The school’s first stage opened on February 2, 2015.

The school was named after the Patron Saint of Youth and is the newest primary school in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.

It is an integral part of the Immaculate Conception Parish of Morpeth – the site of the original St Francis Xavier Primary School, which operated from 1883-1969.

St Aloysius has experienced unprecedented growth since its inception, with enrolments more than doubling over four years.

From the the start of the 2019 school year, St Aloysius will move to a three-stream school, Kindergarten to Year 6, with 21 classes and an anticipated 570 students. When Stage 3 is completed the school will reach a capacity of 630 children.

St Aloysius is a culturally diverse school with families representing many nationalities. 

Stage two includes a new administration block, a two-storey building with ten classrooms and three Learning Commons for years 1, 3 and 4 students, the refurbishment of the old administration building, transferring it into a new learning hub/library and additional play spaces.

A spokesperson for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle said the new Stage two facilities continue to provide students with a stimulating and adaptable learning environment, designed to meet their needs as contemporary learners in flexible spaces that allow for both collaboration, creativity and innovation.

The diocese has also opened an early education centre in Chisholm and plans to expand its network of long day care centres to 20 within five years, which would put it at the helm of a collection larger than any other diocese in the country.

Diocese CEO Sean Scanlon said the organisation had opened three of its St Nicholas Early Education centres in Chisholm, Cardiff and Lochinvar –  which he valued at a combined $12 million –  since the start of March this year, to join its existing centres in Newcastle West and Singleton.

The Diocese plans to open another six early education centres, valued at a cost of more than $15million, in the next two years. All will be funded by the Catholic Development Fund.

It has also opened St Bede’s Catholic College in Chisholm. The school recently held an official opening of the new Benedict Building which will cater for up to 420 students. This building is the first of four to be completed over the next few years as St Bede’s progresses towards becoming a Year 7 – Year 12 Catholic co-educational school by 2023.

Another three buildings are scheduled for completion between 2020 and 2022. This will allow the school – the first secondary high school to be opened in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle since St Paul’s Booragul in 1984 - to accommodate up to 1,200 students by 2023.

The need for a new secondary school at Chisholm was identified by the 2014 Study into the Provision of Secondary Education by the Catholic Schools Office in response to rapid population growth in the Maitland Local Government Area.