Excellence in Leadership Nominations & Winner

EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP NOMINATIONS

The CaSPA Leadership Excellence Award is sponsored by the CaSPA Partners and aims to recognise and celebrate the pursuit of excellence by Principals in Secondary Schools within Catholic Education in Australia. Each State & Territory Principal Association can nominate a Principal to be considered for this award.

This year the nominated Principals are:

Congratulations to the 6 Excellence in Leadership Nominees. Thank you also to the people who prepared the nominations.

From these State and Territory nominations, the CaSPA Board discerned all applications submitted by the Associations to determine the National Award winner.

The National Award winner received a crystal trophy and a scholarship to the value of $2,000.

THE 2024 EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP AWARD NTIONAL WINNER

Paul Belton, Principal of St Paul’s College in South Australia

As Principal of St Paul’s College in South Australia, Paul has led a regeneration of the College - leading a school that was struggling for enrolments and battling cultural difficulties, to one that has its strategic future in place.

Paul has delicately led a significant growth in enrolments from 560 students in 2015 to 1145 students in 2024 and has successfully transitioned the traditionally Year 5-12 College into an R-12 profile.

In 2022, after most careful planning and preparations, Paul innovatively guided St Paul’s from a college with a 63-year-history of boys’ education, into an inclusive co-education college, which has invigorated an authentic commitment to being a Catholic College in the Edmund Rice Tradition.

Students have remained at the centre of every decision Paul makes. His personal and professional measure of success is the student experience, where he has developed a pastoral foundation to establish exceptional improvements in academic outcomes.

Congratulations Paul!