WAYS Secondary
Bondi NSW 2026
WAYS Secondary is an independent special school in Bondi, NSW for Years 9–12 with about 62 students. Its ICSEA is 987, where the national average is 1000.
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: WAYS Secondary in Bondi is an independent high school offering Years 9 to 12 as an alternative to mainstream education. It describes its environment as innovative, safe, supportive and flexible. The school offers NESA-accredited courses including the Record of School Achievement and the HSC, and has around 60 students.
Often praised
- Flexible learning environment
- HSC and ROSA pathways
- Small supportive school
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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 WAYS Secondary on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 4 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results (count) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 |
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.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wairoa School | Bondi Beach | Public special | 0.1 km | 1,025 | 75 |
| Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,082 | 484 |
| Reddam House | Woollahra | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.4 km | 1,203 | — |
| Kambala | Rose Bay | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.5 km | 1,169 | 986 |
| The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.6 km | 1,162 | 2,076 |
| Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Rose Bay | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.7 km | 1,160 | 851 |
| The Scots College, Ginahgulla Centre campus | Bellevue Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.8 km | — | — |
| St Catherine's School | Waverley | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.0 km | 1,156 | 1,122 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegra School Coffs Harbour | Coffs Harbour | Independent special · 9-10 | 83 | 984 |
| Marri Mittigar School | Hornsby | Independent special · K-8 | 28 | 984 |
| Novo Education | Wollongong | Independent special · 9-12 | 44 | 983 |
| Mater Dei School | Camden | Independent special | 129 | 993 |
| NextSense School - Spoken Language Program | Macquarie Park | Independent special | 22 | 977 |
| ET Australia Secondary College | Gosford | Independent special · 7-12 | 280 | 976 |
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.