Edgeware School
Burnett St & Tennett Pde, Hurlstone Park NSW 2193
Edgeware School is a government special school in Hurlstone Park, NSW with about 31 students. Its ICSEA is 851, 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 31.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Edgeware School as a NSW Department of Education School for Specific Purposes (SSP) in Hurlstone Park, supporting secondary-age students with emotional disturbance and medium-to-high support needs, including those who have found mainstream schooling unsuccessful. The school's own site describes a safe, structured, inclusive environment with individualised learning and wellbeing plans covering communication, independence, life skills and social skills, developed with families and support staff. Enrolment is via referral and placement rather than direct application.
Often praised
- individualised learning plans
- safe, structured environment
- family-involved support planning
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 Edgeware 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Maroun's College | Marrickville | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,051 | 567 |
| Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,168 | 2,296 |
| Trinity Grammar School Bishop Chambers House | Summer Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.1 km | — | — |
| Christian Brothers' High School Lewisham | Lewisham | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.2 km | 1,074 | 1,231 |
| Kingdom Culture Christian School | Arncliffe | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.6 km | 1,082 | 196 |
| Al Zahra College | Arncliffe | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.7 km | 1,032 | 773 |
| Eileen O'Connor Catholic College | Lewisham | Catholic special | 2.8 km | 1,052 | 74 |
| The John Berne School | Lewisham | Independent special | 2.9 km | 1,038 | 45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havenlee School | North Nowra | Public special | 67 | 849 |
| Coreen School | Blacktown | Public special | 56 | 845 |
| Woodberry Learning Centre | Woodberry | Public special | 26 | 844 |
| Highlands School | Renwick | Public special | 37 | 860 |
| Coffs Harbour Learning Centre | Boambee East | Public special | 23 | 841 |
| Lawrence Hargrave School | Warwick Farm | Public special | 59 | 862 |
About this data
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- acara-profile
- nsw-doe-attendance
- nsw-doe-enrolment-history
- nsw-doe-support-classes
- 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.