Brighton-Le-Sands Public School

35 Crawford Road, Brighton-Le-Sands NSW 2216

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Brighton-Le-Sands Public School is a government primary school in Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 433 students. Its ICSEA is 1,064, where the national average is 1000.

433students

1,064ICSEA · higher than 77% of NSW primary schools

69%language background other than English

2%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

30teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.3%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.1 pts over 3 years

-29%enrolment change over 5 years

63FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 433.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Brighton-Le-Sands Public School as a K-6 government primary school in Sydney's southern suburbs, established in 1916 and set on tree-lined grounds with on-site preschool, before/after school care and vacation care. The school is part of the Bayside Learning Community and offers programs in literacy, numeracy, languages, creative and performing arts, physical education, public speaking and debating, alongside sporting programs.

Often praised

strong performing arts programs
cultural and sporting programs
on-site care facilities

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

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Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School Brighton Le Sands	Brighton-Le-Sands	Catholic primary	0.5 km	1,090	198
Kogarah Public School	Kogarah	Public primary	1.1 km	1,087	456
St Dominic Savio School	Rockdale	Independent primary	1.3 km	1,053	41
Rockdale Public School	Rockdale	Public primary	1.3 km	1,053	321
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	Kogarah	Catholic primary	1.4 km	1,117	416
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Rockdale	Catholic primary	1.8 km	1,092	204
Kyeemagh Public School	Kyeemagh	Public primary	1.9 km	1,057	204
Ramsgate Public School	Ramsgate	Public primary	2.2 km	1,039	447

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
Brooklyn Public School	Brooklyn	Public primary · K-6	79	1,064
Carlton South Public School	Carlton	Public primary · K-6	514	1,064
Copacabana Public School	Copacabana	Public primary · K-6	259	1,064
Cronulla Public School	Cronulla	Public primary · K-6	516	1,064
Kiama Public School	Kiama	Public primary · K-6	347	1,064
Lennox Head Public School	Lennox Head	Public primary · K-6	424	1,064

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.