Kambala
Rose Bay NSW 2029
Kambala is an independent combined primary and secondary school in Rose Bay, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 986 students across all campuses. Its ICSEA is 1,169, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the school's own page. About this link
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Enrolments and staff cover all campuses of this school. Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Kambala is an Anglican day and boarding school for girls in Rose Bay, founded in 1887, with early learning through Year 12 and roughly 1,000 students, including about 50 boarders from Years 7 to 12. It has a non-selective enrolment policy. The campus is close to parks and beaches, with buses and the Rose Bay ferry wharf nearby.
Often praised
- Girls' day and boarding school
- Harbourside location
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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 on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.58 | 152 |
| 2024 | 2.35 | 237 |
| 2023 | 1.55 | 167 |
| 2022 | 2.12 | 223 |
| 2021 | 2.29 | 247 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown, apart from the permitted top-10% list, which this school is on.
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 | 0.2 km | 1,160 | 851 |
| Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,082 | 484 |
| 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 | Woollahra | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.2 km | 1,203 | — |
| Ascham School | Edgecliff | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.5 km | 1,217 | 1,182 |
| Moriah College | Bondi Junction | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.5 km | 1,141 | 1,339 |
| St Catherine's School | Waverley | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.6 km | 1,156 | 1,122 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Grammar School | Ultimo | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 1,224 | 1,170 |
| Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 2,296 | 1,168 |
| Queenwood | Mosman | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 816 | 1,172 |
| Lycee Condorcet The International French School Of Sydney | Maroubra Junction | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 1,129 | 1,173 |
| Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | Independent k–12 / combined · 5-12 | 1,240 | 1,164 |
| The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 1,208 | 1,164 |
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.