Our Story

Together, we’re creating a brighter future!

St John XXIII is proud to be part of Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese's system of 80 Catholic primary and secondary schools operating across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains providing more than 43,500 students with a high-quality, low fee Catholic education.

St John XXIII College is a co-educational school for students from preschool to Year 12, providing an innovative learning environment that embraces investigation, curiosity, questions, and play. At St John XXIII, our contemporary educational approach places the individual at the centre of education.

Together, we’re creating a brighter future!

Student painting in the classroom at St John XXIII College Stanhope Gardens

Our College community aspires to the following values:

Welcoming Jesus Christ as the centre of our College life

Examining all decisions through the lens of impact upon the diverse learning needs of all students.

Embracing and utilising community voice and involvement

Building capacity of staff to use data to inform one’s own work and student learning.

Believing in the potential of every child and passionately holding high expectations.

Collaborating for an innovative, sustainable and inclusive learning environment.

Our mission is lived out through the four focus areas of College life and tied to the Student Leadership Structure:

Ministry

Learning

The Arts

Sports

Our history

Inspired by the wisdom of Pope John XXIII, our school has become a flagship of Catholic educational excellence.

Our college was established in 2005 on the historic Perfection Dairy site.

The first classes were taught in five demountable buildings off a dirt track from Bentwood Terrace, Stanhope Gardens. With just over 80 students, we taught Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 classes.

St John XXIII College grew quickly. In 2007, we enrolled our inaugural Year 7 cohort of 68 students. Our secondary school was originally known as St Mark’s Catholic College.

Over the years, we have fully developed our learning facilities to support our agile and contemporary approach to education. Our performance hub, hospitality suite, recording studios, and technology spaces are just some of the facilities that provide rich and energetic learning experiences.

In 2022, our primary and secondary Catholic learning community officially united to become St John XXIII Catholic College. Today, we enrol nearly 2,000 students, and we look forward to the future with faith and confidence.