Bankstown Public School
61 Restwell St, Bankstown NSW 2200
Bankstown Public School is a government primary school in Bankstown, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 736 students. Its ICSEA is 965, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 736.
About this school, from public sources
Based on the school's own website and general online reviews, Bankstown Public School is a large, multicultural K-6 school in the Bankstown CBD. It describes an inclusive curriculum spanning a wide range of subjects, a canteen with online ordering, and a parent portal for payments, attendance and interview bookings. The school emphasises that academic progress and student wellbeing go together, and highlights active family engagement, including surveys of parent perceptions and a community hub supporting learning at home.
Often praised
- multicultural community
- family and parent engagement
- wellbeing-focused approach
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 Bankstown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Brendan's Catholic Primary School | Bankstown | Catholic primary | 0.5 km | 1,029 | 443 |
| St Euphemia College | Bankstown | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.5 km | 1,038 | 622 |
| Al Amanah College, Bankstown campus | Bankstown | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.7 km | — | — |
| Bankstown South Infants School | Bankstown | Public primary | 1.2 km | 999 | 141 |
| Bankstown West Public School | Bankstown | Public primary | 1.5 km | 992 | 317 |
| Yagoona Public School | Yagoona | Public primary | 1.5 km | 986 | 556 |
| Condell Park Christian School | Condell Park | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.5 km | 1,081 | 64 |
| Mount Lewis Infants School | Greenacre | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,047 | 173 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Gardens Public School | Cambridge Park | Public primary · K-6 | 341 | 965 |
| Chullora Public School | Greenacre | Public primary · K-6 | 430 | 965 |
| Grenfell Public School | Grenfell | Public primary · K-6 | 173 | 965 |
| Lochinvar Public School | Lochinvar | Public primary · K-6 | 194 | 965 |
| Moulamein Public School | Moulamein | Public primary · K-6 | 61 | 965 |
| Taralga Public School | Taralga | Public primary · K-6 | 11 | 965 |
About this data
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- school-website
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.