Discover Bishop Druitt College

Our purpose is to transform the lives of our students every day, with the aim of Bishop Druitt College being the foremost K-12 college on the North Coast of New South Wales.

Take a Virtual Campus Tour

Experience our College

Discover the BDC Advantage

Read More

Meet our Principal

'The student journey at BDC is more than a collection of exciting educational opportunities. It is a transformative experience.'

Read more from Nick Johnstone
“At Bishop Druitt College we see the balance between an outstanding academic environment and a safe and caring pastoral community as being the key to producing world prepared citizens.“

Our Vision & Values

Bishop Druitt College was founded on the pursuit of excellence, with the vision of creating a premium K-12 independent educational experience.

Read More

Our Philosophy

Learning should be innovative, adaptive, resourceful and collaborative.

Read More

The BDC Advantage

Learning & Teaching

Our mission is to ‘light fires not fill buckets’.

Read More

High Performance & Athlete Development

A program designed to be supportive, flexible and responsive to individual student needs, and will help provide our students who are at elite levels in performance, composing, dance and sports to continue to strive at the highest level.

Read More

Enhancing Wellbeing

A supportive and caring environment where students can reach their intellectual, spiritual, physical, emotional and social potential.

Read More
“As a graduate engineer at Cochlear, it is with great pride that I reflect on Bishop Druitt College as an open door to the world that I know and love today. The value I place on community, my respect for education and my closest friendships are all anchored here.“
— Hugh Chan | Dux of Bishop Druitt College 2012

BishopDruitt2021TolhurstCreativeFB-150.jpeg?mtime=20211009170906#asset:11189

Latest News

View More

Fri, Apr 4 2025

Sports News Term 1...

The past few weeks has been an extremely busy time in the BDC sports department...

Read More

Fri, Apr 4 2025

World's Greatest Shave -...

Huge Congratulations to the Bishop Druitt College Class of 2025! What an incredible effort—raising $23,654...

Read More

Fri, Apr 4 2025

Careers News

Vocational Education and Training (VET) at BDC is well underway! The induction process has been...

Read More

Fri, Apr 4 2025

BDC Alumni: Tegan Hannaford

Tegan completed her HSC at Bishop Druitt College in 2017.Since then she has built an...

Read More

Fri, Apr 4 2025

Performing Arts News Term...

Hope Choir On Tuesday 18th March, we had the absolute joy of welcoming The Hope...

Read More

Fri, Apr 4 2025

Kokoda Challenge Walk 2...

Our incredible staff and students have conquered their second Kokoda training walk! Covering over 14km,...

Read More

Upcoming Events

View More

Mon, Feb 3 2025

BDC Playgroup Locations

9:00am

Valla Beach Community Hall, Emerald Beach Cherry Haven, Urunga Neighbourhood Centre, Coffs Harbour Bishop Druitt College

Read More

Thu, May 8 2025

Mother's Day Breakfast

7:00am

111 North Boambee Road, Coffs Harbour, 2456

Read More