Vaucluse Public School

Cambridge Ave, Vaucluse NSW 2030

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Vaucluse Public School is a government primary school in Vaucluse, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 217 students. Its ICSEA is 1,145, where the national average is 1000.

217students

1,145ICSEA · higher than 96% of NSW primary schools

39%language background other than English

1%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

15teaching staff (FTE)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

91.3%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.9 pts over 3 years

-34%enrolment change over 5 years

9FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 217.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and NSW education pages. Vaucluse Public School, founded in 1858, is a government K-6 primary in Sydney's eastern suburbs. It focuses on literacy and numeracy alongside wellbeing, creativity and kindness. Programs include Italian and Hebrew languages, an artist in residence, a vegetable garden, band, choir and debating. There is also learning support and gifted programs, and an active P&C community.

Often praised

Italian and Hebrew language programs
Arts, music and debating opportunities
Welcoming, inclusive school community

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 Vaucluse 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
Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart	Rose Bay	Independent k–12 / combined	1.7 km	1,160	851
Kambala	Rose Bay	Independent k–12 / combined	1.9 km	1,169	986
McAuley Catholic Primary School	Rose Bay	Catholic primary	2.4 km	1,168	273
Kesser Torah College	Dover Heights	Independent k–12 / combined	2.4 km	1,082	484
Rose Bay Public School	Rose Bay	Public primary	2.7 km	1,145	377
Cranbrook Junior School	Rose Bay	Independent primary	3.0 km	—	—
The Scots College	Bellevue Hill	Independent k–12 / combined	3.7 km	1,162	2,076
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School	Clifton Gardens	Catholic primary	3.7 km	1,188	114

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
Annandale Public School	Annandale	Public primary · P-6	363	1,145
Boronia Park Public School	Hunters Hill	Public primary · K-6	409	1,145
Rose Bay Public School	Rose Bay	Public primary · K-6	377	1,145
North Sydney Public School	Waverton	Public primary · K-6	756	1,144
Truscott Street Public School	North Ryde	Public primary · K-6	265	1,144
Yeo Park Infants School	Ashfield	Public primary · K-2	48	1,144

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.