Telarah Public School

Raymond St, Maitland NSW 2320

PublicPrimaryYears P-6

Telarah Public School is a government primary school in Maitland, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 519 students. Its ICSEA is 879, where the national average is 1000.

519students

879ICSEA · higher than 10% of NSW primary schools

6%language background other than English

35%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

42teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

86.2%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.3 pts over 3 years

+24%enrolment change over 5 years

140FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

3support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 519.

About this school, from public sources

This note draws on public online sources, including the school's own website and NSW education listings. Telarah Public School is a government, co-educational primary school near Maitland in the Hunter Valley. It runs an on-site preschool and offers early intervention and support classes. It follows the NSW High Potential and Gifted Education Policy, embeds Aboriginal education across its curriculum, and has learning and wellbeing support teams. Its motto is "Learning to Live". Families are described as actively involved, including in the performing arts.

Often praised

Onsite preschool and early intervention
Embedded Aboriginal education
Strong parent and community involvement

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

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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
St Paul's Primary School	Rutherford	Catholic primary	0.5 km	996	370
Rutherford Public SchoolOC	Rutherford	Public primary	1.6 km	933	1,007
Maitland Public School	Maitland	Public primary	2.3 km	936	405
Nillo Infants School	Lorn	Public primary	2.6 km	1,076	52
St John the Baptist Primary School	Maitland	Catholic primary	2.8 km	1,047	397
Gillieston Public School	Gillieston Heights	Public primary	3.0 km	922	404
The Heights Learning Community	Gillieston Heights	Independent primary	3.3 km	1,058	14
Bolwarra Public School	Bolwarra	Public primary	4.3 km	1,032	390

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
Dundurrabin Public School	Dundurrabin	Public primary · K-6	12	879
Eumungerie Public School	Eumungerie	Public primary · K-6	11	879
Braddock Public School	Cranebrook	Public primary · K-6	332	880
Guise Public School	Macquarie Fields	Public primary · K-6	221	880
Miller Public School	Miller	Public primary · K-6	266	880
Broken Hill Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary · P-6	162	881

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.