Bellambi Public School

Owen Park Rd, Bellambi NSW 2518

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Bellambi Public School is a government primary school in Bellambi, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 182 students. Its ICSEA is 807, where the national average is 1000.

182students

807ICSEA · higher than 3% of NSW primary schools

22%language background other than English

46%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

18teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

86.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -4.1 pts over 3 years

+17%enrolment change over 5 years

185FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 182.

About this school, from public sources

Publicly available information, including the school's own website, describes Bellambi Public School as a K-6 co-educational public school in Bellambi, near Wollongong on Dharawal land, with a significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student population. The school highlights a dedicated science lab, a library with cosy reading spaces, a productive garden with a native beehive and frog pond, and sports fields for soccer, football, basketball and netball. It states a focus on evidence-based literacy and numeracy teaching alongside creativity and curiosity.

Often praised

dedicated science lab
garden and native beehive
strong Aboriginal education focus

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 Bellambi 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
Corrimal East Public School	East Corrimal	Public primary	1.0 km	1,046	297
Corrimal Public School	Corrimal	Public primary	1.5 km	1,013	227
Russell Vale Public School	Russell Vale	Public primary	1.5 km	1,040	262
St Columbkille's Catholic Primary School	Corrimal	Catholic primary	1.5 km	1,073	339
Woonona East Public School	Woonona	Public primary	2.1 km	1,037	200
Towradgi Public School	Fairy Meadow	Public primary	2.4 km	1,031	134
Tarrawanna Public School	Tarrawanna	Public primary	2.5 km	982	164
Woonona Public School	Woonona	Public primary	2.9 km	1,070	519

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
Black Mountain Public School	Black Mountain	Public primary · K-6	20	807
Mumbil Public School	Mumbil	Public primary · K-6	10	807
Wadangali Public School	Penrith	Public primary · P-6	166	810
Bowen Public School	Orange	Public primary · K-6	217	811
Newling Public School	Armidale	Public primary · K-6	165	802
William Bayldon Public School	Sawtell	Public primary · K-6	159	812

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.