Clayfield College

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Clayfield College
"Luceat Lux Vestra" Let Your Light Shine
Established	1931
School type	Independent
Principal/Headmaster	Mrs Carolyn Hauff (1991- present)
Location	Clayfield, Queensland, Australia
Campus	Urban (Brisbane)
School colours	Green Gold Blue
Homepage	http://www.clayfield.qld.edu.au/

Clayfield College is an independent school in Clayfield, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Clayfield College is owned by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools' Association.

Clayfield College grew out of the Brisbane Boys' College which was founded in 1902. In 1906 BBC moved to Bayview Terrace, Clayfield. In 1930 when had BBC outgrown the Clayfield campus it moved to its present location at Toowong. Clayfield College was founded on BBC's former site in 1931 as the primary school department of Somerville House. The secondary school was established in 1935 and Clayfield was separated from Somerville House.

In 1939 Clayfield opened its boarding arm and chose its motto 'Luceat Lux Vestra' (Let Your Light Shine). Clayfield began its house system in 1946 with four houses – Campbell, Gibson, Radcliffe and Youngman, with Henderson incorporated soon after.

Clayfield's first principal Nancy Ashburn retired in 1964. Opened the same year, the college’s library was named after her. A science building, a new boarding house, an assembly hall and a separate primary department were built in quick succession. Another boarding house, the music centre, and new classrooms were constructed in the 1970's and 1980's. The college Chapel was built in 1985. In 1997 Clayfield’s Physical Education Centre was built on the former site of the Savoy Theatre and named after the college’s second principal, Ida Kennedy who retired in 1990. The classrooms and boarding house were refurbished and expanded in the 1990's, and Clayfield bought the Turrawan Private Hospital and converted it into a boarding facility.