Westmead Public School

Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Westmead Public School is a government primary school in Westmead, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 717 students. Its ICSEA is 1,117, where the national average is 1000.

717students

1,117ICSEA · higher than 90% of NSW primary schools

96%language background other than English

1%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

42teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.3%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.6 pts over 3 years

-51%enrolment change over 5 years

16FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 717.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and community pages. Westmead Public School is a large, multicultural government primary school serving Kindergarten to Year 6. It offers dance, choirs, bands, art, drama, and debating and public speaking, along with sporting carnivals and outdoor learning spaces. Learning and wellbeing teams work with families, and a Community Hub and Parents Committee support families from diverse backgrounds.

Often praised

Strong debating and public speaking
Creative arts and music programs
Community Hub for diverse families

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 Westmead 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
Sacred Heart Primary School	Westmead	Catholic primary	0.4 km	1,106	182
Mother Teresa Primary School	Westmead	Catholic primary	0.8 km	1,121	389
Westmead Christian Grammar School	Westmead	Independent primary	0.8 km	1,117	196
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School	Wentworthville	Catholic primary	1.4 km	1,089	392
Bayanami Public School	Parramatta	Public primary	1.5 km	1,108	663
The Federation College of Education	Parramatta	Independent k–12 / combined	1.5 km	—	—
Toongabbie East Public School	Constitution Hill	Public primary	1.5 km	898	107
Wentworthville Public School	Wentworthville	Public primary	1.6 km	1,111	863

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
Ermington Public SchoolOC	West Ryde	Public primary · K-6	472	1,117
Kegworth Public School	Leichhardt	Public primary · P-6	252	1,117
West Ryde Public School	West Ryde	Public primary · K-6	512	1,117
Coledale Public School	Coledale	Public primary · K-6	135	1,118
Curl Curl North Public School	North Curl Curl	Public primary · K-6	699	1,116
Ngarala Public School	Epping	Public primary · K-6	380	1,118

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.