Kambala, Fernbank Campus
Rose Bay NSW 2029
Kambala, Fernbank Campus is an independent secondary school in Rose Bay, NSW.
Campus of Kambala. School-wide figures are on that page.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the school's own page. About this link
Sector, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Kambala is an independent Anglican day and boarding school for girls in Rose Bay, Sydney, founded in 1887 and on its current site since 1913. It has around 950 students from Pre-school to Year 12, including about 95 boarders in Years 7-12, and a non-selective enrolment policy. Fernbank is its purpose-built boarding house, offering a supportive communal family environment for 50 girls.
Often praised
- Girls' boarding house
- Anglican tradition
- Pre-school to Year 12
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NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Kambala, Fernbank Campus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Rose Bay | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.1 km | 1,160 | 851 |
| Kambala | Rose Bay | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.2 km | 1,169 | 986 |
| Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.4 km | 1,082 | 484 |
| Rose Bay Secondary CollegePartiallyGifted class: Gifted class | Dover Heights | Public high school | 1.7 km | 1,107 | 1,125 |
| Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | Independent high school | 2.0 km | 1,181 | 1,693 |
| The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,162 | 2,076 |
| The Scots College, Ginahgulla Centre campus | Bellevue Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.2 km | — | — |
| Reddam House, Bondi Campus | North Bondi | Independent high school | 2.4 km | — | — |
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.