The Southport School

The Southport School
Location
2 Winchester Street, Southport, Queensland

Australia
Coordinates27°59′8″S 153°24′52″E / 27.98556°S 153.41444°E / -27.98556; 153.41444
Information
TypeIndependent early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school
MottoLatin: Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat
(Let him who deserves the palm of victory bear it.)
DenominationAnglican
Established1901 (1901)
FounderHorace Henry Dixon
ChairmanAdam Twemlow
HeadmasterAndrew Hawkins
YearsEarly learning to Year 12
GenderBoys only
Enrolmentc.1,551
Colour(s)Navy, white & maroon    
TuitionVaries by grade
Affiliation
AlumniOld Southportonians
Websitewww.tss.qld.edu.au

The Southport School (TSS) is an independent Anglican early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in Southport, a suburb on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia.

Established in 1901 by the Revd Horace Henry Dixon, TSS is the oldest Anglican boys' boarding school in Queensland and the only all-boys boarding school on the Gold Coast. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1305 students from early learning to Year 12, including 276 boarders from Years 7 to 12.

The school is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ), and has been a member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland (GPS) since 1920.