Kearsley Public School
130 Caledonia Street, Kearsley NSW 2325
Kearsley Public School is a government primary school in Kearsley, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 114 students. Its ICSEA is 897, where the national average is 1000.
Language background, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 114.
About this school, from public sources
Public information about Kearsley Public School, a small K-6 government primary school in the Hunter Valley near Cessnock, comes from the school's own website. Established in 1912, it serves around 140 students, including a notable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cohort. The school promotes core values of respect, responsibility and learning through its Positive Behaviour for Learning program, alongside leadership, arts, sport and STEM opportunities for students.
Often praised
- Positive Behaviour for Learning program
- Range of arts, sport and STEM opportunities
- Small, close-knit community
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: low. 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 Kearsley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchener Public School | Kitchener | Public primary | 3.3 km | 930 | 113 |
| Cessnock Public School | Cessnock | Public primary | 3.5 km | 876 | 276 |
| Cessnock East Public School | Cessnock | Public primary | 4.1 km | 835 | 215 |
| St Patrick's Primary School | Cessnock | Catholic primary | 4.8 km | 975 | 347 |
| Cessnock West Public SchoolOC | Cessnock | Public primary | 5.2 km | 884 | 399 |
| Abermain Public School | Abermain | Public primary | 6.1 km | 917 | 257 |
| Holy Spirit Infants School | Abermain | Catholic primary | 6.8 km | 991 | 122 |
| Nulkaba Public School | Nulkaba | Public primary | 6.8 km | 931 | 389 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Public School | Coffs Harbour | Public primary · K-6 | 474 | 897 |
| Glenroy Public School | North Albury | Public primary · K-6 | 220 | 897 |
| Aldavilla Public School | Yarravel | Public primary · K-6 | 263 | 896 |
| Batemans Bay Public School | Surfside | Public primary · P-6 | 494 | 896 |
| Dawson Public School | Dharruk | Public primary · P-6 | 293 | 898 |
| Glen Innes West Infants School | Glen Innes | Public primary · K-2 | 19 | 898 |
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.