Our School

About Our School

Students from Kindergarten through to Year 12 are enrolled at Bothwell District High School. Students have full access to the Australian Curriculum and enjoy the opportunity to take part in a number of extra activities as a result of close school and community partnerships.

Our students participate in a range of specialised subjects, including the Food and Fibre curriculum as delivered through our Agricultural Studies program. Each year our senior students participate in wool handling competitions and the National Merino Challenge, demonstrating their knowledge of sheep handling and the wool industry.

Our early years has a focus on nature play, with a range of outdoor learning opportunities.

Our senior student leaders are provided with opportunities to lead school-based House activities and to engage in community forums and events.

Our Leadership Team

Principal - Erika Boas
erika.boas@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Assistant Principal - Niki Griggs
niki.griggs@decyp.tas.gov.au 

AST/ Quality Teaching Coach - Ashley Kershaw Quinn
ashley.kershaw.quinn@decyp.tas.gov.au

School Business Manager - Christine Turner
christine.turner@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Our Literacy Success

We are a member school of the Midlands Cluster and in 2025, The Cluster received a $75, 000 Schools Plus Grant for the next three years to support student literacy success. Our collective focus will be in implementing explicit reading strategies and in supporting our middle leaders to coach teachers to best support student literacy success. Bothwell early years and primary teachers have been using the PLD literacy resources and our students have been achieving outstanding results. In 2024, 89% of our students made medium to high gains in reading based on PAT Reading testing.