Para Meadows School
56 Porter St, North Wollongong NSW 2500
Para Meadows School is a government special school in North Wollongong, NSW with about 113 students. Its ICSEA is 945, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 113.
About this school, from public sources
Based on publicly available information, Para Meadows School is a NSW government special school in North Wollongong catering for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 with moderate to severe intellectual disability, including many with autism spectrum disorder and physical or sensory impairments. The school emphasises individualised programs and close home-school communication, with parents encouraged to attend planning meetings. Local reporting has noted community and facility support, including a donor-funded playground and a school infrastructure upgrade.
Often praised
- individualised learning programs
- strong parent-school communication
- community-supported facility upgrades
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: high. 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 Para Meadows 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elonera Montessori School | Mount Ousley | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | 1,108 | 187 |
| Aspect South Coast School, Wollongong University | Wollongong | Independent special | 0.9 km | — | — |
| Illawarra Hospital School | Wollongong | Public special | 1.6 km | — | — |
| Novo Education | Wollongong | Independent special | 2.1 km | 983 | 44 |
| The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong West | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.5 km | 1,159 | 970 |
| Wollongong Flexible School | Towradgi | Independent special | 3.2 km | 895 | 71 |
| Aspect South Coast School | Corrimal | Independent special | 5.3 km | 1,017 | 129 |
| Aspect South Coast School, Unanderra | Unanderra | Independent special | 6.2 km | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurrambee School | Werrington | Public special | 104 | 946 |
| Tirriwirri School | Karabar | Public special | 34 | 944 |
| Mainsbridge School | Warwick Farm | Public special | 125 | 949 |
| Newcastle Junior School | Hillsborough | Public special | 63 | 940 |
| Peterborough School | Warilla | Public special | 115 | 938 |
| Caldera School | Tweed Heads South | Public special | 24 | 936 |
About this data
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- nsw-doe-support-classes
- school-website
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.