Palm Avenue School
Dragonfly Drive, Westmead NSW 2145
Palm Avenue School is a government special school in Westmead, NSW.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Public information describes Palm Avenue School as home to the NSW Centre for Effective Reading, a specialist government service based in Westmead that supports primary-aged students with complex reading difficulties, particularly in rural and remote NSW schools. It operates in partnership with NSW Health via the Child Development Unit at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, with teachers, speech pathologists and psychologists working together with families and local schools to guide reading intervention using evidence and student data.
Often praised
- Multidisciplinary team approach
- Statewide support for rural/remote students
- Evidence-based reading intervention
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 Palm Avenue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redbank School | Westmead | Public special | 0.3 km | 1,001 | 46 |
| The Childrens Hospital School | Westmead | Public special | 0.6 km | — | — |
| The Federation College of Education | Parramatta | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | — | — |
| Indie School Parramatta | Parramatta | Independent special | 2.1 km | — | — |
| Holroyd School | Merrylands | Public special | 2.9 km | 983 | 189 |
| The Hills School | Northmead | Public special | 3.1 km | 1,046 | 112 |
| Redeemer Baptist School | North Parramatta | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.1 km | 1,141 | 549 |
| Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.3 km | 1,175 | 979 |
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.