Congratulations to the following teacher aides who have been nominated in the 2025 Australian Teacher Aide of the Year awards, and thank you to all the school leaders who took the time and effort to acknowledge the valuable role of their teacher aides.
SCHOOL |
NOMINEE |
NOMINATED BY: |
| Al Siraat College, VIC | Zahra Leghari | Sana Jamil & Fazeel Arain |
| Ashdale Secondary College, WA | Lisa McAuliffe | Michelle Sprigg |
| Ashdale Secondary College, WA | Carla Hudson | Anna Rains |
| Banksia Beach State School, QLD | Wendy Peters | Laura Wilkinson |
| Bayside Christian College, VIC | Judith Kruiskamp | Jo Piening |
| Bayside Christian College, VIC | Eira Unsworth | Louise Van Niekerk |
| Bellbird Park State Secondary College, QLD | Shar Wicks | Melissa Fields |
| Bellmere State School, QLD | Carlie Jones | Maureen Maher |
| Berry Street School, VIC | Gregor Mazurczuk | Rachael Coulbourn |
| Beverley District High School, WA | Marie Walker | Aliesha Murray |
| Bidwill Public School, NSW | Matt Porter | Michelle Drage |
| Biraban Public School, NSW | Jane Soorley | Katrina Duncan |
| Biraban Public School, NSW | Sean Lancaster | Allison Pattison & Erin Bellwood |
| Borden Primary School, WA | Michelle Richardson | Viktoria Lance |
| Borden Primary School, WA | Tasma D'Souza | Viktoria Lance |
| Bounty Boulevard State School, QLD | Lynda Gregory | Rone Liebenberg |
| Boyne Island Environmental Education Centre, QLD | Nicole Miles | Michael Gabriel |
| Brabham Primary School, WA | Annette Bolton | Penelope McLean |
| Brisbane Grammar School, QLD | Gabrielle Morris | Michelle Maguire |
| Camooweal State School, QLD | Thelma Anderson | Caron Gabriel |
| Canberra Girls Grammar School, ACT | Shivneel Sharma | Nerida Bennett |
| Cannon Hill State School, QLD | Davida Hillier | Mark Smith |
| Cannon Hill State School, QLD | Loretta Lather | Mark Smith |
| Capricornia School of Distance Education Rockhampton Campus, QLD | Sarah Hicks | Desolee Cowley |
| Cathedral College - Wangaratta, VIC | Joanne Lane | Julia Dielman &Karli Hayes |
| Chairo Christian School, VIC | Lauren Dockary | Rachel Edwards |
| Chairo Christian School, VIC | Johanna Priya Sukantha | Anna Cosio-Maramba |
| Chairo Christian School, VIC | Upeka Lakthejani Herat | Anna Cosio-Maramba |
| Collinsvale Primary School, TAS | Denise Athorn | Nikki Mann, Bec Midson & Lee Anne Kershaw |
| Coomera State Special School, QLD | Kelly Fretwell | Bronte Alleyn |
| Crest Education, VIC | Kirsty Muir | Joanna Wiggs |
| Crest Education, VIC | Christina Van Diepen | Joanna Wiggs |
| Cyril Jackson Senior Campus, WA | Maria Doumas | Bruce Leggett |
| Donald Primary School, VIC | Sara Adams | Tanya McCulloch |
| Forest Lake State High School, QLD | Jorose Popham | Shane Williams |
| Foundation College, VIC | Kelly Goeby | Daniella Maloney |
| Galilee School, ACT | Bronwyn Forsyth | Tim McNevin |
| Gin Gin State School, QLD | Sonia Wochnik | Adam Fritz |
| Gosnells Primary School, WA | Jenny Brown | Michael Everett |
| Granville State School, QLD | Laurie Kruger | Narelle Green |
| Gumdale State School, QLD | Yvonne Snell | Kyla Evison |
| Gunnedah Public School, NSW | Lisa Scott | Donna Austin |
| Gunnedah Public School, NSW | Samantha Bourke | Donna Austin |
| Gunnedah Public School, NSW | Karen Eveleigh | Allyson Hoban |
| Gympie State High School, QLD | Amanda Tomkinson | Damian White |
| Hilliard State School, QLD | Julie Nicol | Leanne Witham |
| Hilliard State School, QLD | Maya Anderson | Tracey Young |
| Hilliard State School, QLD | Jackie Warner | Jo Small |
| Hilliard State School, QLD | Katherine McCartney | Jo Small |
| Hills International College, QLD | Lisa Elvish | Stephanie Johnson |
| Holy Rosary School, WA | Lesley Hodges | Melanie Resuggan |
| Home Hill State High School, QLD | Jo-Anne Lewty | Kym Ogomeni |
| Hudson Park Primary School, WA | Meisha Warren | Astrid Morgan |
| Immanuel Lutheran College, QLD | Maree Gilbert | Katrina Riley |
| Ipswich East State School, QLD | Tanya McDonald | Caitlin Fitzpatrick |
| Kalkie and Avoca State Schools, QLD | Tracey Proctor | Judith Stutchbury |
| Kawungan State School, QLD | Kereann Lindenberg | David Lawton |
| Kedron State High School, QLD | Taleatha Morgan | Zoe Wilson |
| Kin Kora State School, QLD | Natalie Vogler | Rebecca Ord |
| Kings Meadows High School, TAS | Priscilla Chilcott | Kate Hume |
| Kintore Street Special School, NT | Nya Chuol | David Buzzo |
| Kolbe Catholic College, VIC | Damion Lumani | Nikole Cymbalak |
| Kurwongbah State School, QLD | Kerry Cowley | Anne Sanderson |
| Kwoorabup Nature School, WA | Amanda Porter | Sharon Gill |
| Lansdowne Crescent Primary School, TAS | Roanne Perera | Larissa Bernes |
| Lansdowne Crescent Primary School, TAS | Stephanie Shield | Larissa Bernes |
| Lilydale Primary School, VIC | Natalie Fairweather | Ema Ashmore, Michelle Matthews & Andrew Weaver |
| MacGregor State School, QLD | Shu-Ming Tsai | Gary Davey |
| Margaret Jurd College, NSW | Paul Stipack | Kevin O'Connor |
| Marist College Emerald, QLD | Kerri Armstrong | Samantha Walters |
| Maryborough State High School, QLD | Wendy Benson | Bernadette Bryan |
| Mazenod College, VIC | Dennis Leong | Lindsay Ryan |
| Mercy Regional College, VIC | Kerryn Cain | Claire Walsh |
| Mitchelton Special School, QLD | Amelia Gourlay | Leanne Reeves |
| Mitchelton Special School, QLD | Annette Wood | Vanessa Patrick |
| Morayfield State High School, QLD | Gillian Clark | Liz Stuart |
| Morayfield State High School, QLD | Nicole Warry | Sarah Curti |
| Narbethong Special School, QLD | Dale Gray | Catriona Pine |
| Nightcliff Primary School, NT | Lee-Anne Puddey | Ranae Graham |
| North Lakes State College, QLD | Wendy Bugden | David Innes |
| North Lakes State College, QLD | Claire Rolston | David Innes |
| Northern Christian School, TAS | Erin Turner | Kerrie Prentice |
| Nowra East Public School,NSW | Sharon Walmsley | Karen Terry |
| Nowra East Public School,NSW | Aly Zancolich | Karen Terry |
| Nowra East Public School,NSW | Kayla Davis | Karen Terry |
| Nowra East Public School,NSW | Sian Smith | Karen Terry |
| Nowra East Public School,NSW | Simone Barrett | Karen Terry |
| Nowra East Public School,NSW | Rachel Whitehead | Karen Terry |
| Nowra East Public School,NSW | Samantha Stovin-Bradford | Karen Terry |
| Nowra East Public School,NSW | Tanya Gewohn | Karen Terry |
| Ocean Reef Senior High School, WA | Sharon O'Neil | Jay Morris |
| Ocean Reef Senior High School, WA | Sarah Khoury | Jay Morris |
| OneSchool Global, NSW | Tracy Hallam | Ken Mooney |
| Oxenford State School, QLD | Gaylen Tuckett | Sarah Reed |
| Oxenford State School, QLD | Cheryl Hainberger | Sam Hood |
| Oxenford State School, QLD | Ben Brodrick | Jenna Collins |
| Pacific Gulgangali Jarjums Christian School, NSW | Alkirra McBride | Paula French |
| Para Hills School, SA | Sean Higgins | Thi Vu |
| Red Hill Special School, QLD | Miho Fukumoto | Susan Cassidy |
| Redlynch State College, QLD | Claudia Belcher | David Zhang |
| Samson Primary School, WA | Kelly Brown | Megan Elsbury |
| Shailer Park State High School, QLD | Amy Carpenter | Niraj Vaidya |
| South Bunbury Education Support Centre, WA | Teresa Philp | Kylie Bremner |
| St Andrew's Cathedral School, NSW | Roberta Viant | Tammy Campbell |
| St Brendan's Primary School, NSW | Ronda Judd | Simone Maloney |
| St Edward's Primary School, NSW | Jennifer Maloney | Amanda Sheridan |
| St Helena Secondary College. VIC | Leigh Ellis | Antoinette Hulsen |
| St John's Lutheran School Kingaroy, QLD | Kirsten Canniford | Shelley Murphy |
| St Mary’s Primary School, VIC | Franceen Innes | Stephen O'Shannessy |
| St Michael's College - Merrimac, QLD | Den Gutteridge | Bonn Hatton |
| St Michael's Collegiate School, TAS | Christine Jones | Sandy Rogers |
| St Raphael's Catholic School, NSW | Danielle Hudson | Kristie-Lee Cooley |
| St Raphael's Catholic School, NSW | Lana Doorey | Kristie-Lee Cooley |
| Stretton State College, QLD | Emma Woodward | Emma Webber |
| Stretton State College, QLD | Cassie Chrobak | Emma Webber |
| Stretton State College, QLD | Deb Dunster | Jan Maresca |
| Sunnybank State School, QLD | Louise Booth | Kate Paynter |
| T4 Engagement @ Devonport, TAS | Moene Snyders | Daniel Steven |
| Tambrey Primary School, WA | Michelle Saunders | Michelle Fitzgerald & Portia Old |
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The Aboriginal and Islander Independent School (The Murri School), QLD |
Esme Brown | Rachel Atkinson |
| The Sycamore School, QLD | Nicole Smith | Janine Fisher |
| Treeby Primary School, WA | Joan Saunders | Jasmin Paul |
| Treeby Primary School, WA | Sadia Saif | Lisa Williams |
| Waverley Primary School, TAS | Amanda Colgrave | Katie Wightman |
| Wellington Point State School, QLD | Larissa Stelzl | Sue O'Shea |
| Woodcrest State College, QLD | Sammi Cooper | Steven Lennon |
| Woodford P-10 State School, QLD | Lani Baxter | Bronwyn Raponi |
| Worongary State School, QLD | Larissa Shirreffs | Valissa Bauer |
