St Columba College is a combined Anglican and Catholic College, and is the first Ecumenical Educational venture of this kind in Australia. The College is an initiative of both the Anglican and Catholic Archbishops.

Intensive planning for the College began in 1995 and continued throughout 1996. An Anglican Catholic Schools Committee was established. This group had the important task of initial planning, and preparations for a 1997 opening.

The location of the College is in Andrews Farm (Playford Council), an area which has been developed by Hickinbotham Homes. Hickinbothams have been most supportive of the College's development and that support is appreciated. The local Playford Council is also supportive of the College, and we seek to work with them in providing an excellent community resource in the local area.

In June of 1996, the first Principal, Ms Madeleine Brennan was appointed. From that time an Interim Management Committee also began to coordinate work at the 'local level'. The temporary office was established at 3 Chelmsford Grove, Andrews Farm; the uniform was established; enrolment interviews carried out; College policies established and teachers interviewed and appointed.

Building work began on site on Monday 16 September 1996, a little later than anticipated, but was back on schedule by the next week. Hickinbothams were the builder for stage one of the development. Stage two began in 1997 and included a new resource centre, IT facilities, and extensions to the staff and administration areas. In addition to this, work was carried out in landscaping which by the end of 1998, completed the northern courtyard area. In 1999 planning continued for our middle school facilities, along with the oval being constructed by the Playford Council.

In October of 1999 the College received notification from the government regarding the success of our application for the College to extend into providing secondary education.

A site approximately 200m from the Primary site was developed in 2000/2001 and students began using the facilities of this first stage of our new development in Term 2 of 2001.

In 2008 the College has an enrolment of approximately 1300 students in R-12. We are committed to ensuring that students have access to the best possible curriculum facilities and educational environment.

The College community looks forward to the many joys and challenges of the years ahead.