Matthew Flinders Anglican College provides genuine, challenging and supported opportunities for students to build leadership skills.
We believe 'leadership is everyone's business'.
This focus on leadership is part of the College's aim to equip our graduates with skills to lead their own lives in a positive manner while also being capable of making a positive impact in the wider world.
Our staff leadership team supports and guides our College community, while our College Board of Directors leads the College's overall strategic vision.
Our College Chaplain guides our religious focus as Flinders welcomes students, parents and staff from diverse backgrounds and cultures. The love of God, tolerance and compassion for others are modelled across all areas of our College.
College Governance and Board
Matthew Flinders Anglican College was founded in 1990. Our College is a company limited by guarantee.
The Board of Directors is primarily accountable to the company and is responsible for the overall strategy, governance and performance of its business affairs. The Constitution of the Company links this responsibility to the wider College community and to the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane.
The Board of Directors seeks to implement Excellence in Governance as a key organisational goal.
The premise of such a goal is that for our College to achieve excellence in its educational, Christian and community mission, the governing body must be highly strategic and effective in its leadership, planning and oversight functions.
Our College’s values – of explicit Christian principles: Compassion, Courage, Integrity and Respect – present touchstones for which all policies, strategies, actions and behaviour within the organisation will be consistent.
Sound day-to-day management and performance of our College are the responsibility of the Principal.
The Board of Directors encompass a range of skills and attributes required for our College to achieve its goals.
Board of Directors and Committees
The risks and challenges of the governance role of independent school boards reflect those of the corporate world. The Board of Directors has between its members a broad range of interests, talents and experience. The Board seeks to implement excellence in governance as a key organisational goal by exercising principles of rigour, transparency and accountability.
The premise of such a goal is that for our College to achieve excellence in its educational, Christian and community mission, the governing body must be highly strategic and effective in its leadership, planning and oversight functions. The Board governs the organisation in a manner in which it actively facilitates achievement of our College’s goals and vision.
The Constitution of the Company links this responsibility to the wider College community, and also to the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane.
The Principal is an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors to which she reports regularly. She enjoys total operational autonomy, but also has a high level of accountability. The Director of Business and Operations is responsible for supporting the Chairman and the Board of Directors in their role of governing the affairs of the College.
The Board operates a number of standing committees, including Audit and Governance, Strategy and Risk, and Buildings and Grounds. The role of each of these committees is to recommend action to the Board of Directors on the basis of considered analysis of information relevant to its specified area of expertise, consistent with routine function under its Terms of Reference or on specific referral from the Board of Directors. All committees report regularly to the Board.
College Board
Brock Mahoney
Board Deputy Chair | Chair, Strategy and Risk & Chair, Remunerations and Nominations
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Staff
Our College's staff leadership team includes our Principal and Heads of School and Sub-School.
There are also Heads of Department and leaders of focus areas, such as Learning and Innovation, Emerging Technologies, Talent Development, Pastoral Programs, Music, Sport, Creative Arts and more.
This extensive leadership network, with the support of our College's dedicated and quality staff team, ensures that every student at Flinders is cared for, nurtured and supported by an extensive network of people who care.
Principal
Principal
Ms Michelle Carroll
Heads of School
Head of Secondary School
Mrs Anita Gibson
Head of Senior School (Years 10-12)
Mr Duncan Greenbank
Head of Middle School (Years 7-9)
Mr Sam Huckstep
Head of Primary School
Mrs Trudi Edwards
Head of Senior Primary (Years 4-6)
Mrs Ingrid Clarke
Head of Junior Primary (Prep to Year 3)
Ms Kersti Mowat
Student Leadership
Student leaders are role models for our student community at Flinders. Our leaders learn how to step into their important role to guide their fellow students with kindness, consideration and encouragement.
Our leaders uphold our College values of compassion, courage, integrity and respect. These values are important for our Flinders graduates as they strive to build a successful future with positive relationships in their life and career beyond the College gates.
There are many opportunities to lead at Flinders, whether as College Captains across the Sub-Schools and Primary and Secondary campuses, House Captains, Student and Staff Council Representatives, Round Square Ambassadors and Co-Curricular Captains, including Music and Sport Captains.
Our College also encourages students to lead in terms of their 'personal brand' and to lead within their families, friendships groups and communities. Students learn that leadership does not always come with an official honour or badge; it is the way we lead our own lives by making positive and kind choices in learning and life that enables us all to succeed.
Primary School Leaders
L-R: Will Hiley and Reese Jackson
College Leaders
L-R: Vice Captain Grace McManis; College Captain Naish Roberts; College Captain Nethra Chandrasekar; Vice Captain Jack Datta
