Tweed Heads South Public School
Heffron St, Tweed Heads South NSW 2486
Tweed Heads South Public School is a government primary school in Tweed Heads South, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 142 students. Its ICSEA is 882, 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 142.
About this school, from public sources
This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and NSW Department of Education pages. Tweed Heads South Public School is a small government primary school that also runs a play-based public preschool. It describes a vibrant, caring and inclusive community built on respect, curiosity and teamwork. Students can join artistic, musical, sporting and academic programs. The school has support classes and learning and wellbeing teams. It sits next to Tweed River High School, which helps with the move to Year 7.
Often praised
- Play-based on-site public preschool
- Inclusive, supportive school community
- Arts, music and sport programs
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 Tweed Heads South 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School, Junior School | Tweed Heads South | Independent primary | 0.5 km | — | — |
| Pacific Online Christian School | Tweed Heads South | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | — | — |
| St James' Primary School | Banora Point | Catholic primary | 1.7 km | 1,068 | 406 |
| Pacific Coast Christian School | Tweed Heads South | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.8 km | 1,027 | 999 |
| Fingal Head Public School | Fingal Head | Public primary | 2.6 km | 934 | 33 |
| Centaur Public School | Banora Point | Public primary | 2.6 km | 975 | 424 |
| St Joseph's Primary School | Tweed Heads | Catholic primary | 2.7 km | 1,069 | 302 |
| Tweed Heads Public School | Tweed Heads | Public primary | 2.9 km | 984 | 394 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston Public School | Weston | Public primary · K-6 | 270 | 882 |
| Broken Hill Public School | Broken Hill | Public primary · P-6 | 162 | 881 |
| Curran Public School | Macquarie Fields | Public primary · K-6 | 275 | 883 |
| Griffith Public School | Griffith | Public primary · K-6 | 433 | 881 |
| Mummulgum Public School | Mummulgum | Public primary · K-6 | 21 | 881 |
| Sadleir Public School | Sadleir | Public primary · P-6 | 351 | 883 |
About this data
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- nsw-doe-attendance
- nsw-doe-enrolment-history
- nsw-doe-support-classes
- school-website
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.