Cardiff South Public School
9 Lake Avenue, Cardiff South NSW 2285
Cardiff South Public School is a government primary school in Cardiff South, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 298 students. Its ICSEA is 1,017, 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 298.
About this school, from public sources
Based on publicly available information, Cardiff South Public School is a NSW government primary school in Cardiff South catering for Preschool to Year 6, with around 330 students across twelve mainstream K-6 classes and an on-site preschool. Its own site highlights a broad curriculum plus extra-curricular options including public speaking and debating, PSSA sport, choir, chess club, and a preschool buddy program, alongside on-site OOSH care and structured transition programs for Kindergarten and high school.
Often praised
- broad extra-curricular program
- on-site preschool and OOSH care
- supportive transition 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: 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 Cardiff South 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Public School | Cardiff | Public primary | 1.1 km | 1,000 | 283 |
| St Kevin's Primary School | Cardiff | Catholic primary | 1.1 km | 1,071 | 130 |
| Hillsborough Public School | Charlestown | Public primary | 1.6 km | 1,020 | 164 |
| Garden Suburb Public School | Garden Suburb | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,045 | 227 |
| Cardiff North Public School | Cardiff | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,014 | 149 |
| Biddabah Public School | Warners Bay | Public primary | 2.6 km | 1,065 | 348 |
| Mount Hutton Public School | Mount Hutton | Public primary | 2.7 km | 940 | 166 |
| Charlestown South Public School | Charlestown | Public primary | 2.7 km | 1,075 | 235 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carinda Public School | Carinda | Public primary · K-6 | 18 | 1,017 |
| Cecil Hills Public School | Cecil Hills | Public primary · K-6 | 721 | 1,017 |
| Eurongilly Public School | Eurongilly | Public primary · K-6 | 17 | 1,017 |
| Georges Hall Public SchoolOC | Georges Hall | Public primary · K-6 | 685 | 1,017 |
| Gosford East Public School | East Gosford | Public primary · K-6 | 334 | 1,017 |
| Jordan Springs Public School | Jordan Springs | Public primary · K-6 | 1,119 | 1,017 |
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.