Gresford Public School
Durham Rd, Gresford NSW 2311
Gresford Public School is a government primary school in Gresford, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 53 students. Its ICSEA is 936, 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 53.
About this school, from public sources
Publicly available information describes Gresford Public School as a small K-6 government primary school serving the township of Gresford and surrounding Paterson and Allyn River valley communities. The school's own materials highlight a focus on quality teaching, recognised with a Director General's Award, along with public speaking and debating programs, a Cattle Education program tied to local agricultural shows, and a Literacy Through Shakespeare initiative that won an Education Week award.
Often praised
- Quality teaching recognition
- Debating and public speaking success
- Cattle Education / agricultural program
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 Gresford 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.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacy Public School | Vacy | Public primary | 13.2 km | 946 | 106 |
| Martins Creek Public School | Martins Creek | Public primary | 17.3 km | — | 5 |
| St Joseph's Primary School | Dungog | Catholic primary | 20.4 km | 986 | 142 |
| Paterson Public School | Paterson | Public primary | 20.6 km | 1,027 | 104 |
| Dungog Public School | Dungog | Public primary | 20.7 km | 914 | 191 |
| Glen William Public School | Clarence Town | Public primary | 26.6 km | 945 | 27 |
| Iona Public School | Woodville | Public primary | 27.1 km | 992 | 47 |
| Clarence Town Public School | Clarence Town | Public primary | 28.6 km | 980 | 158 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst South Public School | Bathurst | Public primary · K-6 | 184 | 936 |
| Cringila Public School | Cringila | Public primary · K-6 | 163 | 936 |
| Dalton Public School | Dalton | Public primary · K-6 | 6 | 936 |
| Kendall Public School | Kendall | Public primary · K-6 | 206 | 936 |
| Maitland Public School | Maitland | Public primary · K-6 | 405 | 936 |
| Merrylands Public School | Merrylands | Public primary · K-6 | 620 | 936 |
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.