St Philip's Christian College - Cessnock
Nulkaba NSW 2325
St Philip's Christian College - Cessnock is an independent combined primary and secondary school in Nulkaba, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 1,276 students. Its ICSEA is 1,032, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the school's own page. About this link
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 Philip's Christian College Cessnock is a non-denominational Christian school at Nulkaba in the Hunter Valley, set on about 100 acres. It teaches Kindergarten to Year 12 with around 1,280 students, and is part of the wider St Philip's group, founded in 1982. The school aims to develop the whole child intellectually, physically and spiritually.
Often praised
- 100-acre Hunter Valley campus
- Whole-child education focus
- Part of St Philip's group
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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 Philip's Christian College - Cessnock on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.18 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0.11 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0.28 | 17 |
| 2022 | 0.13 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0.04 | 2 |
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.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield | Independent k–12 / combined | 23.1 km | 1,134 | 1,161 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Maitland | East Maitland | Independent k–12 / combined | 23.5 km | 975 | 108 |
| Maitland Christian School | Metford | Independent k–12 / combined | 24.2 km | 1,047 | 832 |
| Linuwel School Ltd | East Maitland | Independent k–12 / combined | 24.2 km | 1,041 | 244 |
| Australian Christian College - Singleton | Singleton | Independent k–12 / combined | 28.9 km | 1,005 | 389 |
| Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College | Fletcher | Independent k–12 / combined | 28.9 km | 1,085 | 860 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Zahra College | Arncliffe | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 773 | 1,032 |
| Chrysalis School for Rudolf Steiner Education | Thora | Independent k–12 / combined · K-10 | 188 | 1,032 |
| Heritage Christian School | Port Macquarie | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 345 | 1,032 |
| Kuyper Christian School | Kurrajong | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 201 | 1,032 |
| Pal Buddhist School | Canley Vale | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 109 | 1,032 |
| The Alpine School | Cooma | Independent k–12 / combined · K-11 | 97 | 1,032 |
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.