New Lambton South Public School

St James Rd, New Lambton NSW 2305

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

New Lambton South Public School is a government primary school in New Lambton, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 462 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,095, where the national average is 1000.

462students

1,095ICSEA · higher than 85% of NSW primary schools

18%language background other than English

4%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

27teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.9%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.4 pts over 3 years

-4%enrolment change over 5 years

37FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 462.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, chiefly the school's own website. New Lambton South Public School is a government K-6 school that describes itself as a nurturing community built on being kind, safe and your best. It hosts an Opportunity Class that draws selected students from across the region. Its programs include a concert band, creative arts, STEM, chess, debating, sport and daily fitness. It also offers personalised learning plans and wellbeing support.

Often praised

Opportunity Class for gifted students
Music and concert band program
Broad extracurricular and STEM offerings

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 New Lambton South Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

New Lambton South Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
St Therese's Primary School	New Lambton	Catholic primary	0.7 km	1,100	543
St Columba's Primary School	Adamstown	Catholic primary	1.0 km	1,107	168
New Lambton Public School	New Lambton	Public primary	1.1 km	1,108	538
Hunter School of Performing Arts	Broadmeadow	Public k–12 / combined	1.2 km	1,085	1,090
Adamstown Public School	Adamstown	Public primary	1.3 km	1,078	439
Belair Public School	Adamstown	Public primary	1.7 km	1,103	409
Hamilton North Public School	Hamilton North	Public primary	2.2 km	1,030	123
Merewether Public School	Merewether	Public primary	2.4 km	950	139

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
Dudley Public School	Dudley	Public primary · K-6	245	1,095
Meadowbank Public School	Meadowbank	Public primary · K-6	642	1,095
Northbourne Public School	Marsden Park	Public primary · K-6	1,711	1,095
South Coogee Public School	South Coogee	Public primary · K-6	376	1,095
Annangrove Public School	Annangrove	Public primary · K-6	142	1,096
Ashfield Public SchoolOC	Ashfield	Public primary · K-6	474	1,096

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.