Education

The Shoalhaven has a well serviced and growing education sector offering a wide range of education and training opportunities. In the Shoalhaven you can continue lifetime learning with all levels of education catered for from child day care to private and public schools, vocational, TAFE and University courses - to the University of the Third Age.

The education sector is oriented to industry requirements integrating student work experience through to business training courses to improve staff capability. A specific Shoalhaven Education and Training Network regularly meet to improve the offerings of all educators and address the needs of the community.

Child Care/Pre School
Primary Schools
        Government
         Non-Government
Secondary schools
         Government
         Non-Government
Tertiary Education
         University
         TAFE
Vocational Education
A University of the Third Age

For other training providers please use Yellow Pages.

Child Care / Pre School

There is a range of community based pre schools, privately operated child care facilities and early childhood centres on offer throughout the Shoalhaven. At present there are over 40 day care facilities within the Shoalhaven, with a number catering for vacation care. You can search for individual child care facilities at Yellow Pages or search by location at Google Maps.

Shoalhaven City Council also coordinates Family Day Care.

Family Day Care is an alternative to centre based care.  Children are cared for in the homes of registered careres.  Offices are in Nowra and Ulladulla.  The carers nurture and develop each child's learning potential in small group settings, and cater for children from birth to twelve years.

Parents can make flexible arrangement for full, part time, occasional or after school care, including vacation care.

Shoalhaven Family Day Care is always looking for carers to work in the Shoalhaven region.  If you are looking for a career in child care and want to open your own small business then contact the co ordination unit and find our about the requirements to become a carer in our professional team.

For more information contact Shoalhaven Family Day Care on (02) 4421 7314.

Noah's Ark Centre of Shoalhaven

Noah's Ark Centre of Shoalhaven Inc. provides flexible, high quality services to children with special needs and caring support to their families.

Noah's Ark is an early childhood intervention centre. It is a non-government organisation run by parents and local community members.

Early childhood intervention services support families of children with a delay in development or a disability. They include therapy, education and support services that assist families to help their child grow and develop.

Primary Schools

Government Primary Schools

24 government primary schools operate throughout the Shoalhaven. Government primary schools are located in most of the larger villages and school bus services operate in other areas. Berry, Bomaderry, Callala, Cambewarra, Culburra, Falls Creek, Greenwell Point, Huskisson, Jervis Bay, Kangaroo Valley, Milton, East Nowra, North Nowra (2), Nowra, Nowra Hill, St Georges Basin, Sanctuary Point, Shoalhaven Heads, Sussex Inlet, Terara, Tomerong, Ulladulla and Vincentia. You can search for individual schools by location at Google Maps.

Government Primary Schools

Callala Public School
Bomaderry Primary School
Berry Primary School
Cambewarra Public School
Culburra Public School
Falls Creek Public School
Gerringong Public School
Greenwell Point Public School
Havenlee School (Specific Purpose School)
Huskisson Public School
Illaroo Road Public School
Kangaroo Valley Public School
Milton Public School
North Nowra Primary School
Nowra East Public School
Nowra Hill Public School
Nowra Public School
Sanctuary Point Public School
Shoalhaven Heads Public School
St Georges Basin Public School
Sussex Inlet Public School
Terara Public School
Tomerong Public School
Ulladulla Public School
Vincentia Public School

Non-Government Primary Schools

There are several non government primary schools across the Shoalhaven, with most located in the larger centres. A comprehensive school bus service provides access for all children to their nearest non-government school. You can search for individual schools by location at Google Maps.

Non – Government Schools

Nowra Anglican College
Nowra Christian School
Shoalhaven Anglican School (Milton)
St Marys Star of the Sea School (Milton)
St Michael’s Catholic Primary School (Nowra)
William Campbell College
Jervis Bay Christian Community School

Secondary Schools

Government Secondary Schools

The Shoalhaven has 5 government secondary schools at Bomaderry; Nowra; Shoalhaven; Ulladulla & Vincentia. You can search for individual schools by location at Google Maps.

Government Secondary Schools

Nowra High School
Bomaderry High School
Shoalhaven High School
Ulladulla High School
Vincentia High School

Non-Government Secondary Schools

There are 6 non-government secondary schools; Shoalhaven Anglican College, Milton Christian Community College, Nowra; St John the Evangelist High School, Nowra and Nowra Anglican College, Bomaderry. You can search for individual schools by location at Google Maps.

Non-Government Secondary Schools

Nowra Anglican College
Nowra Christian School
Shoalhaven Anglican School (Milton)
St John the Evangelist High School (Nowra)
 

In addition rail and coach transport is available to Shoalhaven students attending either Wollongong or Southern Highlands private secondary schools

Tertiary Education

The Shoalhaven Education Precinct, a new strategic development is combining the resources of Shoalhaven City Council, the University of Wollongong, the Illawarra Institute of Technology and the NSW Government.

At the centre of development at Mundamia, to the west of Nowra is a joint campus for the University of Wollongong offering a range of courses through its Faculties of Commerce, Arts, Law, Education, Health & Behavioural Science, Science and the Graduate Schools of Management and Medicine and the Illawarra Institute of Technology offering business studies.

The Shoalhaven Education Precinct offers a campus where students can undertake all or part of a degree. With the upgrading of the technology used for flexible delivery of learning at UOW, it is expected that an even greater range of subject and course offerings will be available in the near future.

There are also TAFE campuses at Bomaderry and Milton/Ulladulla, allowing the opportunity to train locally and providing the region with a strong skills base.

The Nowra Campus is the Illawarra Institute’s second largest and includes a library, a large tourism and hospitality training facility, a child studies facility and computer rooms. The campus offers a broad range of courses in the trade, manufacturing and services areas. Including;

• Access Programs (includes Aboriginal Education & Training Unit, Outreach)
• Building & Construction (Carpentry & Joinery)
• Business Services (includes Administration Services, Finance, Retail & Property)
• Engineering & Manufacturing (includes Electrotechnology, Metal Fabrication & Welding)
• General Education ( includes Adult Basic Education, Prevocational)
• Information Technology and Arts & Media (includes Fashion Technology)
• Personal, Community & Health Services (includes Child Studies, Nursing, Welfare)
• Tourism & Hospitality (includes Commercial Cookery, Food & Beverage, Travel) Transport, Rural & Maritime (includes Agriculture, Dairy, Horticulture, and Land Management)

The Ulladulla Campus of TAFE serves the southern Shoalhaven area from Sussex Inlet in the north to Kioloa in the south. Students have the opportunity to study a wide selection of courses in the business services, tourism and hospitality, general education, community services and maritime.

Vocational Education

There is also wide range of specialist registered training organizations (RTO’s). Illawarra Retirement Trust, Mission Australia, Sureway, Essential Personnel, Aerospace Training Services.. and many more

Community College, Shoalhaven Community College is also based at Bomaderry for work skills programs, with a particular strength in the beauty industry.

A University of the Third Age

Offering a wide range of community interest courses the University of the Third Age is headquartered in Nowra.