Ascham School
Edgecliff NSW 2027
Ascham School is an independent combined primary and secondary school in Edgecliff, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 1,182 students. Its ICSEA is 1,217, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Ascham School is an independent girls' school in Edgecliff in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, founded in 1886 and not affiliated with any church. It educates girls from preschool to Year 12, with boarding from Year 6. Facilities include science laboratories, art rooms, music and drama studios, a theatre, library, heated indoor pool, gymnasium and tennis courts, close to Sydney Harbour and the CBD.
Often praised
- Girls' education since 1886
- Boarding from Year 6
- Theatre, pool and gym facilities
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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: high. 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 Ascham School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.42 | 288 |
| 2024 | 2.19 | 250 |
| 2023 | 2.21 | 261 |
| 2022 | 2.20 | 244 |
| 2021 | 2.36 | 267 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown, apart from the permitted top-10% list, which this school is on.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Scots College, Ginahgulla Centre campus | Bellevue Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.4 km | — | — |
| The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 1,162 | 2,076 |
| SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,209 | 936 |
| Reddam House | Woollahra | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.9 km | 1,203 | — |
| St Mary's Cathedral College | Sydney | Catholic k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,125 | 937 |
| Moriah College | Bondi Junction | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.4 km | 1,141 | 1,339 |
| St Andrew's Cathedral School | Sydney | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.9 km | 1,189 | 1,436 |
| Emanuel School | Randwick | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.2 km | 1,186 | 849 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 1,634 | 1,217 |
| SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 936 | 1,209 |
| Reddam House | Woollahra | Independent k–12 / combined | — | 1,203 |
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.