Unanderra Public School

Derribong Drive, Cordeaux Heights NSW 2526

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Unanderra Public School is a government primary school in Cordeaux Heights, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 348 students. Its ICSEA is 992, where the national average is 1000.

348students

992ICSEA · higher than 54% of NSW primary schools

22%language background other than English

11%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

89.7%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.8 pts over 3 years

-6%enrolment change over 5 years

95FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 348.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, mainly the school's own website and directory listings. Unanderra Public School is a government K-6 primary in Cordeaux Heights, on Dharawal Country. It has served its community for almost 150 years and moved to its current hills site in 1999. It describes a literacy- and numeracy-based curriculum, differentiated future-focused learning, and learning and wellbeing support in a caring, inclusive setting. Families use online portals for payments and communication.

Often praised

Long-established local community school
Caring, inclusive learning environment
Strong literacy and numeracy 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 Unanderra 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
Illawarra Christian School	Cordeaux Heights	Independent k–12 / combined	0.5 km	1,091	800
St Pius X Catholic Primary School	Unanderra	Catholic primary	0.9 km	1,066	371
Cedars Christian College	Unanderra	Independent k–12 / combined	1.2 km	1,067	661
Farmborough Road Public School	Unanderra	Public primary	1.7 km	961	226
Figtree Public School	Figtree	Public primary	1.9 km	1,028	264
Mount Kembla Public School	Mount Kembla	Public primary	2.2 km	1,050	159
Figtree Heights Public School	Figtree	Public primary	2.5 km	1,061	181
Nareena Hills Public School	Figtree	Public primary	2.5 km	1,080	209

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
Bankstown West Public School	Bankstown	Public primary · K-6	317	992
Banora Point Public School	Banora Point	Public primary · K-6	390	992
Blacktown West Public SchoolOC	Blacktown	Public primary · K-6	443	992
Borenore Public School	Borenore	Public primary · K-6	22	992
Burringbar Public School	Burringbar	Public primary · K-6	93	992
Campbellfield Public School	Minto	Public primary · K-6	351	992

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.