St Thomas' School
1 Lyons Street, Terang VIC 3264
St Thomas' School is a Catholic primary school in Terang, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 122 students. Its ICSEA is 1,046, 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 Thomas' School is a small Catholic co-educational primary school (Prep-6) in Terang, in a dairy farming community of south-west Victoria. Established in 1907 by the Sisters of Mercy, it has around 120 students. It focuses on the whole child and teaches through an integrated inquiry approach that builds independence, thinking skills, decision-making and cooperative learning.
Often praised
- Integrated inquiry learning
- Small rural community
- Whole-child focus
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terang College | Terang | Public k–12 / combined | 1.2 km | 983 | 240 |
| Noorat Primary School | Noorat | Public primary | 5.7 km | 968 | 21 |
| Cobden Primary School | Cobden | Public primary | 17.6 km | 978 | 112 |
| Mortlake P-12 College | Mortlake | Public k–12 / combined | 19.1 km | 957 | 186 |
| St Patrick's School | Camperdown | Catholic primary | 20.0 km | 1,035 | 213 |
| St Colman's School | Mortlake | Catholic primary | 20.1 km | 1,026 | 39 |
| Camperdown College | Camperdown | Public k–12 / combined | 20.5 km | 983 | 382 |
| Cudgee Primary School | Cudgee | Public primary | 25.6 km | 1,052 | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Primary School | Yarrawonga | Catholic primary · P-6 | 443 | 1,046 |
| School of the Good Shepherd | Gladstone Park | Catholic primary · P-6 | 374 | 1,046 |
| St Paul's School | Monbulk | Catholic primary · P-6 | 115 | 1,046 |
| Corpus Christi School | Werribee | Catholic primary · P-6 | 446 | 1,047 |
| Don Bosco School | Narre Warren | Catholic primary · P-6 | 207 | 1,047 |
| St Agatha's School | Cranbourne | Catholic primary · P-6 | 512 | 1,047 |
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.