Tamworth High School
Willis St, South Tamworth NSW 2340
Tamworth High School is a government secondary school in South Tamworth, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 658 students. Its ICSEA is 860, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 663.
About this school, from public sources
Publicly available information indicates Tamworth High School, a government secondary school in South Tamworth, is known locally as a leading creative and performing arts high school, with strong drama, music and art programs. It is one of 14 NSW schools delivering an expanded High Potential and Gifted Education program, and also runs Big Picture Education (personalised learning plans with weekly internships) alongside vocational education and cultural mentoring programs including Stars Foundation and Clontarf Foundation.
Often praised
- creative and performing arts focus
- gifted education program
- personalised learning (Big Picture)
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: 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 Tamworth High 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel High SchoolPartially | Tamworth | Public high school | 2.4 km | 831 | 629 |
| Carinya Christian School Tamworth | Tamworth | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.4 km | 1,034 | 857 |
| Calrossy Anglican School - Simpson House Campus | Tamworth | Independent high school | 3.5 km | — | — |
| McCarthy Catholic College | West Tamworth | Catholic high school | 3.7 km | 991 | 935 |
| Oxley High School | North Tamworth | Public high school | 3.7 km | 936 | 1,004 |
| Calrossy Anglican School - William Cowper Campus | Tamworth | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.4 km | — | — |
| Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth | Independent high school | 5.4 km | 1,079 | 1,033 |
| Farrer Memorial Agricultural High SchoolAgricultural | Calala | Public high school | 7.0 km | 1,025 | 606 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoalhaven High School | Nowra | Public high school · 7-12 | 609 | 862 |
| Chifley College Mount Druitt Campus | Mount Druitt | Public high school · 7-10 | 648 | 864 |
| Dubbo College South Campus | Dubbo | Public high school · 7-10 | 687 | 864 |
| Narrabri High School | Narrabri | Public high school · 7-12 | 420 | 864 |
| Cobar High School | Cobar | Public high school · 7-12 | 213 | 865 |
| Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Guildford | Public high school · 7-12 | 733 | 855 |
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.