Niland School

Niland Cres, Blackett NSW 2770

PublicSpecial

Niland School is a government special school in Blackett, NSW with about 34 students. Its ICSEA is 801, where the national average is 1000.

34students

801ICSEA · higher than 5% of NSW primary schools

16%language background other than English

35%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

10teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

66.1%attendance rate, 2024 · +7.8 pts over 3 years

+10%enrolment change over 5 years

209FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 34.

About this school, from public sources

Public information describes Niland School as a NSW government special school in Blackett catering for students from Year 5 to Year 12 with emotional disturbance or mild to moderate intellectual disability. Classes are small, with up to seven students each, staffed by a trained special education teacher and a School Learning Support Officer. The curriculum focuses on academic, vocational, physical, creative and social skill development, aiming to prepare students for coping with and participating in the wider community.

Often praised

Small class sizes with high staff support
Specialist trained special education teachers
Community and life-skills focused 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 Niland 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
Blacktown Youth College Incorporated	Hebersham	Independent special	1.2 km	832	101
LWB Education - Mt Druitt Campus	Shalvey	Independent special	1.2 km	—	—
Richard Johnson Anglican College	Oakhurst	Independent k–12 / combined	2.2 km	1,072	1,028
Western Grammar School	Plumpton	Independent k–12 / combined	2.5 km	1,073	387
Halinda School	Whalan	Public special	2.5 km	955	114
Australian Islamic College of Sydney	Mount Druitt	Independent k–12 / combined	2.9 km	1,077	1,289
Plumpton House School	Plumpton	Public special	2.9 km	827	30
St Bishoy Coptic Orthodox College	Mount Druitt	Independent k–12 / combined	3.2 km	966	279

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
HopeTown School	Wyong	Public special	43	797
Kandeer School	North Albury	Public special	18	811
Kotara School	Kotara	Public special	25	816
Holman Place School	Cowra	Public special	30	822
Girrakool School	Kariong	Public special	54	826

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.