Canley Heights Public School
Cambridge St, Canley Heights NSW 2166
Canley Heights Public School is a government primary school in Canley Heights, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 529 students. Its ICSEA is 935, 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 529.
About this school, from public sources
Public information describes Canley Heights Public School as a large primary school in Fairfield, south-west Sydney, serving a culturally diverse community where over 90% of students come from language backgrounds other than English, including Vietnamese, Khmer, Arabic, Samoan and Chinese. The school promotes a broad curriculum alongside extra-curricular offerings such as Operation Art, dance groups, choir, chess and a tech club, and highlights its literacy, numeracy, technology and sporting programs.
Often praised
- culturally diverse community
- broad extra-curricular programs
- strong sporting programs
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 Canley Heights 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Park Public School | St Johns Park | Public primary | 1.3 km | 985 | 396 |
| Harrington Street Public SchoolOC | Cabramatta | Public primary | 1.3 km | 1,000 | 740 |
| Canley Vale Public School | Canley Vale | Public primary | 1.4 km | 973 | 752 |
| Cabramatta West Public School | Cabramatta | Public primary | 1.4 km | 950 | 477 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Cabramatta | Cabramatta | Catholic primary | 1.5 km | 1,012 | 622 |
| Fairfield West Public School | Fairfield West | Public primary | 1.9 km | 914 | 545 |
| Fairvale Public School | Fairfield | Public primary | 1.9 km | 919 | 503 |
| Pal Buddhist School | Canley Vale | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,032 | 109 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chertsey Primary School | Springfield | Public primary · K-6 | 125 | 935 |
| Ellerston Public School | Ellerston | Public primary · K-6 | 11 | 935 |
| Goolgowi Public School | Goolgowi | Public primary · K-6 | 38 | 935 |
| Greta Public School | Greta | Public primary · K-6 | 186 | 935 |
| Hill Top Public School | Hill Top | Public primary · K-6 | 120 | 935 |
| Marks Point Public School | Marks Point | Public primary · K-6 | 141 | 935 |
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.