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Dhupuma Barker

Gunyangara East Arnhem Land NT 0880

IndependentPrimaryYears T-6

Dhupuma Barker is an independent primary school in Gunyangara East Arnhem Land, NT from Transition to Year 6 with about 58 students. Its ICSEA is 612, where the national average is 1000.

58students
612ICSEA · higher than 0% of NT private schools
100%language background other than English
100%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
6teaching staff (FTE)

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

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources: Dhupuma Barker serves around 60 students from the Gunyangara community and surrounding areas, from Transition to Year 10, with a Family as First Teachers program for ages 0-4. It offers bilingual, two-way bicultural education grounded in Yolngu culture and language alongside English. The new campus includes four classrooms, an undercover basketball court and a community knowledge centre. Students competed at the 2023 VEX IQ World Championships.

Often praised

  • Bilingual two-way education
  • Strong Yolngu culture focus
  • Robotics achievements

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NAPLAN

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