Warners Bay High School
1 Myles Ave, Warners Bay NSW 2282
Warners Bay High School is a government secondary school in Warners Bay, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 1,159 students. Its ICSEA is 1,056, 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 1,161.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Warners Bay High School as a large comprehensive co-educational secondary school of over 1200 students in the Lake Macquarie area, teaching Years 7-12 across the NSW curriculum. The school is noted for its music enrichment programs, French and Japanese language offerings, and a broad co-curricular scene spanning performing and creative arts, sport, and student leadership. Its Youth Engagement Strategy pairs students with TAFE-delivered vocational taster days to explore career pathways.
Often praised
- strong music program
- broad co-curricular offerings
- vocational pathway support
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 Warners Bay 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 | 0.25 | 39 |
| 2024 | 0.35 | 49 |
| 2023 | 0.19 | 30 |
| 2022 | 0.36 | 63 |
| 2021 | 0.24 | 35 |
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
EEE 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
- 7–8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Cardiff | Public high school | 2.4 km | 986 | 776 |
| Lake Macquarie High School | Booragul | Public high school | 3.8 km | 925 | 434 |
| St Mary's Catholic College | Gateshead | Catholic high school | 3.9 km | 1,062 | 989 |
| Hunter Sports High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Gateshead | Public high school | 4.0 km | 955 | 922 |
| St Paul's Catholic College | Booragul | Catholic high school | 4.4 km | 1,026 | 636 |
| Glendale Technology High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Glendale | Public high school | 4.7 km | 946 | 800 |
| Newcastle Waldorf School | Glendale | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.8 km | 1,072 | 237 |
| Macquarie College | Wallsend | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.0 km | 1,110 | 1,060 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus | Cromer | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,156 | 1,056 |
| Lambton High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Lambton | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,172 | 1,057 |
| Bulli High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Bulli | Public high school · 7-12 | 979 | 1,058 |
| Blacktown Boys High SchoolPartially | Blacktown | Public high school · 7-12 | 898 | 1,053 |
| Canterbury Girls High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Canterbury | Public high school · 7-12 | 720 | 1,059 |
| Cumberland High School | Carlingford | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,172 | 1,060 |
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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.