Katherine School of the Air is a Distance Education School, one of the three NT Distance Education Schools that are part of the Northern Territory Distance Learning Service (NTDLS) under Northern Territory Department of Education and Training (DET). It caters for isolated Primary and Middle School students who reside in the top half of the Northern Territory of Australia and Northern Territory residents temporarily travelling or based elsewhere. Fee paying students are also catered for.
The term "School of the Air" refers to the old style delivery of lessons via HF Radio ie "air waves". Today the school delivers lessons via satellite, Internet and telecommunications technologies.
