Pathways Programs

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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 Fairholme College 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?

1

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.

2

Achieve industry qualifications

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

3

Gain valuable experience

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

4

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.

Fairholme College 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 Fairholme Health Hub — a 3-bed simulated hospital ward with Allied Health station, housed on-campus.

The creation of the Fairholme College 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.

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Discover a huge variety of Pathway Programs

Some of the popular Pathway Programs studied at Fairholme College 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

2024: another extraordinary Fairholme year

By Sarah Richardson • December 13, 2024

The much-awaited ATAR results have been released. The anticipation has been replaced by relief, and, for Fairholme’s senior cohort of 2024, there’s cause for celebration. This inspiring group of young women have demonstrated the Fairholme way through impressive traits of perseverance, resilience, and positivity – traits that will hold them in good stead long into their diverse and promising futures. Notably, each 2024 senior finished her year eligible for university entrance as well as a plethora of pathway choices including early entry offers for over one third of the cohort. For others, there has been the nervous focus on a specific ATAR result required to ensure entry into a specific course. Options look especially promising for the 36% of the ATAR-eligible students who achieved a score in the 90s. Of note too, two students achieved perfect scores in two of their individual subjects – and three students in one of their individual subjects. Additionally, 7.2% of the cohort achieved scores in the 99 range and 24% of the cohort in the 95 and above range. As a College, we celebrate each and all of our Year 12 graduates – we have appreciated their contributions to the College throughout their schooling, and, importantly, we look to their futures with great optimism. For this generous and inclusive senior cohort of 2024, we are both proud and grateful.