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The Glenleighden School (Fig Tree Pocket)

33 Cubberla Street, Fig Tree Pocket QLD 4069

IndependentK–12 / combinedYears P-11

The Glenleighden School (Fig Tree Pocket) is an independent combined primary and secondary school in Fig Tree Pocket, QLD from Prep to Year 11 with about 223 students. Its ICSEA is 1,084, where the national average is 1000.

223students
1,084ICSEA · higher than 60% of QLD private schools
18%language background other than English
3%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
23teaching staff (FTE)

ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources: The Glenleighden School is a small independent school in Fig Tree Pocket, Brisbane, catering for boys and girls with communication and language-related learning needs. Directory listings report about 99 students and a low student-to-teacher ratio. Sources indicate the school has been renamed Mancel College after about 45 years of operation.

Often praised

  • Specialist language support
  • Small class sizes

This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.

NAPLAN

School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See The Glenleighden School (Fig Tree Pocket) on My School · Why some data is missing

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
Brisbane Montessori School (Fig Tree Pocket)Fig Tree PocketIndependent k–12 / combined0.6 km1,128189
St Aidan's Anglican Girls School (Corinda)CorindaIndependent k–12 / combined2.0 km1,1681,075
Ambrose Treacy College (Indooroopilly)IndooroopillyCatholic k–12 / combined2.2 km1,1391,273
St Peters Lutheran College (Indooroopilly)IndooroopillyIndependent k–12 / combined3.1 km1,1832,330
Brisbane Boys' College (Toowong)ToowongIndependent k–12 / combined5.1 km1,1641,393
St Laurence's College (South Brisbane)South BrisbaneCatholic k–12 / combined7.5 km1,1172,033
Somerville House (South Brisbane)South BrisbaneIndependent k–12 / combined7.8 km1,1801,377
Australian International Islamic College (Durack)DurackIndependent k–12 / combined8.2 km9711,573

Schools with a similar ICSEA in QLD

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Coomera Anglican College (Upper Coomera)Upper CoomeraIndependent k–12 / combined · P-121,5951,084
Suncoast Christian College (Woombye)WoombyeIndependent k–12 / combined · P-121,1361,084
Angelorum College (Fortitude Valley)Fortitude ValleyIndependent k–12 / combined · P-10691,083
Nambour Christian College (Woombye)WoombyeIndependent k–12 / combined · P-121,3091,083
St Philomena School (Park Ridge)Park RidgeIndependent k–12 / combined · P-122441,082
Trinity Lutheran College (Ashmore Rd, Ashmore)AshmoreIndependent k–12 / combined · 6-121,3221,086

About this data

Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.