Queensland Independent College is a private, primary school in Merrimac, Gold Coast, Australia. It was founded in 2008 as the Queensland Montessori College[1], with a view to creating a sustainable school to replace a previous Montessori school that had closed down[2]. The first intake of students occurred at the start of 2009[2].
The school is coeducational, non-denominational and emphasises specialised educational attention in a relaxed, supportive environment[3], largely following the Montessori method of education, a child-centric method of teaching that focusses on independence, self discipline and thinking skills, with light external control of the children[2] [4]. Currently it covers Montessori cycles 1 to 3 (up to age 12)[5].