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Belmore South Public School

Nelson Ave & Canterbury Rd, Belmore NSW 2192

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Belmore South Public School is a government primary school in Belmore, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 230 students. Its ICSEA is 1,012, where the national average is 1000.

230students
1,012ICSEA · higher than 62% of NSW primary schools
83%language background other than English
2%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
17teaching 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

87.1%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.2 pts over 3 years
-20%enrolment change over 5 years
94FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

Information below is drawn from publicly available sources, including the school's own website. Belmore South Public School is a K-6 government primary school in Belmore that has operated for over 150 years, serving a highly multicultural community where most students speak English as an additional language or dialect. The school's stated focus is on literacy and numeracy with personalised, stage-based learning, and it offers an Arabic community language program alongside enrichment activities such as chess, choir, dance, debating, film-making, gardening, sport, art and music.

Often praised

  • long-established, multicultural community
  • literacy and numeracy focus
  • wide enrichment program

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 Belmore South 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolBelmoreCatholic primary0.4 km1,036232
Al Hikma CollegeLakembaIndependent primary1.0 km1,049399
All Saints Grammar Junior SchoolBelmoreIndependent primary1.2 km——
McCallums Hill Public SchoolRoselandsPublic primary1.2 km1,001330
Al-Faisal College - LakembaLakembaIndependent primary1.4 km——
Clemton Park Public SchoolEarlwoodPublic primary1.6 km1,038500
St Therese's Catholic Primary SchoolLakembaCatholic primary1.7 km1,024176
Belmore North Public SchoolBelmorePublic primary1.9 km977252

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
Blighty Public SchoolBlightyPublic primary · K-6191,012
Claremont Meadows Public SchoolClaremont MeadowsPublic primary · K-66871,012
Dalmeny Public SchoolPrestonsPublic primary · K-66711,012
Vincentia Public SchoolVincentiaPublic primary · K-62511,012
Yass Public SchoolYassPublic primary · K-63051,012
Corrimal Public SchoolCorrimalPublic primary · K-62271,013

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.