Fernbrook School
16 Clevedon Road, The Basin VIC 3154
Fernbrook School is an independent combined primary and secondary school in The Basin, VIC from Prep to Year 10 with about 78 students. Its ICSEA is 1,049, where the national average is 1000.
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: Fernbrook School is a small independent co-educational school in The Basin, offering Prep to Year 9. It has around 78 students, with year levels averaging about ten children and limited places at each intake. Its approach draws inspiration from Reggio Emilia principles, with inquiry-based, hands-on learning, and it uses native bushland as a living classroom for outdoor education.
Often praised
- Reggio Emilia-inspired learning
- Bushland outdoor classroom
- Very small class sizes
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 Fernbrook 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boronia K-12 College | Boronia | Public k–12 / combined | 2.5 km | 982 | 458 |
| Sherbrooke Community School | Sassafras | Public k–12 / combined | 2.6 km | 982 | 86 |
| Heritage College Knox | Ferntree Gully | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.3 km | 1,059 | 183 |
| Belgrave Heights Christian School | Belgrave Heights | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.9 km | 1,078 | 776 |
| St Andrews Christian College | Wantirna South | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.9 km | 1,166 | 719 |
| Tintern Grammar | Ringwood East | Independent k–12 / combined | 7.5 km | 1,154 | 985 |
| Mount Evelyn Christian School/Ranges TEC | Mount Evelyn | Independent k–12 / combined | 7.9 km | 1,059 | 693 |
| Billanook College | Mooroolbark | Independent k–12 / combined | 8.2 km | 1,104 | 889 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in VIC
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammadiyah Australia College | Melton | Independent k–12 / combined · P-9 | 182 | 1,052 |
| Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc | St Kilda | Independent k–12 / combined · P-10 | 169 | 1,053 |
| Shepparton Christian College Ltd | Shepparton | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 326 | 1,053 |
| Melton Christian College | Brookfield | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 1,268 | 1,044 |
| Global Village Learning | New Gisborne | Independent k–12 / combined · P-11 | 197 | 1,042 |
| Red Rock Christian College | Sunbury | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 195 | 1,056 |
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.