Waratah Public School

Lambton Rd, Waratah NSW 2298

PublicPrimaryYears P-6

Waratah Public School is a government primary school in Waratah, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 351 students. Its ICSEA is 1,019, where the national average is 1000.

351students

1,019ICSEA · higher than 64% of NSW primary schools

20%language background other than English

13%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

30teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.4%attendance rate, 2024 · +0.1 pts over 3 years

+4%enrolment change over 5 years

77FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 351.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's website and NSW Department of Education pages. Waratah Public School is an inner-city Newcastle primary school on Awabakal land. It describes itself as friendly and inclusive, with a focus on student wellbeing and high expectations. It runs a fee-free public preschool and an early transition program, with a playgroup, orientation sessions and Year 4 buddies. Families use a parent portal and an online-ordering canteen.

Often praised

Fee-free public preschool
Structured school transition program
Inclusive, wellbeing-focused culture

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 Waratah 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
St Philip's Christian College - Waratah	Waratah	Independent k–12 / combined	0.1 km	1,138	1,466
Corpus Christi Primary School	Waratah	Catholic primary	0.5 km	1,085	169
Waratah West Public School	Waratah West	Public primary	1.0 km	963	113
St John's Primary School	Lambton	Catholic primary	1.6 km	1,083	200
Hamilton North Public School	Hamilton North	Public primary	1.8 km	1,030	123
Lambton Public School	Lambton	Public primary	1.9 km	1,065	339
Mayfield West Public School	Mayfield	Public primary	1.9 km	1,033	342
St Columban's Primary School	Mayfield	Catholic primary	2.0 km	1,034	162

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
Caves Beach Public School	Caves Beach	Public primary · K-6	349	1,019
Estella Public School	Wagga Wagga	Public primary · K-6	402	1,019
Glendore Public School	Maryland	Public primary · K-6	609	1,019
Hastings Public School	Port Macquarie	Public primary · K-6	526	1,019
Kororo Public School	Korora	Public primary · K-6	441	1,019
Lidcombe Public School	Lidcombe	Public primary · K-6	762	1,019

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.