Sunshine Bay Public School

Beach Rd, Batehaven NSW 2536

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Sunshine Bay Public School is a government primary school in Batehaven, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 203 students. Its ICSEA is 903, where the national average is 1000.

203students

903ICSEA · higher than 15% of NSW primary schools

11%language background other than English

27%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

15teaching staff (FTE)

Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

84.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -5.2 pts over 3 years

-35%enrolment change over 5 years

137FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 203.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and education directories. Sunshine Bay Public School is a government K-6 school near Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast, founded in 1985 and with around 300 students. It emphasises literacy and numeracy alongside a 'Safety, Respect, Learning' ethos, high potential and gifted education, inclusive special education support, wellbeing programs, Aboriginal cultural connections, and events such as camps, dance and athletics.

Often praised

Inclusive, personalised learning approach
Gifted education across academics, robotics, dance
Strong wellbeing and community focus

This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 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: high. 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 Sunshine Bay Public 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
St Bernard's Primary School, Batemans Bay	Batehaven	Catholic primary	0.4 km	993	394
Batemans Bay Public School	Surfside	Public primary	4.9 km	896	494
Mogo Public School	Mogo	Public primary	8.0 km	818	27
St Peter's Anglican College - Broulee	Broulee	Independent k–12 / combined	12.0 km	1,036	925
Broulee Public School	Broulee	Public primary	12.1 km	996	246
St Mary's Primary School	Moruya	Catholic primary	22.1 km	1,020	174
Moruya Public School	Moruya	Public primary	22.6 km	943	326

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
Bribbaree Public School	Bribbaree	Public primary · K-6	8	903
Captains Flat Public School	Captains Flat	Public primary · K-6	26	903
Claymore Public School	Claymore	Public primary · P-6	236	903
Coutts Crossing Public School	Coutts Crossing	Public primary · K-6	66	903
Ellalong Public School	Ellalong	Public primary · K-6	114	903
Glen Innes Public School	Glen Innes	Public primary · K-6	339	903

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.