Barker College Junior School
Waitara NSW 2077
Barker College Junior School is an independent primary school in Waitara, NSW.
Campus of Barker College. School-wide figures are on that page.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
Sector, 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: Barker College Junior School is the Pre-Kindergarten to Year 6 section of Barker College, an independent co-educational Anglican school in Hornsby, near Waitara. The Junior School shares a campus with the Middle and Senior schools and sits between Hornsby and Waitara stations. Children are encouraged, challenged and engaged through learning and co-curricular activities suited to their age. Barker also runs Indigenous K-6 campuses in other locations.
Often praised
- Co-curricular opportunities
- Close to rail
- Pre-K to Year 6
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 Junior 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | Waitara | Catholic primary | 0.3 km | 1,153 | 337 |
| Hornsby South Public School | Hornsby | Public primary | 0.5 km | 1,110 | 534 |
| Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.8 km | 1,164 | 1,240 |
| Normanhurst Public School | Normanhurst | Public primary | 1.1 km | 1,139 | 372 |
| Abbotsleigh Junior School | Wahroonga | Independent primary | 1.1 km | — | — |
| Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.2 km | 1,217 | 1,634 |
| Waitara Public SchoolOC | Wahroonga | Public primary | 1.2 km | 1,148 | 972 |
| Knox Grammar School - Wahroonga Preparatory Campus | Wahroonga | Independent primary | 1.3 km | — | — |
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.