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: Damien Burke – principal@southportshs.eq.edu.au
Associate Principal Senior School: Karla Reid - kreid16@eq.edu.au
Associate Principal Junior School: Mel Woolnough – mwool34@eq.edu.au
Deputy Principal, Years 11 & 12: Cara Avery – cshee31@eq.edu.au
Deputy Principal, Years 9 & 10: Liam Mathers – ljmat0@eq.edu.au
Deputy Principal, Years 7 & 8: Graeme Harding – ghard19@eq.edu.au
Business Manager: Tracey Davis – tdavi481@eq.edu.au
The Deans of Students
HOD TORO – Adam Engel – aenge15@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 7 – Hannah Sullivan – hsull0@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 8 - Drina Brady - dbrad88@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 9 - Deena Finestone - djfin0@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 10 - Kim Wilson - kwils355@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 11 - Trudi Whittaker - tlwhi0@eq.edu.au
Dean of Year 12 - Christine Nikora - cniko1@eq.edu.au
Heads of Departments
HOD Senior School – Jarlath Scannell – jscan28@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 – Amy Goldschmied - agold109@eq.edu.au
HOD The Arts – Luke Lilly - llill3@eq.edu.au
HOD Professional Learning – Stephanie Browning - slbro0@eq.edu.au
HOD Digital Learning – Steve Attard - sdatt0@eq.edu.au
HOD Differentiation T3/4 – Danielle Taylor – wardd4@eq.edu.au
HOD Differentiation T1/2 – Lisa Philippi – lphil33@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
Guidance Officer & Youth Support
Guidance Officer, Year 7 & 8 (Tues, Wed, Thur) – Kate Sherwood – ksher101@eq.edu.au
Guidance Officer, Year 7 & 8 – Kelly Cox – kcox85@eq.edu.au
Guidance Officer, Year 9 & 10 – Roxy Boag – rboag0@eq.edu.au
Guidance Officer, Year 11 & 12 – Jo Vann - dbrad88@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.