Ambarvale Public School

Copperfield Drive, Ambarvale NSW 2560

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Ambarvale Public School is a government primary school in Ambarvale, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 433 students. Its ICSEA is 944, where the national average is 1000.

433students

944ICSEA · higher than 30% of NSW primary schools

43%language background other than English

17%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

27teaching staff (FTE)

Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

86.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.4 pts over 3 years

+19%enrolment change over 5 years

128FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

3support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 433.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Ambarvale Public School as a K-6 government primary school in Ambarvale, Campbelltown, with roughly 440 students, including a significant Aboriginal student population and many EAL/D learners. The school runs literacy and numeracy programs (including TEN, L3, Best Start, and Reading Recovery) alongside wellbeing initiatives, and supports younger children through a Transition to School program and a weekly community playgroup for ages 0-5, reflecting a stated focus on inclusion and community connection.

Often praised

strong literacy/numeracy support programs
transition-to-school program
community playgroup for families

This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.

NAPLAN

School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Ambarvale Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Thomas Acres Public School	Ambarvale	Public primary	1.1 km	942	495
Bradbury Public SchoolOC	Bradbury	Public primary	1.3 km	987	704
Sherwood Hills Christian School	Bradbury	Independent k–12 / combined	1.5 km	1,040	145
Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Primary School	Rosemeadow	Catholic primary	1.8 km	1,045	202
Woodland Road Public School	St Helens Park	Public primary	2.0 km	959	275
Rosemeadow Public School	Rosemeadow	Public primary	2.1 km	945	724
Campbelltown Public School	Campbelltown	Public primary	2.4 km	946	284
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School	Campbelltown	Catholic primary	2.5 km	1,043	341

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

School	Suburb	Type	Students	ICSEA
Bermagui Public School	Bermagui	Public primary · K-6	165	944
Lavington Public School	Lavington	Public primary · K-6	409	944
Palmers Island Public School	Palmers Island	Public primary · K-6	56	944
Rowena Public School	Rowena	Public primary · K-6	20	944
Turvey Park Public School	Wagga Wagga	Public primary · K-6	283	944
Windsor Public School	Windsor	Public primary · K-6	125	944

About this data

Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.