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Pathways Programs

Pathway Programs offer a dynamic exploration of industry-based experiences and learning.


Direct entrance pathways to tertiary and post-secondary study, complement and enhance our students’ opportunities, as well as offer an employment advantage.


All girls from Year 10 to Year 12 at Â鶹ÊÓƵCollege participate in Pathways Programs. We believe that by beginning a Pathway Program earlier in the girls’ schooling, it ensures they are making informed career and subject choices, having ‘tasted’ or experienced an area of interest outside of traditional subject offerings.

What's so good about our Pathway Programs?

Get a taste

Our students get the opportunity to explore areas of career interest earlier in their schooling, ensuring they are equipped to make informed subject choices.

Achieve industry qualifications

Gaining a nationally-recognised qualification gives our girls an edge when entering the workforce and can provide pathways into tertiary study.

Gain valuable experience

Our Pathway Programs help students to gain valuable workplace experience and improve their life skill sets prior to leaving school.

Contribute to ATAR Results

Certificate III and above level qualifications can contribute directly to ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) calculation.

Making informed decisions


The success and subsequent longevity of these programs, is evident when SET Planning with our girls throughout Years 10, 11 and 12. Exposure to study and practical placement in an area of career interest at this early stage, assists with our girls’ decision-making processes, which enables them to make more relevant and informed subject choices.

Contributing directly to ATAR Results


Another bonus to our Pathway Programs, under the new ATAR system, is that a Certificate III and above level qualification can contribute directly to ATAR calculation. This gives many of our girls peace of mind as they head into their Senior year with a guaranteed ATAR result.

Enhancing our students' opportunities


Gaining a nationally-recognised qualification can provide a pathway into tertiary study and gives our girls an edge when entering the workforce. We see our girls experience success in their ATAR subjects, tertiary study and employment, all due to this program.


The program can assist with:

  • direct entry into various universities
  • enhances scholarship, residential college and job applications
  • success in ATAR subjects and contributing to students' ATAR result
  • gaining and improving students' workplace, study and life skill-sets
  • building the girls' resume
  • providing employment options.

Â鶹ÊÓƵCollege Health Hub

Providing the most relevant and diverse practical, hands-on hospital, nursing, allied health and medical placement opportunity for our girls.


Health Services is one of our long-standing, advanced Pathway Programs. The program is run from our Â鶹ÊÓƵHealth Hub — a 3-bed simulated hospital ward with Allied Health station, housed on-campus.


The creation of the Â鶹ÊÓƵCollege Health Hub ensures our Health, Allied Health and Medical students can train in Toowoomba, as well as Brisbane, while still accessing the high-quality training opportunity Mater Education delivers out of the Mater Hospital, Brisbane. 


It has also allowed fruitful partnerships with our local hospitals, St. Vincent’s and St. Andrew’s, and other dynamic health organisations, like Lifeflight, Southern Queensland Rural Health (SQRH) and RMEA/QRME.

Book a tour

Discover a huge variety of Pathway Programs


Some of the popular Pathway Programs studied at Â鶹ÊÓƵCollege include:

  • Allied Health and Health Services – Health Hub
  • Animal Studies
  • Automotive
  • Aviation (RePL) – Droning
  • Beauty Services, Make-up and Massage
  • Business and Social Media Marketing
  • Crime and Justice
  • Dance
  • Early Education and Children’s Services (0-5 years)
  • Education Support (Teacher Aide)
  • Electro-technology
  • Events and Tourism
  • Fitness
  • Hospitality
  • Nursing
  • Recreational Pilot Licence
  • Retail Cosmetics
  • School-based Traineeships and Apprenticeships

Students in the spotlight



Work Experience

By Sarah Richardson • 05 Aug, 2024
At the beginning of the term, our Year 10 students embarked on an important journey of exploration and growth through our work experience program. This initiative provides our students with the invaluable opportunity to step out of the classroom and into the real world, where they will gain firsthand insights into various professions and industries.

Preparing for life beyond Holme

By Sarah Richardson • 05 Apr, 2024
For our Senior girls on the verge of moving from Year 12 into life beyond the tartan, feeling prepared and confident to write their next chapter is crucial. The Â鶹ÊÓƵCollege Pathways Programs are designed to empower each girl to explore their unique career interests long before they reach graduation, ensuring they are equipped to make informed choices about their future study, work, and career pathways.
Year 11 Â鶹ÊÓƵstudents Amelie Moore helping in classroom of Year 1 students.

On the pathway to success beyond the school gates

By Sarah Richardson • 26 Oct, 2023
Thanks to the Â鶹ÊÓƵPathways Program, Year 11 student, Amelie Moore, is heading into Year 12 with the peace of mind of a guaranteed ATAR result.
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