St Nicholas' Primary School
Tamworth NSW 2340
St Nicholas' Primary School is a Catholic primary school in Tamworth, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 586 students. Its ICSEA is 1,042, where the national average is 1000.
Sector, 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 Nicholas' is a medium-sized Catholic co-educational primary school in Tamworth, teaching Kindergarten to Year 6 to around 590 students. Public listings show a low student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 13 students per teacher and a community that includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. The school publishes annual reports on its programs and results for families.
Often praised
- Small class ratios
- Inclusive regional community
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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 St Nicholas' Primary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth Public SchoolOC | Tamworth | Public primary | 1.1 km | 997 | 891 |
| Tamworth West Public School | West Tamworth | Public primary | 1.7 km | 908 | 370 |
| St Joseph's Primary School | West Tamworth | Catholic primary | 1.9 km | 1,003 | 185 |
| Tamworth South Public SchoolOC | Tamworth | Public primary | 2.8 km | 828 | 477 |
| St Edward's Primary School, Robert Street campus | South Tamworth | Catholic primary | 2.8 km | — | — |
| St Edward's Primary School | South Tamworth | Catholic primary | 2.8 km | 956 | 525 |
| Carinya Christian School Tamworth | Tamworth | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.9 km | 1,034 | 857 |
| Hillvue Public School | Tamworth | Public primary | 4.2 km | 761 | 449 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill | Yagoona | Catholic primary · K-6 | 179 | 1,042 |
| St Joseph's Primary School | Glen Innes | Catholic primary · K-6 | 159 | 1,042 |
| Holy Spirit Primary School | St Clair | Catholic primary · K-6 | 331 | 1,043 |
| Holy Spirit Primary School | Lavington | Catholic primary · K-6 | 335 | 1,041 |
| St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School | Auburn South | Catholic primary · K-6 | 113 | 1,043 |
| St Laurence's Catholic Primary School Dubbo | Dubbo | Catholic primary · K-6 | 211 | 1,043 |
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.