It was originally a joint initiative of the Anglican Church of Australia and the Uniting Church of Australia and until 2009 was operated by EDUCANG Limited along with Mary McConnel School, The FLC International Center, The Lakes College and The Springfield College.

St John's Anglican College curriculum includes individualised training in the academic, cultural, social, spiritual and physical domains.

St John's Anglican College academic curriculum offers a range of science, humanities and vocational subjects.

As part of the core curriculum, all students receive instruction from String, Brass, Percussion or Woodwind specialist music teachers during allotted classroom time.

From Year Five, students may elect to continue with the violin, or they may prefer to choose other string, woodwind, brass or percussion instruments.

[2] Students in this program attend local, national and international competitions and in 2015 to 2019 the school participated in the Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge.