The Ponds High School
180 Riverbank Drive, The Ponds NSW 2769
The Ponds High School is a government secondary school in The Ponds, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 2,318 students. Its ICSEA is 1,118, 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 2,321.
About this school, from public sources
Publicly available information indicates The Ponds High School, established in 2015 in Sydney's north-west, has grown into a large comprehensive high school of roughly 2,200 students in Years 7-12. The school promotes a STEM and creative arts focus, High Potential and Gifted Education classes, and a Bring Your Own Device program supported by the Canvas learning platform. It serves a highly multicultural community, with around 69% of students from language backgrounds other than English and about 35 languages represented, supported by EAL/D and student wellbeing services.
Often praised
- STEM and gifted education programs
- strong cultural diversity and inclusion
- dedicated learning support services
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 The Ponds High School on My School · Why some data is missing
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Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.46 | 146 |
| 2024 | 0.57 | 174 |
| 2023 | 0.25 | 61 |
| 2022 | 0.44 | 103 |
| 2021 | 0.39 | 77 |
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.
Gifted and accelerated programs
HPGE classes
Many comprehensive public high schools run their own class or program for high-ability students, under names such as Gifted and Talented, Academic Extension, Academic Excellence (common in Queensland), Enrichment or SEAL. These are not a department program: each school sets its own entry (often a test or application in Year 6) and class size. Listed only where the school's own website describes a dedicated class; check details with the school.
- Year levels
- 7
- Entry
- Application; placement by literacy/numeracy achievement, testing, reports
Source: department page ↗. Check current entry dates with the school.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John Paul II Catholic College (Schofields) | Schofields | Catholic high school | 0.6 km | 1,074 | 1,159 |
| Rouse Hill Anglican College | Rouse Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.4 km | 1,137 | 1,578 |
| St John XXIII Catholic College (Secondary) | Stanhope Gardens | Catholic high school | 2.9 km | 1,097 | 1,166 |
| St John Paul II Catholic College (Nirimba) | Nirimba Fields | Catholic high school | 2.9 km | — | — |
| Quakers Hill High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Quakers Hill | Public high school | 2.9 km | 1,025 | 925 |
| Wyndham College | Quakers Hill | Public high school | 3.0 km | 1,003 | 376 |
| Riverstone High SchoolGifted class: HPGE extension class | Riverstone | Public high school | 3.4 km | 979 | 861 |
| Norwest Christian College | Riverstone | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.6 km | 1,109 | 1,187 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turramurra High School | South Turramurra | Public high school · 7-12 | 986 | 1,118 |
| Epping Boys High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Eastwood | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,491 | 1,117 |
| Castle Hill High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Castle Hill | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,842 | 1,121 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus | Balgowlah | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,099 | 1,115 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,021 | 1,115 |
| Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville | Public high school · 7-12 | 660 | 1,114 |
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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.