These standard buildings are arranged on the site according to 1950s nuclear master planning ideals, providing outdoor courtyard assembly and play areas and retaining pre-existing mature trees.

Some coastal portions were subdivided for "marine villas" in the late 1870s-early 1880s, when the peninsula was promoted as a resort, but few subdivisions were actually occupied at this time.

[41][42][1] Block A was a one-storey, slab-on-ground administration building constructed at the front of the school on the west side of the complex, facing Oxley Avenue.

It had an asymmetrical gable roof and a splayed feature wall leading through large doors into a foyer at the north end of the building.

A large dais at the rear (east) of the building faced directly into the understorey of the adjacent Block B, which was open and two steps lower.

[1] Blocks B and C were built to a standard design (Timber Framed School Building incorporating steel open-web floor trusses).

Classrooms opened off the verandah and had extensive areas of windows, allowing abundant natural light and ventilation.

[46] In 1954 this type was improved by replacing the proliferation of stumps in the understorey with a timber truss that provided an unimpeded play space.

This concept was further refined in 1957 with a steel open-web joist, set on reinforced concrete piers, that spanned further and removed more understorey stumps.

The design was further refined in 1959 by replacing the concrete piers and open-web joist with a steel portal frame that was employed extensively in the 1960s and 1970s.

Protruding stairwells on the north side, enclosed with brick and glass, gave access to each end of the verandah.

[53] The Queensland Government continued its focus on vocational education during the 1950s and 1960s and a number of new standard building types were developed for manual training from the late 1950s.

A small courtyard area to the side of this space, between Blocks C and D, had a concrete-edged triangular garden bed in its centre.

The ground floor accommodated two locker rooms, an open play area with a tuckshop, an armoury (for military cadets), and small storerooms under the stairs.

[59][60][61][50][1] Block F was built to a standard floor plan layout for home science classes, and was a one-storey, concrete slab-on-ground, timber-framed vocational training building with a gable roof.

[87][88][89] In 1960, 3.0ha of land north of Klingner Road, opposite Portion 490, was also obtained and later cleared as an additional sports ground.

[91][1] Since its establishment, the school has been the focus of community events, such as fetes, and a fashion show was held in 1977 to raise funds for the first assembly hall.

[1] The features of state-level significance are:[1] Block A is a one-storey, slab-on-ground administration building facing west to Oxley Avenue.

They feature extensive areas of facebrick across both levels and have gable roofs clad with corrugated metal sheets.

Both long sides are extensively glazed with operable windows and fanlights to permit high levels of natural light and ventilation.

The vestibule, originally open-ended but later enclosed, has a lower skillion roof and is used as a manual arts lecture room.

The east and west sides of the building have large banks of steel-framed awning windows (some fixed closed, an original condition) and glass louvre fanlights.

[1] Redcliffe State High School buildings was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 31 May 2019 having satisfied the following criteria.

[1] The layout of the administration and classroom blocks, the covered links between them and associated open spaces, reflect the mid-1950s introduction of organic master planning, which responded to the existing contours of the site and provided for ordered growth from a nucleus.

These include its: site planning; range of highset and lowset timber and brick teaching buildings of standard designs that incorporate understorey play areas, verandahs, and classrooms with high levels of natural light and ventilation; and a generous, landscaped site with mature shade trees and assembly areas.

[1] Blocks B and C (Timber Framed School Buildings incorporating steel open-web floor trusses) are good intact examples of their standard types.

They are highly intact, retaining their: brick veneer, concrete slab-on-ground, and steel portal frame construction; vented clerestory; large, open workshop spaces with minimal and durable internal finishes; and high levels of natural light and ventilation.

Redcliffe State High School has a strong and ongoing association with past and present pupils, parents, staff members, and the surrounding community through sustained use since its establishment in 1958.

The place is important for its contribution to the educational development of Redcliffe, with generations of children taught at the school, and it has served as a prominent venue for social interaction and community focus.

Contributions to its operations have been made through repeated local volunteer action, donations, and the Parents and Citizens Association.