About Redeemer Lutheran College
A Co-educational Christian College for Prep to Year 12
Redeemer Lutheran College (RLC) is located on the border of Brisbane and Logan Cities in a semi-rural environment, presently with a Prep to Year 12 enrolment of 1,102 students. The college is notable for its use of open space - with no building exceeding two stories in height and a network of paths crossing the grounds. Considerable effort is expended on landscaping the grounds. Redeemer is a co-educational Christian school owned and operated by the Lutheran Church of Australia, Queensland District. As a school of the church, it holds that its fundamental role is to offer its students a sound and integrated education within the Christian tradition with clear expression of the Christian faith.
As the name implies, RLC focuses on the promotion of the Lutheran denomination of the Christian faith, however adherents of any belief and culture are welcome subject to acceptance of the college’s policies, practices and traditions. Staff are expected to support a Christian lifestyle and most staff members are practising Christians. RLC also has a chaplaincy service which is responsible for devotions and other expressions of religious life.
RLC is a high achieving school, with most senior school-leavers scoring strongly in the OP ranking. Over the past 5 years, an average of 5.32% of students have received OP1 and in 2011, 27.7% of students received OP1-5. RLC has alternative learning pathways available to students, with TAFE courses and apprenticeship courses in the senior years. The college provides outdoor education opportunities for its students at the Tuchekoi Outdoor Education Centre located near Gympie; Year 9 students attend one class at a time, for a period of four weeks in Semester 2 of each year. The college provides a wide range of co-curricular activities as an extension of students' educational experiences; while participation is not compulsory, it is strongly recommended.
