Tamworth South Public School

Petra Ave, Tamworth NSW 2340

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Tamworth South Public School is a government primary school in Tamworth, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 477 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 828, where the national average is 1000.

477students

828ICSEA · higher than 5% of NSW primary schools

9%language background other than English

46%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

35teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

84.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.3 pts over 3 years

-9%enrolment change over 5 years

169FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 477.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and NSW education pages, Tamworth South Public School is a coeducational government primary school for Kindergarten to Year 6. It offers an Opportunity Class and a Learning Support Unit, alongside a music program with band, choirs and marimbas, plus debating and public speaking. The school describes an inclusive, family-like community that values respect, responsibility and safety, and it celebrates Aboriginal culture, including displaying the Gamilaraay greeting on campus.

Often praised

Music program with band and choirs
Opportunity Class and learning support
Inclusive, culturally aware community

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 South Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Tamworth South Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
St Edward's Primary School, Robert Street campus	South Tamworth	Catholic primary	0.5 km	—	—
St Edward's Primary School	South Tamworth	Catholic primary	0.5 km	956	525
St Joseph's Primary School	West Tamworth	Catholic primary	1.5 km	1,003	185
Hillvue Public School	Tamworth	Public primary	1.5 km	761	449
Tamworth West Public School	West Tamworth	Public primary	1.7 km	908	370
St Nicholas' Primary School	Tamworth	Catholic primary	2.8 km	1,042	586
Tamworth Public SchoolOC	Tamworth	Public primary	3.2 km	997	891
Carinya Christian School Tamworth	Tamworth	Independent k–12 / combined	3.8 km	1,034	857

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
Bogan Gate Public School	Bogan Gate	Public primary · K-6	11	828
Delungra Public School	Delungra	Public primary · K-6	18	827
Drummond Memorial Public School	Armidale	Public primary · K-6	233	827
Ebor Public School	Ebor	Public primary · K-6	7	826
Quambone Public School	Quambone	Public primary · K-6	8	826
Wamoon Public School	Wamoon	Public primary · K-6	16	826

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.