Peel High School
88 Gunnedah Rd, Tamworth NSW 2340
Peel High School is a government secondary school in Tamworth, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 629 students. It is a partially selective school. Its ICSEA is 831, 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 629.
About this school, from public sources
Public information available online describes Peel High School as a partially selective, co-educational Year 7-12 public high school in Tamworth, NSW. The school promotes a broad curriculum across STEM, sport and creative arts, with a notable agriculture program, a targeted sports program, and pathways for high-potential and gifted learners. Its own materials emphasise wellbeing support, learning assistance (including EAL/D and SLSO support), and an inclusive, culturally welcoming community, with parents noting staff who go out of their way to support students.
Often praised
- Agriculture program
- Selective/gifted learning stream
- Supportive, inclusive staff
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 Peel High School on My School · Why some data is missing
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Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.06 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0.07 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0.17 | 13 |
| 2022 | 0.03 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0.08 | 6 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown.
Selective entry
Peel High School is a partially selective school. Entry is by the state placement test in the year before starting; applications open early in the year. The department no longer publishes per-school minimum entry scores.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth High School | South Tamworth | Public high school | 2.4 km | 860 | 658 |
| Calrossy Anglican School - Simpson House Campus | Tamworth | Independent high school | 3.6 km | — | — |
| McCarthy Catholic College | West Tamworth | Catholic high school | 3.9 km | 991 | 935 |
| Oxley High School | North Tamworth | Public high school | 5.0 km | 936 | 1,004 |
| Calrossy Anglican School - William Cowper Campus | Tamworth | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.0 km | — | — |
| Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth | Independent high school | 5.1 km | 1,079 | 1,033 |
| Carinya Christian School Tamworth | Tamworth | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.5 km | 1,034 | 857 |
| Calrossy Anglican School - Tangara Campus | Wallamore (Tamworth) | Independent high school | 8.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chifley College Shalvey Campus | Shalvey | Public high school · 7-10 | 391 | 828 |
| Condobolin High School | Condobolin | Public high school · 7-12 | 205 | 834 |
| Coomealla High School | Dareton | Public high school · 7-12 | 190 | 826 |
| Canobolas High School | Orange | Public high school · 7-12 | 546 | 838 |
| Mount Austin High School | Wagga Wagga | Public high school · 7-12 | 522 | 822 |
| Gunnedah High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Gunnedah | Public high school · 7-12 | 438 | 820 |
About this data
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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.