Tempe Public School

Unwins Bridge Rd, Tempe NSW 2044

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Tempe Public School is a government primary school in Tempe, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 346 students. Its ICSEA is 1,096, where the national average is 1000.

346students

1,096ICSEA · higher than 86% of NSW primary schools

42%language background other than English

4%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

26teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.1 pts over 3 years

+8%enrolment change over 5 years

34FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 346.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, mainly the school's own website and NSW Department of Education pages. Tempe Public School is a coeducational government primary school for Kindergarten to Year 6, with around 360 students. It stresses inclusion, high-quality teaching and a caring community where every student is known. It uses Positive Behaviours for Learning, offers personalised learning support with families, and runs excursions, incursions and an active P&C.

Often praised

Inclusive, caring school community
Personalised learning and wellbeing support
Active P&C and family partnership

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 Tempe 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
Ferncourt Public School	Marrickville	Public primary	0.9 km	1,125	285
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School	Marrickville	Catholic primary	1.5 km	1,072	372
Marrickville Public School	Marrickville	Public primary	1.6 km	1,090	213
Marrickville West Public School	Marrickville	Public primary	1.6 km	1,070	411
St Peters Public School	St Peters	Public primary	1.7 km	1,099	154
Al Zahra College	Arncliffe	Independent k–12 / combined	1.9 km	1,032	773
Arncliffe West Infants School	Arncliffe	Public primary	1.9 km	1,058	86
St Pius' Catholic Primary School	Enmore	Catholic primary	1.9 km	1,100	121

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
Annangrove Public School	Annangrove	Public primary · K-6	142	1,096
Ashfield Public SchoolOC	Ashfield	Public primary · K-6	474	1,096
Mona Vale Public SchoolOC	Mona Vale	Public primary · K-6	671	1,096
Mortdale Public School	Mortdale	Public primary · K-6	350	1,096
Ryde Public SchoolOC	Ryde	Public primary · K-6	497	1,096
Dudley Public School	Dudley	Public primary · K-6	245	1,095

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.