Gosford Public School
Faunce St West, West Gosford NSW 2250
Gosford Public School is a government primary school in West Gosford, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 545 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,049, 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 545.
About this school, from public sources
Based on public information from the school's website and school directory listings, Gosford Public School is a government co-educational primary school (K-6) in West Gosford on the NSW Central Coast, with around 545 students and 33 teaching staff. The school describes itself as a holistic, inclusive community and provides specialist teacher support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, gifted and talented students, students needing literacy and numeracy support, and students from non-English speaking backgrounds.
Often praised
- inclusive, community-focused culture
- specialist learning support staff
- support for gifted and talented 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 Gosford Public School on My School · Why some data is missing
Opportunity class
Gosford Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Philip's Christian College - Gosford | Narara | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.4 km | 1,093 | 694 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | Wyoming | Catholic primary | 1.8 km | 1,076 | 443 |
| Gosford East Public School | East Gosford | Public primary | 2.3 km | 1,017 | 334 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | East Gosford | Catholic primary | 2.4 km | 1,090 | 384 |
| Wyoming Public School | Wyoming | Public primary | 2.4 km | 940 | 302 |
| Point Clare Public School | Point Clare | Public primary | 2.6 km | 1,058 | 479 |
| Chertsey Primary School | Springfield | Public primary | 3.4 km | 935 | 125 |
| Valley View Public School | Wyoming | Public primary | 3.4 km | 987 | 325 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albury Public School | Albury | Public primary · K-6 | 637 | 1,049 |
| Blakehurst Public School | Blakehurst | Public primary · K-6 | 256 | 1,049 |
| Hernani Public School | Dorrigo | Public primary · K-6 | 14 | 1,049 |
| Leonay Public School | Emu Plains | Public primary · K-6 | 191 | 1,049 |
| Shell Cove Public School | Shell Cove | Public primary · K-6 | 463 | 1,049 |
| Blackheath Public School | Blackheath | Public primary · K-6 | 254 | 1,050 |
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.