Bittern Primary School
Portsmouth Road, Bittern VIC 3918
Bittern Primary School is a government primary school in Bittern, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 64 students. Its ICSEA is 978, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources, mainly Bittern Primary School's own website, describe a small government primary school in Bittern, Victoria, catering for Prep to Year 6. The school emphasises personalised learning with small class sizes and individual education plans, and offers specialist programs including AUSLAN, Visual Arts, Digital Technology, and Health/PE alongside inquiry-based learning. It presents itself as a close-knit community with strong family-school connections and a focus on inclusivity and positive relationships.
Often praised
- small class sizes
- personalised learning plans
- AUSLAN and specialist programs
- close-knit community feel
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 Bittern Primary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crib Point Primary School | Crib Point | Public primary | 3.4 km | 977 | 234 |
| St Joseph's School | Crib Point | Catholic primary | 3.6 km | 1,038 | 201 |
| St Mary's School | Hastings | Catholic primary | 4.4 km | 1,008 | 126 |
| Wallaroo Primary School | Hastings | Public primary | 4.7 km | 889 | 76 |
| Hastings Primary School | Hastings | Public primary | 4.7 km | 921 | 131 |
| Somers Primary School | Somers | Public primary | 5.8 km | 1,045 | 224 |
| Balnarring Primary School | Balnarring | Public primary | 5.9 km | 1,084 | 300 |
| Flinders Christian Community College | Tyabb | Independent k–12 / combined | 8.6 km | 1,083 | 1,698 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in VIC
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clunes Primary School | Clunes | Public primary · P-6 | 95 | 978 |
| Cobden Primary School | Cobden | Public primary · P-6 | 112 | 978 |
| Little River Primary School | Little River | Public primary · P-6 | 106 | 978 |
| Nanneella Estate Primary School | Nanneella | Public primary · P-6 | 7 | 978 |
| Pakenham Hills Primary School | Pakenham | Public primary · P-6 | 464 | 978 |
| Rochester Primary School | Rochester | Public primary · P-6 | 183 | 978 |
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.