In their words
Phones, laptops and AI at Brisbane high schools: what families say
114 comments about phones, laptops and AI from verified reviews and 2026 Open Day Reflections, across more than 40 Brisbane schools. Here are the schools where people say most, with one thing someone said at each.
Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics and Technology
Co-ed · State, competitive entry · Toowong · No tuition fees
9 comments · 1 speaks well of it
Read what people said at Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics and Technology →“…If I could turn back time, I would've done AI SL instead of AA SL for maths.”
Mansfield State High School
Co-ed · State, competitive entry · Mansfield · No tuition fees
7 comments · 1 speaks well of it · 2 raise concerns
Read what people said at Mansfield State High School →“Children now use BYOD programs where they will primarily use their devices to complete study/assessment…”
St Joseph's Nudgee College
Boys · Catholic · Boondall · $25,035 a year
6 comments · 2 speak well of it
Read what people said at St Joseph's Nudgee College →“When you submit your assignment, it goes through AI detectors […] and then they've also…”
Brisbane Boys' College
Boys · Independent · Toowong · $36,492 a year
5 comments · 1 speaks well of it · 1 raises concerns
Read what people said at Brisbane Boys' College →“Technology and phone use [is] the biggest issue that we deal with.…”
Brisbane Grammar School
Boys · Independent · Spring Hill · $37,960 a year
5 comments · 4 speak well of it
Read what people said at Brisbane Grammar School →“You hand in your phone [and] laptop at 8:45 at night on weekdays [in the…”
Brisbane State High School
Co-ed · State, competitive entry · South Brisbane · No tuition fees
5 comments · 2 speak well of it
Read what people said at Brisbane State High School →“All students used ipads/laptops in the classroom, when my daughter first started they had some parent info nights about the use of laptops and how to manage screen time at home which was helpful, but in senior years they…”
Padua College
Boys · Catholic · Kedron · $14,945 a year
5 comments · 1 speaks well of it
Read what people said at Padua College →“Each year we host a new writing competition […] we thoroughly make sure, if a…”
Corinda State High School
Co-ed · State · Corinda · No tuition fees
4 comments
Read what people said at Corinda State High School →“That the students all need to lock up their phones in a yonder pouch.…”
Genesis Christian College
Co-ed · Independent · Bray Park · $11,390 a year
4 comments · 1 speaks well of it
Read what people said at Genesis Christian College →“Digital Technologies - I have a fascination with computers and coding…”
Indooroopilly State High School
Co-ed · State · Indooroopilly · No tuition fees
3 comments · 2 speak well of it · 1 raises concerns
Read what people said at Indooroopilly State High School →“…Interactive whiteboards and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies enhance learning.”
Mt Maria College
Co-ed · Catholic · Mitchelton · $9,805 a year
3 comments · 1 speaks well of it
Read what people said at Mt Maria College →“For senior history, [AI is] actually amazing for the [research] […] it's cut down the…”
St Augustine's College
Co-ed · Catholic · Augustine Heights · $6,558 a year
3 comments
Read what people said at St Augustine's College →“Students may be excluded from class for a whole period or sent for their phones…”
St Peters Lutheran College
Co-ed · Independent · Indooroopilly · $26,786 a year
3 comments · 1 speaks well of it
Read what people said at St Peters Lutheran College →“we did farm chores like milking cows or feeding the pigs, and it allowed us…”
Anglican Church Grammar School
Boys · Independent · East Brisbane · $36,232 a year
2 comments · 1 speaks well of it
Read what people said at Anglican Church Grammar School →“[The school is] trying to find a way to let students use [AI] in a…”
Carmel College
Co-ed · Catholic · Thornlands · $7,378 a year
2 comments · 2 speak well of it
Read what people said at Carmel College →“The class was a small 11/12 composite in which ai got surprisingly close with my…”
Kedron State High School
Co-ed · State · Kedron · No tuition fees
2 comments · 1 speaks well of it · 1 mixed
Read what people said at Kedron State High School →“…Two of them helped to ignite my passion for media and coding.”
Kelvin Grove State College
Co-ed · State · Kelvin Grove · No tuition fees
2 comments · 1 raises concerns
Read what people said at Kelvin Grove State College →“…I dropped my daughter to school very early one time and she got a detention for being on her phone at 7:30 in the morning and got it taken away.”
Mary MacKillop College
Girls · Catholic · Nundah · $7,304 a year
2 comments
Read what people said at Mary MacKillop College →“At the moment, we're trying to mitigate that by having […] planning done in class,…”
Mount Alvernia College
Girls · Catholic · Kedron · $14,164 a year
2 comments
Read what people said at Mount Alvernia College →“When we submit something, we have like an AI checker […] and if you are…”
Queensland Academy for Creative Industries
Co-ed · State, competitive entry · Kelvin Grove · No tuition fees
2 comments
Read what people said at Queensland Academy for Creative Industries →“English SL, Mandarin Ab Initio, Psychology HL, Biology HL, Math AI SL, Music HL”
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Each comment is an answer in a published review (parents and former students, who show us proof of their link to the school) or an Open Day Reflection: what the school's own principals, teachers and students told visitors at 2026 open days. “Speaks well” and “raises concerns” are worked out by software, sentence by sentence, from the parts about phones, laptops and AI; it's right most of the time but not always, so read what people said. Schools are listed by how much people say about it. It isn't a ranking of how good a school is, and some comments need a free account or Full Access. How reviews work
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