out of it, and that they can handle many things at a time. — The Positive Effects of the Girls’ School Environment: An Analysis of PISA Data, Macquarie Marketing Group study of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
- Academic Achievement
Girls’ schools create a culture of achievement.
More than 80 percent of girls’ school graduates consider their academic performance to be highly successful. — Dr. Linda Sax, UCLA, Women Graduates of Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools: Differences in their Characteristics and the Transition to College.
- Inspirational Environment
Girls’ schools champion the educational needs of girls.
Single-sex programs create an institutional and classroom climate in which female students can express themselves freely and frequently, and develop higher-order thinking skills. — Dr. Rosemary C. Salomone, St. John’s University, Public Single-Sex Schools: What Oprah Knew.
* Quoted research from the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools website, 2023.
Hear it from our parents…
Real stories, straight from the heart, about the difference our all-girls College has made in their daughters’ lives. St Clare’s is a place where girls are inspired to believe in themselves, discover their strengths, and embrace every opportunity with confidence and joy.