Alice Springs has two private and three government high schools. It also has numerous primary schools and preschools.
Children start school in the Northern Territory in the year they turn four and a half. Secondary schools take children from around the age of 12. There are no exams and no streaming of students between primary and secondary school. Government, or public, schools are secular and charge no fees for children who are Australian citizens. Many private schools have religious origins, but religious education is often not emphasised in the syllabus'.
The Northern Territory school year runs from first week of February and ends in late December. There are four terms in the school year, with a week's holiday between terms 1 and 2, and terms 3 and 4. There are four weeks holidays between terms 2 and 3.
Wills Tce, Alice Springs
8951 3800
80 Head Street, Alice Springs
8953 3855
22 Albrecht Drive, Alice Springs
8955 0811
Winnecke Avenue, Alice Springs
8952 1333
Speareood Rd, Alice Springs
8952 6044
Spearwood Road, Alice Springs
8952 6277
Lot 2406 Ragonesi Road, Alice Springs
8953 4578
10 Blain Street, Alice Springs
8955 0121
Grevillea Drive , Alice Springs
8959 5503
Schwarz Crescent, Alice Springs
8950 4511
8950 4501
Milner Rd, Alice Springs
8950 2500
Wills Tce, Alice Springs
8951 3800