St Ambrose's School
14-18 Templeton Street, Woodend VIC 3442
St Ambrose's School is a Catholic primary school in Woodend, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 225 students. Its ICSEA is 1,109, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: St Ambrose's School is a co-educational Catholic primary school in Woodend serving Prep to Year 6, with around 240 students. The school has been fully renovated to provide flexible learning spaces for indoor and outdoor learning. It has a student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 1 to 13 and compulsory school uniforms.
Often praised
- Renovated flexible spaces
- Small-town Catholic school
- Indoor and outdoor learning
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodend Primary School | Woodend | Public primary | 0.5 km | 1,091 | 381 |
| Braemar College | Woodend | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.1 km | 1,121 | 1,094 |
| Mount Macedon Primary School | Mount Macedon | Public primary | 7.0 km | 1,147 | 123 |
| Macedon Primary School | Macedon | Public primary | 7.3 km | 1,109 | 218 |
| Newham Primary School | Newham | Public primary | 7.6 km | 1,079 | 54 |
| Hesket Primary School | Hesket | Public primary | 8.0 km | 1,087 | 76 |
| Alice Miller School | Macedon | Independent k–12 / combined | 9.8 km | 1,139 | 399 |
| Tylden Primary School | Tylden | Public primary | 11.3 km | 1,078 | 128 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in VIC
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Clement of Rome School | Bulleen | Catholic primary · P-6 | 456 | 1,109 |
| St Mary's School | Greensborough | Catholic primary · P-6 | 524 | 1,109 |
| Our Lady of the Pines School | Donvale | Catholic primary · P-6 | 404 | 1,108 |
| St Catherine's Primary School | Berwick | Catholic primary · P-6 | 601 | 1,108 |
| St John Bosco's School | Niddrie | Catholic primary · P-6 | 413 | 1,108 |
| St Joseph's School | Northcote | Catholic primary · P-6 | 190 | 1,110 |
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.