Fahan School
Sandy Bay TAS 7005
Fahan School is an independent combined primary and secondary school in Sandy Bay, TAS from Prep to Year 12 with about 419 students. Its ICSEA is 1,154, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the school's own page. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Fahan School is an independent, non-denominational girls' school with a Christian ethos, established in 1935 in Sandy Bay, Hobart. It teaches from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12, with roughly 430 students on a 6.2 hectare campus beside the River Derwent. The campus blends historic buildings with award-winning modern ones.
Often praised
- Riverside campus
- Pre-K to Year 12
- Girls' education
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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: high. 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 Fahan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hutchins School | Sandy Bay | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.2 km | 1,140 | 986 |
| Mount Carmel College | Sandy Bay | Catholic k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,077 | 572 |
| St Michael's Collegiate School - Sports Campus | Tolmans Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.7 km | — | — |
| St Michael's Collegiate School - Middle School Campus | Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.9 km | — | — |
| St Michael's Collegiate School | Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.0 km | 1,125 | 636 |
| St Mary's College | Hobart | Catholic k–12 / combined | 4.8 km | 1,069 | 951 |
| Lambert School | North Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.2 km | 1,007 | 33 |
| The Friends' School - Argyle Street Campus | North Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.1 km | — | — |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in TAS
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Friends' School | North Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 1,269 | 1,149 |
| The Hutchins School | Sandy Bay | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 986 | 1,140 |
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.