Canterbury Public School

Church St, Canterbury NSW 2193

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Canterbury Public School is a government primary school in Canterbury, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 346 students. Its ICSEA is 1,082, where the national average is 1000.

346students

1,082ICSEA · higher than 82% of NSW primary schools

51%language background other than English

3%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

25teaching 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 · -2.3 pts over 3 years

-11%enrolment change over 5 years

34FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 346.

About this school, from public sources

Drawing on the school's own public materials, Canterbury Public School is a NSW government primary (K-6) in Canterbury serving around 398 students from 35 cultural backgrounds. Housed in heritage 1878 buildings with modern classrooms, school-wide WiFi and spacious grounds, it emphasises student wellbeing, personalised learning, parent partnerships, and values of excellence and equity, describing itself as small enough to know each family yet large enough for a full range of learning programs.

Often praised

Diverse, multicultural community
Heritage grounds with modern facilities
Strong wellbeing and equity focus

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 Canterbury 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
Yeo Park Infants School	Ashfield	Public primary	1.0 km	1,144	48
Ashbury Public School	Ashbury	Public primary	1.1 km	1,111	356
Canterbury South Public School	Canterbury	Public primary	1.2 km	1,038	269
St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School	Dulwich Hill	Catholic primary	1.2 km	1,094	118
Trinity Grammar School	Summer Hill	Independent k–12 / combined	1.4 km	1,168	2,296
St Mel's Catholic Primary School	Campsie	Catholic primary	1.5 km	1,056	345
St Francis Xavier Catholic School Ashbury	Croydon Park	Catholic primary	1.5 km	1,102	378
Campsie Public School	Campsie	Public primary	1.6 km	1,016	515

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
Five Dock Public School	Five Dock	Public primary · P-6	314	1,082
Newrybar Public School	Newrybar	Public primary · K-6	61	1,082
Northmead Public School	Northmead	Public primary · K-6	614	1,082
Avoca Beach Public School	Avoca Beach	Public primary · K-6	455	1,081
Greystanes Public SchoolOC	Greystanes	Public primary · K-6	540	1,081
Jannali East Public School	Jannali	Public primary · K-6	313	1,081

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.