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Glenfield Public School

Railway Pde, Glenfield NSW 2167

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Glenfield Public School is a government primary school in Glenfield, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 470 students. Its ICSEA is 1,070, where the national average is 1000.

470students
1,070ICSEA · higher than 79% of NSW primary schools
88%language background other than English
1%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
26teaching staff (FTE)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

90.1%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.3 pts over 3 years
+7%enrolment change over 5 years
51FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Glenfield Public School as a Kindergarten to Year 6 government primary school in Glenfield, NSW, established in 1882 and serving a diverse community of around 427 students from over 40 nationalities. The school's own site highlights a focus on literacy and numeracy, alongside STEM, sport, and creative arts programs, with the Positive Behaviour for Learning framework supporting classroom wellbeing. Enrolments have grown steadily, expanding from 10 to 17 classes since 2010.

Often praised

  • strong literacy and numeracy focus
  • culturally diverse community
  • STEM, sport and creative arts programs

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 Glenfield Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
Glenwood Public SchoolGlenfieldPublic primary0.7 km988216
Macarthur Adventist CollegeMacquarie FieldsIndependent k–12 / combined1.7 km1,051695
Guise Public SchoolMacquarie FieldsPublic primary1.8 km880221
Curran Public SchoolMacquarie FieldsPublic primary2.5 km883275
Prestons Public SchoolPrestonsPublic primary2.8 km962586
Macquarie Fields Public SchoolMacquarie FieldsPublic primary3.0 km1,048828
Casula Public SchoolOCCasulaPublic primary3.2 km980660
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary SchoolPrestonsCatholic primary3.3 km1,088646

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Bardia Public SchoolBardiaPublic primary · K-69531,070
Dundas Public SchoolDundasPublic primary · K-63121,070
Marrickville West Public SchoolMarrickvillePublic primary · K-64111,070
Mount St Thomas Public SchoolWollongongPublic primary · K-63541,070
Woonona Public SchoolWoononaPublic primary · K-65191,070
Bexley North Public SchoolBexleyPublic primary · K-63401,071

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.