Policies

Our Commitment to Child Safety

St Joseph’s Nudgee College is part of the Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) network of schools, governed by Edmund Rice Education Australia Colleges Ltd (EREAC). Guided by the values of the Charter for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition, we place the safety, dignity and wellbeing of every young person at the heart of College life.

Together with EREA, we are committed to fostering relationships built on respect, trust and transparency, ensuring every student feels known, valued and supported to grow into the best version of themselves.

Child Safety | Edmund Rice Education Australia

These processes align with:

• the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 (Qld)
• the Working with Children & Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Qld)
• the Child Safe Organisations Act 2024 (Qld) and the 10 Child Safe Standards (mandatory from 1 January 2026)
• the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)
• the Nudgee College Child and Youth Risk Management Strategy
• the EREA Child Safeguarding Framework

To find out more, click here. 

As an Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) governed school, St Joseph's Nudgee College complies with several policies which are in accord with the EREA Charter and underpinned by EREA core values. 

• EREA Website
• EREA Reconciliation Commitment
• EREA Code of Conduct
• EREA Colleges Ltd Complaints Handling Policy
• EREA Colleges Ltd Privacy Policy and Procedure
• EREA Colleges Ltd Whistleblower Protection Policy

Admissions Policy

Year 5 Catholic Boys School Agreement

For consistency of the timing of offers, Catholic Boys Schools have altered their enrolment procedures so that offers of places at their Colleges will be sent out during the last week of Term 3. All responses due back the first week of Term 4. Read more here.

Academic Policy Handbook

AARA Confidential Medical Report

Inclusive Learning Policy 

National VET Policy

Student Code of Conduct

Attendance Policy 

Bullying and Harassment Policy

Boarding Behaviour Support

Mobile Phone Policy

NC Social Media Policy 

Student Driving Policy and Procedure

Uniform, Hair and Grooming Standards

EREA and St Joseph's Nudgee College is committed to protecting personal privacy and recognises that staff and students have a reasonable expectation that EREA and Nudgee College will protect and appropriately manage the personal information it holds about them. This Policy and the accompanying Procedures outline the circumstances in which we obtain personal information, how we use and disclose that information and how we manage requests to access and/or change that information.

Privacy Policy and Procedure

For further information about this policy or your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer, Deputy Principal Mr Stephen Meara on privacyofficer@nudgee.qld.edu.au or (07) 3865 0555. 

Please read all of the policies associated with Overseas Admissions on this page.

This Code of Conduct is intended to guide parents and guardians in their dealings with staff, other parents, students and the wider school community. It articulates the College’s key expectations of both staff and parents with regard to respectful relationships and behaviours. It also specifies the College’s position with regard to unacceptable behaviours that breach our culture of respect.

This policy and procedure provides clear and practical guidelines to ensure that complaints and appeals received about the Registered Training Organisation (RTO), about and from students, trainers, staff and/or third parties can be resolved equitably and efficiently, and in accordance with the principles of natural justice.