School Type: Co-educational State High School
School Address: 60 Aberfeldy Street, Kenmore 4069
Postal Address: PO Box 116, Kenmore 4069
Total Enrolments: 1559 (July 2007) and 1600 (February 2008)
Year Levels: Year 8-12
Distinctive Curriculum: Strong Academic Focus, German Immersion Program, Music Extension Program, Sciences, Biotechnology, Greater Brisbane School Sport, Wide range of Arts Options including Film & Television, Drama, Dance, Multimedia, Animation, Music, Art and Print Media, ICE - Laptop Program, KAAP - Support for Elite Athletes.
Extra-curricula Activities: Extensive and diverse program including: Debating, Public Speaking, Camps, Musical Productions, Wide range of Sports including rowing, Work Experience, Gifted & Talented Program, many Music ensembles, Competitions, Leos, Talent Quest, Community services activities, Art Exhibitions, Technical Team, Ski Trip, Excursions.
Staff Development Priorities: Leadership, Technology, ESL and Pedagogy.  Expenditure on staff professional development was in excess of $107000 in 2007. All staff undertook professional development in 2007.
Social Climate: Pervasive caring is a characteristic of Kenmore High. In addition, the support staff include 2 Guidance Officers, a Chaplain, Youth-Health Nurse, Youth Support Worker, Behaviour Teacher and a Special Education Unit.
Parent Involvement: An active P&C Association meets monthly on the third Tuesday at 7.30pm. There are seven active sub-committees of the P&C - German Immersion and Extension Support Group, Music Extension Parent Support Group, Friends of the Library, Visual Arts and Media Support Group, Rowing Parent Group, Science Parent Group and Environment. Four parents are elected to the School Council which sets the school's direction. Parents are encouraged to play an active and supporting role in the life of the school. Communication processes are important in assisting the development of this significant partnership.
Apparent retention rate: Year 8 to 12 in 2007: 108%
Student attendance rates:  92% (2007)
Distinctive Skills of Staff: Our highly qualified staff are well known for their commitment to our students. We have a number of staff with Masters level qualifications. Many staff have industry experience in their field.  Details are found in this link:   KSHS Teacher Qualifications
Staff Absences and Retention:  Staff attendance rates were 95% and Staff retention rates were 87%.
Computer Usage: There are 770 devices on our school’s network.  
School Opinion: Parents and students have high regard for Kenmore SHS with results consistently above the results for like schools in most areas. Parents and Students speak very highly of our curriculum which is regarded as well above State benchmarks.
School Progress: Kenmore is a growing and dynamic school with a diverse range of goals for improvement. We believe that we should always be learning and acting on this learning. We have completed the Council of International School's Accreditation Process. We are currently focussed on developing the “thinking school”, continuing innovation in our signature programs and developing our facilities. We are building community leadership opportunities for our students and leading the way in the environment. It is an exciting time.
The value added to our students lives is best measured by the stories their families tell of their growth in confidence, taking opportunities to try new things, of immersing themselves in the rigour of a discipline or interest or by the world that opens up as a result of their experiences here. 
Year 12 Outcomes : In 2007 we awarded 257 Senior Certificates. 81% of our students achieved an OP between 1 and 15. 99% of students were OP eligible or were awarded a VET qualification. 99% of QTAC applicants were offered a university place.   194 students accepted a university place with over 81% gaining their first or second preference.  25% of students gained a Senior Certificate and a vocational qualification.

The Next Step Survey
Source of information
This report is based on the findings of the Queensland Government Next Step survey, which targeted all students who completed Year 12 and gained a Senior Certificate or Certificate of Post-Compulsory School Education in 2006, whether they attended a Government, Catholic or independent school, or a TAFE secondary college. The Office of the Government Statistician conducted the survey between 2 April and 19 May 2007, approximately six months after the young people left school. Responses were predominantly collected via computer aided telephone interview with a paper-based survey collected from a small number of students for whom telephone details were not available.
The survey results were compiled and reported on by the Performance Monitoring and Reporting Branch of the Department of Education, Training and the Arts.

Summary of findings
Please note:  The survey results reported below are based on a 72% response rate.  The actual figures are: 254 students graduated from Kenmore SHS in 2006.  224 of these students were OP eligible.  192(76% of all students) applied for a University course in Queensland.  Others applied to study interstate or overseas.  Of these 184 (95%) were offered a place. 
The survey found:
In 2007, 76.6 per cent of young people who completed their Year 12 at Kenmore State High School in 2006 continued in some recognised form of education and training in the year after they left school. The most common study destination was university (58.7 per cent). The combined VET study
destinations accounted for 17.9 per cent of respondents, including 10.9 per cent in campus-based VET programs, with 8.7 per cent of Year 12 completers entering programs at Certificate IV level or higher.   7.1 per cent commenced employment-based training, either as an apprentice (3.8 per cent) or trainee (3.3 per cent).

In addition to the above study destinations, a further 7.6 per cent of respondents from this school deferred a tertiary offer in 2007 (deferrers are shown in Figure 1 in their current destination). 23.4 per cent did not enter post-school education or training, and were either employed (17.4 per cent), seeking work (3.8 per cent) or neither studying nor in the labour force (2.2 per cent).