The parents living in the Indooroopilly district were keen to have a school of their own especially as some of their children had to walk several miles to other existing schools. A public meeting was therefore held on 29 February 1888 to elect a building committee. In those days a building committee had to raise a fifth of the total building cost of a school. However, the Indooroopilly Building Committee had plenty of drive and initiative and soon raised the necessary money

The school reserve was excised from a sheep quarantine reserve and a school was built on the site.

The school, because of its location, was called Indooroopilly State School, and another school, which had hitherto been

known as Indooroopilly was henceforth called Indooroopilly Pocket (subsequently Ironside).

The school was opened on 8 July 1889, and on the following day a formal opening was performed with the undersecretary of Education, J.G. Anderson present. A concert was held on that day.

The first head teacher, George Le Vaux, had wide teaching experience. Before coming to Queensland in 1878 he had taught in Ireland, England, Canada, California and Sydney.

The parents showed confidence in the school, and by the end of the first year, 1889, the enrolment was 207.