Peakhurst West Public School

Ogilvy St, Peakhurst NSW 2210

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Peakhurst West Public School is a government primary school in Peakhurst, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 291 students. Its ICSEA is 1,023, where the national average is 1000.

291students

1,023ICSEA · higher than 65% of NSW primary schools

60%language background other than English

5%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

19teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.6%attendance rate, 2024 · -4.4 pts over 3 years

+2%enrolment change over 5 years

91FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 291.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, chiefly the school's own website and directory listings. Peakhurst West Public School is a small government K-6 primary of roughly 280 students from diverse cultural backgrounds. It describes a nurturing environment where staff know every student. It offers explicit, evidence-based teaching, a gifted and high potential program, literacy extension, technology and STEM, and sport and creative arts. It also has large open grounds and supports kindergarten transition.

Often praised

Small, nurturing school community
High potential and gifted program
Large open school grounds

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

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Location and nearby schools

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

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Southside Montessori School	Riverwood	Independent primary	1.2 km	1,110	32
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Riverwood	Catholic primary	1.2 km	1,083	450
Peakhurst South Public School	Peakhurst Heights	Public primary	1.4 km	1,061	313
Peakhurst Public School	Peakhurst	Public primary	1.4 km	1,043	412
St Therese Catholic Primary School	Padstow	Catholic primary	1.6 km	1,079	200
Riverwood Public School	Riverwood	Public primary	1.7 km	958	126
Padstow Heights Public School	Padstow	Public primary	1.9 km	1,053	297
Padstow Park Public School	Padstow	Public primary	1.9 km	1,019	334

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
Morpeth Public School	Morpeth	Public primary · K-6	262	1,023
Nords Wharf Public School	Nords Wharf	Public primary · K-6	180	1,023
St Johns Park Public SchoolOC	St Johns Park	Public primary · P-6	673	1,023
Terranora Public School	Terranora	Public primary · K-6	286	1,023
Ermington West Public School	Ermington	Public primary · K-6	104	1,022
Gunning Public School	Gunning	Public primary · K-6	125	1,024

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.