Who are we?

Good Samaritan Education (GSE) is a community within the Catholic Church that continues the mission of Jesus through the ministry of Catholic education and embraces each of the school communities of GSE. Governance within GSE is exercised according to the principles of partnership, subsidiarity and stewardship.

What is our structure?

GSE has a church structure as a ministerial public juridic person (Ministerial PJP). The PJP was instituted by the Archbishop of Sydney in 2011 in common accord with the Archbishops of Brisbane and Melbourne and the Bishops of Broken Bay and Wollongong to work collaboratively with them in the mission of Catholic Education in their Diocese.

The Assembly of GSE elects the Governing Council, whose members are accountable to the Assembly for the fulfilment of GSE’s Mission.

Each school is governed by a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee under the Corporations Act under a standardised Constitution common to all GSE schools.

In 2024, Good Samaritan Education changed the governance structure so that GSE, the entity, became the sole member of each school.

As the sole member, GSE stewards and promotes each school’s educational mission. A Member Representative, from the Governing Council, is appointed for each school to meet regularly with the Board Chair and the Board of Directors. This provides oversight to exercise the ministry of governance and ensure the stewardship within each school community.

The Board is responsible for the selection of the Principal/CEO, and is appointed following the approval of the sole member (GSE). Principal/CEO responsibility is the leadership and management of the school. The Principal is accountable to the School Board.

GSE is registered with and provides annual reports to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).

What brings us together?

All those in governance roles in GSE are united through sharing common goals within a spirit of mutual stewardship: exercising responsibility, being trusted and supported, making choices, and embracing accountability.