Bathurst West Public School

Suttor St, Bathurst NSW 2795

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Bathurst West Public School is a government primary school in Bathurst, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 515 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 927, where the national average is 1000.

515students

927ICSEA · higher than 23% of NSW primary schools

9%language background other than English

25%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

36teaching staff (FTE)

Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

88.6%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.0 pts over 3 years

+3%enrolment change over 5 years

127FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

3support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 515.

About this school, from public sources

Based on publicly available information, Bathurst West Public School is a NSW government primary school (K-6) in Bathurst with around 515 students. The school hosts an Opportunity Class and is described as a vibrant, welcoming community underpinned by Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL), with explicit teaching of social skills alongside core curriculum programs. It also serves a notably diverse student population, including a significant proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Often praised

Opportunity Class offered
Positive Behaviour for Learning focus
welcoming, vibrant community

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 Bathurst West Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Bathurst West Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
The Assumption Catholic Primary School Bathurst	Bathurst	Catholic primary	0.7 km	1,031	393
Scots All Saints College, Campus West	Bathurst	Independent k–12 / combined	1.5 km	—	—
Bathurst Public School	Bathurst	Public primary	1.5 km	983	424
Cathedral Catholic Primary School Bathurst	Bathurst	Catholic primary	1.7 km	1,036	363
Bathurst South Public School	Bathurst	Public primary	2.6 km	936	184
St Philomena's Catholic Primary School Bathurst	South Bathurst	Catholic primary	3.1 km	1,028	216
Eglinton Public School	Eglinton	Public primary	4.2 km	986	406
Kelso Public School	Kelso	Public primary	4.3 km	859	374

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
Belltrees Public School	Belltrees	Public primary · K-6	9	927
Bemboka Public School	Bemboka	Public primary · K-6	29	927
Blue Haven Public School	Blue Haven	Public primary · K-6	637	927
Boree Creek Public School	Boree Creek	Public primary · K-6	19	927
Campbelltown East Public School	Campbelltown	Public primary · K-6	380	927
Spring Terrace Public School	Spring Terrace	Public primary · K-6	40	927

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.