Saint Ignatius' College
Where it sits among Adelaide schools
Our story
Saint Ignatius’ opened on 13 February 1951 in Queen Street, Norwood, with 52 boys and six Jesuit fathers, after Archbishop Matthew Beovich encouraged more Catholic schooling in Adelaide. It is part of the worldwide network of Jesuit schools and is named for Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus.
The school grew quickly. A secondary campus opened in 1967 on what were then the outer edges of Adelaide at Athelstone, and Norwood became the Junior School. From 1971 it took girls from Kildare College who wanted to finish secondary school, and in 1996 it became fully co-educational from Reception to Year 12. Today it is a Catholic (Jesuit) co-ed college of about 1,421 students (2025), with the Junior Campus at Norwood and a 16-hectare Senior Campus at Athelstone.
Facilities & sport
- Early learning centre
- Science / STEM labs
From the school’s website (source). A missing item may just not be listed.
Fees, results and cost to Year 12
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