Busby Public School
South Liverpool Rd, Busby NSW 2168
Busby Public School is a government primary school in Busby, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 243 students. Its ICSEA is 892, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 243.
About this school, from public sources
This overview draws on Busby Public School's own website and public records. Busby Public School is a government primary school in South West Sydney catering for students from Kindergarten to Year 6. The school emphasises literacy and numeracy, participates in the Early Action for Success program, and highlights priorities such as formative assessment, differentiated learning, and collaborative teacher planning. It serves a culturally diverse community, with a significant proportion of students from language backgrounds other than English.
Often praised
- strong literacy and numeracy focus
- Early Action for Success program
- culturally diverse 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: 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 Busby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busby West Public School | Green Valley | Public primary | 0.9 km | 895 | 304 |
| Heckenberg Public School | Heckenberg | Public primary | 0.9 km | 848 | 209 |
| Sadleir Public School | Sadleir | Public primary | 1.0 km | 883 | 351 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School | Miller | Catholic primary | 1.1 km | 1,003 | 315 |
| Miller Public School | Miller | Public primary | 1.2 km | 880 | 266 |
| Green Valley Public School | Green Valley | Public primary | 1.7 km | 973 | 365 |
| Ashcroft Public School | Ashcroft | Public primary | 1.7 km | 887 | 284 |
| Cartwright Public School | Cartwright | Public primary | 1.8 km | 920 | 241 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemblawarra Public School | Port Kembla | Public primary · P-6 | 153 | 892 |
| Tarro Public School | Tarro | Public primary · K-6 | 115 | 892 |
| Albury North Public School | Albury | Public primary · K-6 | 285 | 893 |
| Fairfield Heights Public School | Fairfield | Public primary · K-6 | 642 | 893 |
| Greenethorpe Public School | Greenethorpe | Public primary · K-6 | 5 | 893 |
| Kurri Kurri Public School | Kurri Kurri | Public primary · K-6 | 574 | 891 |
About this data
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- school-website
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.