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Australia has a long tradition of Lutheran education, with schools and early childhood services operating in Australia since 1839. As a church with an emphasis on biblical literacy and Christian education, the Lutheran Church has supported education since its beginnings in the sixteenth century.

The Lutheran church also has its own tertiary institution, Australian Lutheran College, which provides special training for Lutheran teachers that promotes a distinctive ethos in its schools and early childhood services. Learn more about the history and structure of Lutheran Education.

Through Christian education, Lutherans believe that God’s Spirit is active in the lives of the community.

God’s Word, as revealed in the Bible is the basis for living and learning in Lutheran schools and early childhood services.

The Bible’s central message is the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the good news that God’s unconditional love is for everyone. In Lutheran schools and early childhood services, each student is seen as a unique person with dignity and worth who is created and loved by God.

Lutherans believe that all knowledge and learning is a great gift from God.

Lutheran schools and early childhood services strive to provide excellence in education and a quality learning experience for all students.

We recruit highly-qualified staff and support them with continuous professional learning and development.

Our learning programs incorporate the curriculum requirements of relevant state education authorities.

Lutheran education caters for students with diverse needs and abilities.

Our education programs emphasise key competencies, stimulate thinking skills and integrate technology.

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Lutheran schools offer a wide range of quality co-curricular activities, such as sport and the arts.

Lutheran Education Australia recognises the importance of implementing and maintaining a child-safe environment.

We are committed to implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

The LEA Child Safety Report sets out the progress made by Lutheran schools and early childhood services and outlines how we are committed to keeping children safe from harm so they can grow and flourish in a supportive environment.

The report describes child-safe actions undertaken in a range of educational settings.

There are more than 70 Lutheran schools in Australia and more than 60 early childhood care services.

Lutheran education caters to a range of educational levels including kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools and combined primary/secondary schools. There are more than 25 schools in South Australia, more than 25 schools in Queensland, 17 schools across Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, three schools in the Northern Territory and one school in Western Australia.

Lutheran schools are funded by school fees and taxpayer funding via the Federal Government. Regional bodies oversee the distribution of government funding to individual schools.