St Therese Catholic Primary School
Padstow NSW 2211
St Therese Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary school in Padstow, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 200 students. Its ICSEA is 1,079, 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 Therese is a single-stream co-educational Catholic primary school in Padstow, from Kindergarten to Year 6, with about 200 students. It describes a caring community where the whole child is educated by experienced, committed teachers. The parish school began in 1962 with the Sisters of St Joseph, and the community is strongly multicultural, with most families from language backgrounds other than English.
Often praised
- Caring whole-child approach
- Multicultural community
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padstow Heights Public School | Padstow | Public primary | 0.5 km | 1,053 | 297 |
| Padstow Park Public School | Padstow | Public primary | 0.8 km | 1,019 | 334 |
| Revesby South Public School | Revesby | Public primary | 1.4 km | 1,041 | 312 |
| Southside Montessori School | Riverwood | Independent primary | 1.6 km | 1,110 | 32 |
| Peakhurst West Public School | Peakhurst | Public primary | 1.6 km | 1,023 | 291 |
| Padstow North Public School | Padstow | Public primary | 1.9 km | 1,036 | 305 |
| Picnic Point Public SchoolOC | Picnic Point | Public primary | 2.1 km | 1,101 | 360 |
| Riverwood Public School | Riverwood | Public primary | 2.2 km | 958 | 126 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Primary School | Rydalmere | Catholic primary · K-6 | 377 | 1,079 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Matraville | Matraville | Catholic primary · K-6 | 369 | 1,078 |
| St Christopher's Catholic Primary School | Holsworthy | Catholic primary · K-6 | 576 | 1,080 |
| Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School | Fairy Meadow | Catholic primary · K-6 | 335 | 1,081 |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | Kincumber | Catholic primary · K-6 | 285 | 1,081 |
| St Joachim's Catholic Primary School | Lidcombe | Catholic primary · K-6 | 357 | 1,081 |
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.