Hillcrest Christian College is an independent Christian school located in Reedy Creek, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The medium-size, co-educational, Christian school has approximately 1500 students enrolled in each semester with students ranging from Pre-Prep to Year 13. There is also an on-campus Kindy and Outside School Hours Care. Hillcrest Christian College is a member of the CSA (Christian Schools Organisation), which defines the school as a locally governed and not-for-profit organisation. History Hillcrest Christian College (previously named Southern Gold Coast Christian Community School) was opened by Reedy Creek Baptist Church (previously named Palm Beach Baptist Church) in 1982. Starting with just 37 students, ranging from years 1–7, the school operated on the Church grounds before moved to Reedy Creek in 1986. The school has had four principals since its opening: Andrew Mackie (Founding Principal): 1982–1990 Stuarte Kerdel: 1991–2001 Keith Francis: 2002–2014 Jeff Davis: 2015–current In 2021 Hillcrest will introduce a Middle Learning Community which will create four distinct learning areas: Kindy, Junior, Middle and Senior Learning Communities. Academia NAPLAN Results Hillcrest Christian College has a reputation for students performing well above State and National benchmarks in the Years 3, 5, 7 & 9 NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) tests. Year 3 2013 results indicate that: 100% of Year 3 students achieved above the State and National average for numeracy, grammar, reading, spelling and writing. Year 5 2013 results indicate that: 97.1% of Year 5 students achieved above the State and National average for numeracy, grammar, reading and writing. 94.2% of student achieved above the State and National average for spelling. Year 7 2013 results indicate that: 98.6% of Year 7 students achieved above the State and National average for reading. 97.3% of Year 7 students achieved above the State and National average for grammar, spelling and writing. 97.2% of Year 7 students achieved above the State and National average for numeracy. Year 9 2013 results indicate that: 98% of Year 9 students achieved above the State and National average for numeracy, reading and writing. 97.1% of Year 9 students achieved above the State and National average for grammar. 96.1% of Year 9 students achieved above the State and National average for spelling. Year 12 Overall Position Results The 2013 OP (Overall Position) results indicate that: 98% of students in the 2013 cohort who applied for entrance to a university received an offer of place 71% of eligible