Clarke Road School
48-58 Clarke Road, Hornsby NSW 2077
Clarke Road School is a government special school in Hornsby, NSW with about 61 students. Its ICSEA is 1,063, 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 61.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Clarke Road School as a NSW government special school in Hornsby catering for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 with moderate to severe intellectual disability, some with additional disabilities. The school runs a small, individualised program with a low student-to-teacher ratio, adapting curriculum around literacy, communication, and daily living skills. It operates community access buses, including wheelchair-accessible transport, and has newer purpose-built facilities opened in 2013.
Often praised
- low student-to-teacher ratio
- individualised curriculum support
- wheelchair-accessible community access buses
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 Clarke Road 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marri Mittigar School | Hornsby | Independent special | 0.5 km | 984 | 28 |
| Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.1 km | 1,164 | 1,240 |
| Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,217 | 1,634 |
| St Lucy's School | Wahroonga | Independent special | 2.3 km | 1,104 | 246 |
| EOC Broken Bay - Wahroonga | Wahroonga | Catholic special | 2.4 km | — | — |
| Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.5 km | 1,187 | 3,345 |
| Wahroonga Adventist School | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.8 km | 1,161 | 633 |
| St Edmund's College | Wahroonga | Independent special | 2.9 km | 1,107 | 112 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Gardens School | Canada Bay | Public special | 78 | 1,057 |
| Centennial Park School | Randwick | Public special | 53 | 1,055 |
| St George School | Kogarah | Public special | 64 | 1,055 |
| Arranounbai School | Frenchs Forest | Public special | 34 | 1,073 |
| Naremburn School | Naremburn | Public special | 30 | 1,075 |
| Fisher Road School | Dee Why | Public special | 62 | 1,050 |
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.