Bletchington Public School

139 Matthews Avenue, Orange NSW 2800

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Bletchington Public School is a government primary school in Orange, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 503 students. Its ICSEA is 938, where the national average is 1000.

503students

938ICSEA · higher than 27% of NSW primary schools

12%language background other than English

20%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

35teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.1%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.1 pts over 3 years

-22%enrolment change over 5 years

118FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 503.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Bletchington Public School as a K-6 government primary school on the northern edge of Orange, NSW, established in 1957 and now serving around 668 students, including a significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. The school states its values as excellence, innovation and community, and promotes itself as a vibrant, welcoming school community. Recent facility upgrades mentioned include a new library, administration block, hall, additional classrooms, canteen and playground improvements.

Often praised

long-established community school
modern facility upgrades
stated focus on inclusive community

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 Bletchington 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
OneSchool Global NSW - Orange	East Orange	Independent k–12 / combined	1.0 km	977	109
Catherine McAuley Catholic Primary School Orange	Orange	Catholic primary	1.4 km	1,020	505
Orange East Public School	Orange	Public primary	1.8 km	951	270
Bowen Public School	Orange	Public primary	1.9 km	811	217
Orange Public School	Orange	Public primary	2.1 km	1,046	761
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Orange	Orange	Catholic primary	2.2 km	1,041	426
Kinross Wolaroi School	Orange	Independent k–12 / combined	2.6 km	1,128	1,018
Calare Public School	Orange	Public primary	3.0 km	964	566

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
Bobin Public School	Bobin	Public primary · K-6	13	938
Booral Public School	Booral	Public primary · K-6	84	938
Corindi Public School	Corindi Beach	Public primary · K-6	183	938
Eugowra Public School	Eugowra	Public primary · K-6	32	938
Glenreagh Public School	Glenreagh	Public primary · K-6	72	938
Greenacre Public SchoolOC	Greenacre	Public primary · K-6	611	938

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.