Tempe High School
Unwins Bridge Rd, Tempe NSW 2044
Tempe High School is a government secondary school in Tempe, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 984 students. It is a partially selective school. Its ICSEA is 1,096, 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 985.
About this school, from public sources
Based on the school's own published materials, Tempe High School is a partially selective NSW public high school in Sydney's inner west, offering selective, enrichment, and mainstream streams to suit different student abilities. It has a strong creative and performing arts program (dance, drama, music, visual arts, photography), compulsory in junior years, alongside High Potential and Gifted Education support across intellectual, creative, physical, and social-emotional domains. Extracurricular offerings include debating, public speaking, STEM/coding clubs, international competitions, camps, and artist/writer residencies.
Often praised
- partially selective streams
- creative and performing arts
- gifted education support
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: low. 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 Tempe High School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.35 | 55 |
| 2024 | 0.75 | 116 |
| 2023 | 0.70 | 106 |
| 2022 | 0.69 | 99 |
| 2021 | 0.73 | 106 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown.
Selective entry
Tempe High School is a partially selective school. Entry is by the state placement test in the year before starting; applications open early in the year. The department no longer publishes per-school minimum entry scores.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casimir Catholic College | Marrickville | Catholic high school | 1.3 km | 1,052 | 827 |
| Marrickville High School | Marrickville | Public high school | 1.6 km | 1,052 | 624 |
| Al Zahra College | Arncliffe | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,032 | 773 |
| St Maroun's College | Marrickville | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,051 | 567 |
| Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and DesignGifted class: Gifted class | Dulwich Hill | Public high school | 2.3 km | 1,092 | 804 |
| Newington College | Stanmore | Independent high school | 2.5 km | 1,182 | 2,072 |
| Kingdom Culture Christian School | Arncliffe | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.7 km | 1,082 | 196 |
| Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown | Public high school | 2.8 km | 1,127 | 1,144 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus | Freshwater | Public high school · 11-12 | 646 | 1,098 |
| Richmond Agricultural Centre | Richmond | Public high school · 7-12 | 11 | 1,098 |
| Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay CampusPartially | Glebe | Public high school · 11-12 | 787 | 1,094 |
| Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and DesignGifted class: Gifted class | Dulwich Hill | Public high school · 7-12 | 804 | 1,092 |
| Kirrawee High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Kirrawee | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,185 | 1,092 |
| Glenwood High School | Glenwood | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,506 | 1,090 |
About this data
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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.