Barwon Heads Primary School
Golf Links Road, Barwon Heads VIC 3227
Barwon Heads Primary School is a government primary school in Barwon Heads, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 362 students. Its ICSEA is 1,120, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Public information indicates Barwon Heads Primary School, on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula, is a government P-6 school with roughly 400-plus students. The school describes a focus on evidence-based, explicit teaching alongside wellbeing programs including positive education, resilience-building and respectful relationships curriculum. It also runs an edible garden program, music lessons, after-school care, a canteen, and structured Prep and Grade 6 transition programs, within a community-minded setting that acknowledges Wadawurrung Country.
Often praised
- strong wellbeing/positive education focus
- edible garden program
- supportive transition programs
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 Barwon Heads Primary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Grove Primary School | Ocean Grove | Public primary | 3.6 km | 1,105 | 596 |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea School | Ocean Grove | Catholic primary | 5.2 km | 1,092 | 593 |
| Surfside Primary School | Ocean Grove | Public primary | 5.2 km | 1,075 | 531 |
| Wallington Primary School | Wallington | Public primary | 7.2 km | 1,031 | 127 |
| Leopold Primary School | Leopold | Public primary | 10.6 km | 1,016 | 877 |
| St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School | Armstrong Creek | Catholic primary | 11.2 km | 1,070 | 504 |
| Point Lonsdale Primary School | Point Lonsdale | Public primary | 11.7 km | 1,115 | 133 |
| Armstrong Creek School | Armstrong Creek | Public primary | 11.7 km | 1,023 | 798 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in VIC
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donvale Primary School | Donvale | Public primary · P-6 | 279 | 1,120 |
| Huntingdale Primary School | Oakleigh South | Public primary · P-6 | 440 | 1,120 |
| Oakleigh Primary School | Oakleigh | Public primary · P-6 | 430 | 1,120 |
| Queenscliff Primary School | Queenscliff | Public primary · P-6 | 151 | 1,120 |
| Roberts McCubbin Primary School | Box Hill South | Public primary · P-6 | 301 | 1,120 |
| Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School | Bentleigh | Public primary · P-6 | 389 | 1,120 |
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.