Beechwood Public School
614 Beechwood Road, Wauchope NSW 2446
Beechwood Public School is a government primary school in Wauchope, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 184 students. Its ICSEA is 959, 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 184.
About this school, from public sources
Public information about Beechwood Public School, a small K-6 government primary school about 7km from Wauchope in the Hastings Valley on the NSW North Coast, describes a close-knit rural community with around 160-180 students. The school's own site highlights values of best effort, positive care and respect, and safety, alongside dedicated wellbeing and learning support and strong family partnerships. Independent directory listings describe it as a well-regarded local school known for producing confident, independent learners.
Often praised
- strong wellbeing and pastoral care
- close family and community partnerships
- reputation for independent, confident learners
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 Beechwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon Public School | Wauchope | Public primary | 5.1 km | 838 | 22 |
| Wauchope Public School | Wauchope | Public primary | 5.1 km | 900 | 624 |
| St Joseph's Primary School | Wauchope | Catholic primary | 5.5 km | 1,011 | 277 |
| Telegraph Point Public School | Telegraph Point | Public primary | 15.5 km | 968 | 126 |
| Herons Creek Public School | Herons Creek | Public primary | 16.7 km | 919 | 25 |
| Long Flat Public School | Long Flat | Public primary | 18.5 km | 887 | 36 |
| The Nature School | Port Macquarie | Independent k–12 / combined | 18.7 km | 1,054 | 171 |
| Heritage Christian School | Port Macquarie | Independent k–12 / combined | 18.9 km | 1,032 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassilis Public School | Cassilis | Public primary · K-6 | 11 | 959 |
| Finley Public School | Finley | Public primary · K-6 | 139 | 959 |
| Gulyangarri Public School | Liverpool | Public primary · P-6 | 267 | 959 |
| Hassall Grove Public School | Hassall Grove | Public primary · K-6 | 623 | 959 |
| Hinchinbrook Public School | Hinchinbrook | Public primary · K-6 | 487 | 959 |
| Hobartville Public School | Hobartville | Public primary · K-6 | 355 | 959 |
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.