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Excellence in Christian Education

Calvin Christian School partners with parents to prepare and equip students for life. From Kindergarten to Year 12, we offer young people the opportunity to be part of a transformational Christian learning community that knows them, celebrates and cares for them as unique individuals.

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Our School is committed to working with parents to provide students with an excellent Christian Education guided by a biblical Christian worldview. At Calvin Christian School, we educate for the future by developing strong foundational skills, encouraging deep thinking, discernment, and fostering opportunities to serve and grow. Our students have the opportunity to be part of this supportive school community from Kindergarten to Year 12, benefitting from a continuity relationship, values and expectations.

The School motto reflects the encouragement found in Scripture to do all things well as if done for God. We recognise that God has created each of us in His image with different gifts and talents. As followers of Jesus we seek to nurture these gifts so that our students will grow and flourish seeking to give of their best in all that they do.

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In an era when pressures are placed on children to define their identity in particular ways, we affirm that identity is founded in God. Firstly, recognising that each of us is a unique creation, made in the image of our Creator God. Secondly, preparing and equipping young people to be followers of Jesus, seeking to reflect Christ-like character in all aspects of life.

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Consistent with these understandings, at Calvin Christian School we seek to develop young people who are:

  • Courageous

  • Resilient

  • Compassionate

  • Curious

  • Reflective

  • People of Integrity

Calvin Christian School is a school with opportunities for students and expectations of their academic growth. Calvin students consistently perform well across a range of measures, reflecting both the diversity of our School community and the strength of our educational programs.

Our History

Calvin Christian School was the first school of its kind to be established in Australia.

Today there are eighty similar schools across the nation. The Association of Christians that founded Calvin Christian School was united in its desire to provide students with a Christian education, and the belief that parents, rather than the Government or the Church, were primarily responsible for the type of education their children received. The school, which was funded and built by the Association, opened in January 1962 with an enrolment of 77 primary students.

Historical photo of a group of young students sitting on the grass outside a brick Calvin Christian School building in Kingston, with some reading books.

Calvin’s heritage strongly reflects both the diversity found in the school community as well as the unity that is found in shared Christian belief. It was the vision of the founders and remains the vision of the school to provide a Christian education to all those in the community who desire it, and those others who value such an education.

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As the school’s reputation for educational excellence developed, so the desire for Secondary (Years 7-10) and Senior Secondary (Years 11-12) education grew. Secondary classes commenced at Calvin in 1976 with senior secondary classes commencing in 1990. Calvin is now a thriving community of over 800 students. 

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Calvin Christian School is named after the 16th century French protestant theologian, writer and reformer, John Calvin. The school's founding members honoured the Protestant Reformation and the work of John Calvin by naming the school after him.