Tenambit Public School

70 MAIZE ST, Tenambit NSW 2323

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Tenambit Public School is a government primary school in Tenambit, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 283 students. Its ICSEA is 893, where the national average is 1000.

283students

893ICSEA · higher than 13% of NSW primary schools

6%language background other than English

29%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

23teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

85.3%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.1 pts over 3 years

-22%enrolment change over 5 years

149FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 283.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and NSW Government pages. Tenambit Public School is a government K-6 co-educational primary near East Maitland, with roots going back to 1902. It promotes the values of respect, responsibility and excellence, and describes an inclusive, welcoming approach with close family partnerships. It offers sport, creative and performing arts and gifted and talented education, along with specialty support classes, a student vegetable garden, and a newly announced public preschool.

Often praised

Inclusive, family-partnership approach
Sport, arts and gifted programs
Student vegetable garden and environmental focus

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 Tenambit 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
Linuwel School Ltd	East Maitland	Independent k–12 / combined	0.7 km	1,041	244
OneSchool Global NSW - Maitland	East Maitland	Independent k–12 / combined	1.5 km	975	108
Maitland East Public School	East Maitland	Public primary	2.0 km	975	559
St Joseph's Primary School	East Maitland	Catholic primary	2.0 km	1,063	449
Metford Public School	Metford	Public primary	2.6 km	887	265
Maitland Christian School	Metford	Independent k–12 / combined	2.7 km	1,047	832
Hunter Valley Grammar School	Ashtonfield	Independent k–12 / combined	3.0 km	1,134	1,161
St Aloysius Catholic Primary School	Chisholm	Catholic primary	3.1 km	1,064	614

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
Albury North Public School	Albury	Public primary · K-6	285	893
Fairfield Heights Public School	Fairfield	Public primary · K-6	642	893
Greenethorpe Public School	Greenethorpe	Public primary · K-6	5	893
Murrurundi Public School	Murrurundi	Public primary · K-6	36	893
Albion Park Rail Public School	Albion Park Rail	Public primary · K-6	346	894
Busby Public School	Busby	Public primary · K-6	243	892

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.