Five Islands Secondary College
Military Rd, Port Kembla NSW 2505
Five Islands Secondary College is a government secondary school in Port Kembla, NSW for Years 10–12 with about 272 students. Its ICSEA is 983, 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 293.
About this school, from public sources
Public information describes Five Islands Secondary College as a small NSW government senior college in Port Kembla catering to Years 10-12, one of only a handful of dedicated senior colleges in the state. It runs a Big Picture program alongside mainstream senior study, pairing personalised, project-based learning with wellbeing support, learning support officers, and gifted-education provisions. Parents online describe it as a supportive, inclusive environment where students who struggled in traditional high schools re-engage with learning.
Often praised
- Personalised Big Picture learning
- Strong student wellbeing support
- Re-engages disengaged students
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 Five Islands Secondary College on My School · Why some data is missing
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Last 2 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.01 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0.02 | 1 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrawong High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Warrawong | Public high school | 3.7 km | 905 | 591 |
| Illawarra Sports High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Berkeley | Public high school | 5.6 km | 937 | 926 |
| St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong | Independent high school | 7.2 km | 1,104 | 1,128 |
| Figtree High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Figtree | Public high school | 7.8 km | 1,013 | 880 |
| The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong West | Independent k–12 / combined | 7.8 km | 1,159 | 970 |
| Smiths Hill High SchoolFully | Wollongong | Public high school | 8.0 km | 1,186 | 735 |
| Lake Illawarra High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Lake Illawarra | Public high school | 8.2 km | 894 | 542 |
| Cedars Christian College | Unanderra | Independent k–12 / combined | 8.6 km | 1,067 | 661 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Edmondson High School | Horningsea Park | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,084 | 982 |
| Karabar High SchoolPartially | Queanbeyan | Public high school · 7-12 | 723 | 982 |
| Keira High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Fairy Meadow | Public high school · 7-12 | 723 | 984 |
| Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus | Jesmond | Public high school · 11-12 | 647 | 980 |
| Cardiff High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Cardiff | Public high school · 7-12 | 776 | 986 |
| Cecil Hills High School | Cecil Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,340 | 986 |
About this data
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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.