At Gladstone Park, our major purpose is: - to support students in achieving academic success, to give them the best possible chance of gaining entrance into a course at a University/Tertiary Institution or employment in their chosen pathways. - to provide an invigorating learning environment that promotes merit leadership and resilience and enables students to become valuable contributors to social community and professional environments - to enhance success, by encouraging and promoting student involvement in extra curricular activities. We aim to develop our students to become independent learners who are resilient, responsible and strive to reach their full potential. Our school has 1540 students with 4 principal class members, 104.3 EFT teachers and 23.3 EFT support staff. School Motto: “Knowledge is Power”. We are committed to a culture of respect - Respect of Self - Respect of Peers - Respect of Staff/School/Parents. We value student leadership. Our philosophy is to use the innate talent of students to lead our culture of respect. We value integrity, honesty, responsibility and cooperation and we believe in firm, fair discipline. We value academic and individual success through persistence and we celebrate success. We value diversity in all its forms. We promote pride and connectedness to our school community.