Willans Hill School
Lord Baden Powell Drive, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
Willans Hill School is a government special school in Wagga Wagga, NSW with about 71 students. Its ICSEA is 929, 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 71.
About this school, from public sources
Based on the school's own website and public listings, Willans Hill School is a NSW government School for Specific Purposes in Wagga Wagga, supporting students aged roughly 4-20 with moderate to severe intellectual or physical disability. It offers individualised, evidence-based literacy programs, small class sizes, and specialised facilities such as sensory rooms and a simulated supermarket for life-skills learning. The school highlights partnerships with families and therapists, and extras like sport, music, dance and work education alongside core academics.
Often praised
- individualised education plans
- specialised sensory and life-skills facilities
- strong family and therapist partnerships
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
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bidgee School | Wagga Wagga | Public special | 0.5 km | 896 | 48 |
| Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges Limited | Wagga Wagga | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,078 | 198 |
| Wagga Wagga Christian College | Wagga Wagga | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,033 | 563 |
| Shepherds Park School | Wagga Wagga | Public special | 2.3 km | 870 | 17 |
| Indie School Wagga - Fitzmaurice | Wagga Wagga | Independent special | 2.4 km | — | — |
| Indie School Wagga - Kincaid | Wagga Wagga | Independent special | 2.4 km | — | — |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Wagga Wagga | Wagga Wagga | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.0 km | 990 | 36 |
| The Riverina Anglican College | Wagga Wagga | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.4 km | 1,104 | 1,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wewak Street School | North Albury | Public special | 67 | 930 |
| Caldera School | Tweed Heads South | Public special | 24 | 936 |
| Canterbury Vale School | Lakemba | Public special | 36 | 921 |
| Peterborough School | Warilla | Public special | 115 | 938 |
| Karningul School | Regents Park | Public special | 20 | 919 |
| Newcastle Junior School | Hillsborough | Public special | 63 | 940 |
About this data
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- school-website
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.