Chatswood Public School

5 Centennial Ave, Chatswood NSW 2067

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Chatswood Public School is a government primary school in Chatswood, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 1,083 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,143, where the national average is 1000.

1,083students

1,143ICSEA · higher than 95% of NSW primary schools

92%language background other than English

0%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

73teaching staff (FTE)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

94.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.6 pts over 3 years

-19%enrolment change over 5 years

8FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 1,083.

About this school, from public sources

Public information about Chatswood Public School, a large K-6 government primary in Chatswood, NSW, highlights a diverse, multicultural community and a distinctive English-Korean bilingual program alongside Mandarin language learning. The school runs an Inclusive Hub and a Multicategorical Support Unit for students with additional needs, plus dedicated EAL/D support in each stage given its high proportion of students from non-English-speaking backgrounds. Music, dance and sport are frequently noted as areas of strength, with regular participation in local sporting, cultural and music events.

Often praised

Korean bilingual program
strong music and dance
inclusive support 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 Chatswood Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Chatswood Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
St Pius X College	Chatswood	Independent k–12 / combined	0.6 km	1,144	1,183
Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary School	Chatswood	Catholic primary	0.7 km	1,144	355
Roseville College	Roseville	Independent k–12 / combined	1.5 km	1,191	1,060
Artarmon Public SchoolOC	Artarmon	Public primary	1.6 km	1,167	1,063
Lindfield College	Lindfield	Public k–12 / combined	1.8 km	1,152	802
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School	Willoughby	Catholic primary	2.1 km	1,161	277
Roseville Public School	Roseville	Public primary	2.1 km	1,172	520
Mowbray Public School	Lane Cove	Public primary	2.1 km	1,143	714

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
Australia Street Infants School	Newtown	Public primary · P-2	104	1,143
Mowbray Public School	Lane Cove	Public primary · K-6	714	1,143
Pennant Hills Public School	Pennant Hills	Public primary · K-6	490	1,143
Willoughby Public School	Willoughby	Public primary · K-6	905	1,143
Murray Farm Public School	Carlingford	Public primary · K-6	787	1,142
North Sydney Public School	Waverton	Public primary · K-6	756	1,144

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.