Southport State High School has over 200* full- and part-time staff, volunteers, contractors and community support representatives providing quality education and care in a clean, safe and supportive environment for your student.
We employ more than 110 teachers who deliver tuition across a wide variety of subject areas from years 7 to 12.
Our support services include career guidance, indigenous support, chaplaincy, school nurse, computer technicians, scientific assistants, teacher aides, janitorial and grounds staff, cleaners and office staff.
Our deans are dedicated to junior and senior students and they work closely with students and their families to resolve support issues and look after student well-being.
*Staff numbers change from time to time to cater for new enrolments
Executive Team
Principal: Greg Morgan – principal@southportshs.eq.edu.au
Head of Senior School: Alyson Innis - ainni2@eq.edu.au
Head of Junior School: Jason Hassard – jhass13@eq.edu.au
Deputy Principal, Years 11 & 12: Camilla Nichols - cjnic0@eq.edu.au
Deputy Principal, Years 9 & 10: Katrina Bayldon – kbayl23@eq.edu.au
Deputy Principal, Years 7 & 8: Graeme Harding – ghard19@eq.edu.au
Deputy Principal, Inclusion: Lisa Philippi – lphil33@eq.edu.au
Business Manager: Tracey Davis – tdavi481@eq.edu.au
The Deans of Students
HOD Wellbeing and Engagement – Trudi Whittaker - tlwhi0@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 7 – Hannah Romanin – hsull0@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 8 - Sarah Woollard – swool69@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 9 - Glenn Ormesher - gorme0@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 10 - Phillip Pearce – ppear58@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 11 - Kim Wilson – kwils355@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 12 - Melanie Black - mcbla0@eq.edu.au
Heads of Departments
HOD Senior School – Nyree Hawley - nhawl4@eq.edu.au
HOD Middle School – Holly Sheather - hshea7@eq.edu.au
HOD Junior School – Cath Downing - cdown42@eq.edu.au
HOD HASS – Rachel Cureton - rcure2@eq.edu.au
HOD Maths – Cara Avery - cshee31@eq.edu.au
HOD The Arts – Luke Lilly - llill3@eq.edu.au
HOD Professional Learning – Brittany Deane - badea0@eq.edu.au
HOD Digital Learning – Steve Attard - sdatt0@eq.edu.au
HOD Differentiation – Danielle Taylor – wardd4@eq.edu.au
HOD Digital Design & IT – Andrew Rogers – aroge93@eq.edu.au
HOD English – Amanda Olive – aoliv71@eq.edu.au
HOD Science – Amanda Barrett – axbar10@eq.edu.au
HOD PE/Hospitality – Dave Mason – dmaso19@eq.edu.au
HOD Wellbeing and Engagement – Adam Engel – aenge15@eq.edu.au
Guidance Officer & Youth Support
Guidance Officer, Year 7 & 8 – Joshua Neumann - jneum39@eq.edu.au
Guidance Officer, Year 9 & 10 – Roxy Boag – rboag0@eq.edu.au
Guidance Officer, Year 11 & 12 – Jo Vann - jvann9@eq.edu.au
Youth Support Coordinator – Lisa Gaven - lgurn6@eq.edu.au
Excellence Coordinators
Academic Excellence Coordinator – Cath Downing – cdown42@eq.edu.au
Sports Excellence Coordinator – James Barrett – jabar5@eq.edu.au
Creative Arts Coordinator – Megan Ryan - mxrya12@eq.edu.au
Teaching Staff
Parents and Caregivers can email the student’s teacher directly through the Compass Parent Portal
General Enquiries
For all general enquiries, please refer to the
Contact Us page.