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Beecroft Public School

98 Beecroft Rd, Beecroft NSW 2119

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Beecroft Public School is a government primary school in Beecroft, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 837 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,187, where the national average is 1000.

837students
1,187ICSEA · higher than 99% of NSW primary schools
75%language background other than English
0%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
45teaching staff (FTE)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

94.1%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.1 pts over 3 years
-7%enrolment change over 5 years
0FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

Based on the school's own published pages, Beecroft Public School is a NSW government primary school known for its long-running Band and Strings Program, dating to the early 1960s. The program spans five bands and three string ensembles, with students performing at school events, local eisteddfods, and community occasions such as Beecroft Village Green carols and visits to nursing homes. The program is run with strong volunteer support from the school's P&C Association.

Often praised

  • long-running band and strings program
  • strong community and P&C involvement
  • regular community performances

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: low. 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 Beecroft Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Beecroft 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
Arden Anglican School, Junior CampusBeecroftIndependent primary0.6 km1,173997
St Agatha's Catholic Primary SchoolPennant HillsCatholic primary1.4 km1,147217
West Pennant Hills Public SchoolWest Pennant HillsPublic primary1.5 km1,134510
Epping Heights Public SchoolEppingPublic primary1.5 km1,152396
Pennant Hills Public SchoolPennant HillsPublic primary1.8 km1,143490
Roselea Public SchoolCarlingfordPublic primary1.8 km1,112306
St Gerard's Catholic Primary SchoolCarlingfordCatholic primary2.0 km1,140262
Epping West Public SchoolEppingPublic primary2.3 km1,131994

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Northbridge Public SchoolNorthbridgePublic primary · K-63641,181
Turramurra Public SchoolTurramurraPublic primary · K-65311,181
Woollahra Public SchoolOCWoollahraPublic primary · K-66671,193
Lane Cove Public SchoolLane CovePublic primary · K-66881,178
Balgowlah Heights Public SchoolOCBalgowlahPublic primary · K-66511,177
Matthew Pearce Public SchoolOCBaulkham HillsPublic primary · K-61,2701,177

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.