Bentley Park College
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Bentley Park College is a co-educational, state run school located in Edmonton
Edmonton, Queensland
Edmonton used to be an independent township supporting a sugar mill, but in recent times has become a suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 10 km south of the centre of Cairns on the Bruce Highway and within the Cairns Region local government area...

, Queensland
Queensland
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, Australia
Australia
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. The school educates students from preschool
Nursery school
A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of one and five years, staffed by suitably qualified and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare...

 to 12th grade and first opened in 1997.

The school first opened its doors to preschool age students in 1997, followed by the primary school in 1998. In 2001, the school began accepting middle school students (grades 6-9) and senior school students (grades 10-12) in 2002. In 2003-2004, senior school students moved into their own building apart from the middle school students.

In 2005, there were approximately 1800 students enrolled in the school, 400 of which were senior school students.

In 2011, the middle school has been removed to bring on the existence of simply the Primary and Secondary sectors.
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