Calderwood Christian School
Albion Park NSW 2527
Calderwood Christian School is an independent combined primary and secondary school in Albion Park, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 504 students. Its ICSEA is 1,056, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: an independent co-educational Christian school at Calderwood Valley in the Illawarra, teaching Kindergarten to Year 12 to about 504 students. It began in 1989 as Tongarra Christian School with 14 students, meeting in a church, and moved to its current site in 1996. It has a low student-to-teacher ratio and offers both primary and secondary programs.
Often praised
- Christian community since 1989
- Kindergarten to Year 12
- Low student-teacher ratio
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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 Calderwood Christian School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shellharbour Anglican College | Dunmore | Independent k–12 / combined | 9.4 km | 1,099 | 981 |
| Amity College Illawarra Campus | Shellharbour | Independent k–12 / combined | 10.0 km | — | — |
| Cedars Christian College | Unanderra | Independent k–12 / combined | 13.1 km | 1,067 | 661 |
| Illawarra Christian School | Cordeaux Heights | Independent k–12 / combined | 14.3 km | 1,091 | 800 |
| The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong West | Independent k–12 / combined | 17.7 km | 1,159 | 970 |
| Elonera Montessori School | Mount Ousley | Independent k–12 / combined | 21.0 km | 1,108 | 187 |
| Southern Highlands Christian School | Bowral | Independent k–12 / combined | 29.5 km | 1,068 | 363 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetaomah School | Terragon | Independent k–12 / combined · K-7 | 55 | 1,057 |
| Avondale School | Cooranbong | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 977 | 1,055 |
| Sapphire Coast Anglican College | Bega | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 454 | 1,057 |
| St Gregory's College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 1,442 | 1,057 |
| The Armidale Waldorf School | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined · K-11 | 163 | 1,057 |
| Wyong Christian Community School | Wyong | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 904 | 1,057 |
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.