Canterbury College (坎特伯雷中学) is a private Anglican coeducational school in Logan, Queensland, sitting roughly halfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast and teaching from Early Learning through to Year 12. For an international family the school is best understood as a CRICOS-registered primary and secondary school: it offers three registered courses, publishes a clear fee schedule, and runs a ten-step enrolment process that ends with a subclass 500 student visa. Everything below comes from Canterbury College’s own website and its 2026 international student documents, accessed on 5 August 2026.
Who Canterbury College is
Canterbury College describes itself as an award-winning Anglican school that has served the communities of Logan, the northern Gold Coast and southern Brisbane since 1987. Its single campus occupies roughly 30.2 hectares of natural bushland at 182 Old Logan Village Road, Waterford, in Logan City, with an Early Learning Centre, a Junior School and a Senior School sharing the grounds. The school holds CRICOS provider number 01609C, which is the registration that lets international students hold a student visa while enrolled.
One structural point matters more than most: Canterbury College does not offer boarding. Every international student must live either with a parent or relative (as defined by the Department of Home Affairs) or with a College-approved homestay family. That decision shapes the welfare paperwork, the fees and the day-to-day logistics, so it is worth settling early in the conversation about Canterbury College.
CRICOS programs and the curriculum
Canterbury College’s international intake runs through three CRICOS-registered courses. Primary Education (Prep – Year 6) is the 7-year Primary School Studies program, course code 086185G; Junior Secondary (Years 7 – 10) is the 4-year Junior Secondary Studies program, course code 086186G; and Senior Secondary (Years 11 – 12) leads to the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education, course code 023343J. Because entry is by year level rather than into a degree, the practical question is which year the student will join and whether their English sits at that year’s band.
Inside the classroom, Year 7 students study the Australian Curriculum subjects — English, mathematics, science, humanities, health and physical education — plus one language chosen from Spanish, Chinese or French, with term-based rotations through other areas. Years 8 and 9 keep the core and add semester-length electives, and Year 10 completes the Australian Curriculum core (English, mathematics, science and history) while sampling pre-senior subjects. In Years 11 and 12, students work towards the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), picking six subjects across the General, Applied, VET and Extension syllabuses. Canterbury College also offers Certificate III qualifications in fitness, hospitality and business, and students may apply for TAFE or university courses, traineeships and apprenticeships alongside their schooling.
Entry requirements: academics and English
Applications to Canterbury College are assessed on the completed international application form, a copy of the student’s passport, certified academic records from at least the previous year (with results, time periods and behaviour noted), written evidence of English proficiency, and an interview conducted in person or online. The school also applies the Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) check to some applications, and non-English documents must carry certified English translations at the applicant’s cost. Academically, the school looks for above-average performance for the requested year level; for Years 7 – 12, students should show a pass or a “C” grade or better across most core subjects.
English bands are set by year level for direct entry into mainstream classes: Year 7 requires IELTS 4.0 (or TOEFL 31), Year 8 IELTS 4.0, Year 9 IELTS 4.5, Year 10 IELTS 5.0, Year 11 IELTS 5.5 and Year 12 IELTS 6.0, while Prep – Year 6 is negotiated case by case. Students below the band may be required to complete an ELICOS English course before starting mainstream studies, with proficiency reassessed at the end of the course. There is also a timing rule for offshore senior applicants: once the Year 11 course has begun, new offshore applications are not normally considered unless the student can complete the course assessment before the end of the first semester of Year 11.
Costs: the 2026 international fee schedule
Tuition at Canterbury College is uniform across all year levels at 35,408 AUD per year in the official 2026-08 fee schedule, plus a 436 AUD per year Master Plan Building Levy. Resource charges step up by year: 349 AUD for Prep – Year 2, 582 AUD for Year 3, 1,746 AUD for Years 4 – 6, 2,095 AUD for Years 7 – 9, 2,140 AUD for Year 10, 2,095 AUD for Year 11 and 2,300 AUD for Year 12. One-off and recurring costs include an 850 AUD acceptance fee (non-tuition, payable once), a 25 AUD bank transfer fee per international transfer, a 300 AUD per year English proficiency test, an 884.80 AUD per year Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) charge for Years 11 – 12, and a 720 AUD per year welfare fee where the College holds a CAAW for the student.
Accommodation and living costs sit on top of tuition, using the same 2026-08 schedule. The homestay package for 48 weeks is 22,700 AUD per year, with a 360 AUD placement fee and a one-off 1,000 AUD retention fee; OSHC (Overseas Student Health Cover) runs about 780 AUD per year and is purchased by the student; stationery is about 250 AUD and uniforms about 1,500 AUD, both approximate. Airport pickup costs 175 AUD per trip. Canterbury College states that fees are reviewed each year and subject to change, so the figures above are the edition current as of August 2026 and the offer letter you receive is the amount to budget against.
Application flow: documents to CoE, visa and arrival
Canterbury College’s enrolment handbook lays out ten steps. Submit the documentation; attend the interview; receive the decision; on acceptance receive a conditional letter of offer and a written agreement; sign the agreement and pay; receive the Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) and, where homestay runs through the College, a Confirmation of Appropriate Accommodation and Welfare (CAAW); apply online for the subclass 500 student visa with the CoE and CAAW; send the visa grant notice to the school; complete the pre-arrival profile and homestay matching; and attend orientation. During peak periods the Department of Home Affairs may take up to 3 months to process visa applications, so starting early is the school’s own advice.
Homestay families are screened under Queensland child-protection law, and every adult in the household holds a Working With Children Blue Card. The package includes three meals a day and transport to and from school, and students keep supervised curfews that tighten by year level — for example, Years 11 and 12 students are home by 6:00pm on weekdays and 9:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Students must also maintain Overseas Student Health Cover for the duration of the visa, keep satisfactory attendance and academic progress, and stay with the principal provider for 6 calendar months unless a release letter is issued.
Term calendar and verifying the details
For 2026, Canterbury College’s four terms run as follows: Term 1, 28 January – 2 April; Term 2, 21 April – 19 June; Term 3, 14 July – 18 September; and Term 4, 7 October – 3 December, with the final day for Year 12 students on 20 November. The 2027 school year starts on 27 January, 13 April, 13 July and 6 October respectively. The school notes that term dates are subject to alteration by the QCAA and the Queensland Government.
All facts in this guide come from Canterbury College’s own pages and its 2026 international documents, accessed on 5 August 2026. Fees, English bands and term dates are reviewed regularly, so treat the official site’s current versions as the reference. If you want to talk through how these requirements apply to your child’s specific year level and situation, our advisers can walk you through the details.