Barker College
Hornsby NSW 2077
Barker College is an independent secondary school in Hornsby, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 2,856 students across all campuses. Its ICSEA is 1,166, 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). Enrolments and staff cover all campuses of this school. Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Barker College is an independent, co-educational Anglican school in Hornsby, founded in 1890, offering early learning through Year 12 for day students and boarders. Its motto is "Honor Non Honores". The main campus covers about 17 hectares, and the school also runs Indigenous-focused campuses at Yarramalong and Wollombi for Kindergarten to Year 6.
Often praised
- Large green campus
- Indigenous campuses
- Early learning to Year 12
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 Barker College 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 | 1.50 | 540 |
| 2024 | 1.51 | 533 |
| 2023 | 1.62 | 552 |
| 2022 | 1.38 | 489 |
| 2021 | 1.36 | 474 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Girls High SchoolFully | Hornsby | Public high school | 0.3 km | 1,209 | 720 |
| St Leo's Catholic College | Wahroonga | Catholic high school | 0.8 km | 1,113 | 1,055 |
| Broken Bay Cross Campus Course Centre | Wahroonga | Catholic high school | 0.9 km | — | — |
| Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,164 | 1,240 |
| Normanhurst Boys High SchoolFully | Normanhurst | Public high school | 1.4 km | 1,207 | 752 |
| Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 1,217 | 1,634 |
| Hornsby High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Hornsby | Public high school | 1.9 km | 1,045 | 542 |
| Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.4 km | 1,187 | 3,345 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Ignatius' College Riverview | Riverview | Independent high school · 5-12 | 1,613 | 1,159 |
| Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney | Independent high school · 7-12 | 1,186 | 1,179 |
| Westbourne College Sydney | Ultimo | Independent high school · 10-12 | 65 | 1,153 |
| Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | Independent high school · K-12 | 1,693 | 1,181 |
| Newington College | Stanmore | Independent high school · K-12 | 2,072 | 1,182 |
| Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | Independent high school · 7-12 | 793 | 1,148 |
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.