Cardiff High School
Boronia St, Cardiff NSW 2285
Cardiff High School is a government secondary school in Cardiff, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 776 students. Its ICSEA is 986, 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 778.
About this school, from public sources
Cardiff High School, a public secondary school in Cardiff, NSW, is described in publicly available online sources as a comprehensive Year 7-12 school offering a broad elective range spanning technology, visual and performing arts, commerce and hospitality, plus school-based TAFE and vocational courses in construction, IT and sports coaching. It runs a long-standing Japanese language program linked to a sister school in Japan, and support programs such as Enrichment, QuickSmart and MultiLit for literacy and numeracy. Its Special Education unit is noted for staff and student support.
Often praised
- long-running Japanese sister-school program
- well-regarded special education unit
- range of TAFE/vocational pathways
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 Cardiff High School on My School · Why some data is missing
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Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.04 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0.07 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0.04 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0.18 | 13 |
| 2021 | 0.13 | 9 |
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.
Gifted and accelerated programs
HPGE Program (Year 7 class 7L)
Many comprehensive public high schools run their own class or program for high-ability students, under names such as Gifted and Talented, Academic Extension, Academic Excellence (common in Queensland), Enrichment or SEAL. These are not a department program: each school sets its own entry (often a test or application in Year 6) and class size. Listed only where the school's own website describes a dedicated class; check details with the school.
- Year levels
- 7
- Entry
- Application
Source: department page ↗. Check current entry dates with the school.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warners Bay High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Warners Bay | Public high school | 2.4 km | 1,056 | 1,159 |
| Newcastle Waldorf School | Glendale | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.3 km | 1,072 | 237 |
| Kotara High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Adamstown | Public high school | 3.4 km | 1,066 | 1,126 |
| Macquarie College | Wallsend | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.6 km | 1,110 | 1,060 |
| Glendale Technology High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Glendale | Public high school | 3.8 km | 946 | 800 |
| St Mary's Catholic College | Gateshead | Catholic high school | 3.9 km | 1,062 | 989 |
| Hunter Sports High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Gateshead | Public high school | 4.3 km | 955 | 922 |
| Trinity Catholic College | Adamstown | Catholic high school | 4.4 km | 1,090 | 849 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,340 | 986 |
| Kingsgrove High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Kingsgrove | Public high school · 7-12 | 672 | 986 |
| J J Cahill Memorial High School | Mascot | Public high school · 7-12 | 298 | 987 |
| Richmond High SchoolPartiallyGifted class: Gifted class | Richmond | Public high school · 7-12 | 750 | 987 |
| Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus | Shelly Beach | Public high school · 11-12 | 754 | 987 |
| Elderslie High SchoolGifted class: HPGE extension class | Narellan | Public high school · 7-12 | 857 | 988 |
About this data
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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.