Havenlee School

75 JUDITH DR, North Nowra NSW 2541

PublicSpecial

Havenlee School is a government special school in North Nowra, NSW with about 67 students. Its ICSEA is 849, where the national average is 1000.

67students

849ICSEA · higher than 15% of NSW primary schools

6%language background other than English

48%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

13teaching staff (FTE)

Language background, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

80.1%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.3 pts over 3 years

+10%enrolment change over 5 years

180FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 67.

About this school, from public sources

Public information indicates Havenlee School is a NSW government special school in North Nowra catering to students from early childhood to Year 12 with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, often alongside autism spectrum disorder and other physical or behavioural needs. The school delivers a curriculum drawn from NSW syllabus documents, with each student following a Personalised Learning Plan and adjusted Individualised Education Program, supported by technology integrated into teaching. It has a notably high proportion of Aboriginal students and is part of the Northern Shoalhaven Community of Schools.

Often praised

individualised learning plans
strong Aboriginal community engagement
technology-integrated curriculum

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 Havenlee 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
Shoalhaven River College	Bomaderry	Independent special	2.0 km	931	48
Nowra Anglican College	Bomaderry	Independent k–12 / combined	2.2 km	1,094	1,152
Novo Education Shoalhaven	Nowra	Independent special	2.9 km	—	—
Nowra Christian School	Nowra	Independent k–12 / combined	6.6 km	1,033	572
William Campbell College	Nowra Hill	Independent special	8.4 km	881	28
Trinity Grammar School Field Studies Centre, Woollamia Campus	Woollamia	Independent k–12 / combined	17.4 km	—	—

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
Edgeware School	Hurlstone Park	Public special	31	851
Coreen School	Blacktown	Public special	56	845
Woodberry Learning Centre	Woodberry	Public special	26	844
Coffs Harbour Learning Centre	Boambee East	Public special	23	841
Highlands School	Renwick	Public special	37	860
Lawrence Hargrave School	Warwick Farm	Public special	59	862

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.