Ermington Public School

Winbourne St, West Ryde NSW 2114

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Ermington Public School is a government primary school in West Ryde, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 472 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,117, where the national average is 1000.

472students

1,117ICSEA · higher than 90% of NSW primary schools

76%language background other than English

2%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

25teaching staff (FTE)

Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

93.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.0 pts over 3 years

+14%enrolment change over 5 years

26FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 472.

About this school, from public sources

Publicly available sources describe Ermington Public School as a K-6 government primary school in West Ryde with a history dating to 1888. It offers two Opportunity Classes alongside its comprehensive curriculum and highlights a heritage building and covered outdoor learning area. The school emphasises an inclusive, family-partnered approach to student wellbeing, and acknowledges the Wallumedegal people as traditional custodians of the land it sits on.

Often praised

Opportunity Class program
Inclusive, family-focused culture
Long-standing heritage school

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NAPLAN

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Opportunity class

Ermington 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
Melrose Park Public School	West Ryde	Public primary	1.1 km	1,087	163
Ermington West Public School	Ermington	Public primary	1.2 km	1,022	104
West Ryde Public School	West Ryde	Public primary	1.3 km	1,117	512
Eastwood Public School	Eastwood	Public primary	1.5 km	1,108	701
Yates Avenue Public School	Dundas Valley	Public primary	1.6 km	1,040	155
St Michael's Catholic Primary School	Meadowbank	Catholic primary	1.7 km	1,125	420
St Kevin's Catholic Primary School	Eastwood	Catholic primary	1.8 km	1,115	373
Rydalmere East Public School	Ermington	Public primary	1.8 km	1,007	104

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
Kegworth Public School	Leichhardt	Public primary · P-6	252	1,117
West Ryde Public School	West Ryde	Public primary · K-6	512	1,117
Westmead Public School	Westmead	Public primary · K-6	717	1,117
Coledale Public School	Coledale	Public primary · K-6	135	1,118
Curl Curl North Public School	North Curl Curl	Public primary · K-6	699	1,116
Ngarala Public School	Epping	Public primary · K-6	380	1,118

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.