Willoughby Public School

30-34 Oakville Road, Willoughby NSW 2068

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Willoughby Public School is a government primary school in Willoughby, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 905 students. Its ICSEA is 1,143, where the national average is 1000.

905students

1,143ICSEA · higher than 95% of NSW primary schools

49%language background other than English

1%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

49teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

93.6%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.4 pts over 3 years

-10%enrolment change over 5 years

8FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 905.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources: Willoughby Public School is a NSW government school for Kindergarten to Year 6. Its website emphasises literacy and numeracy alongside critical thinking, creativity and digital literacy, within a safe and supportive environment with a restorative approach to wellbeing. It describes strong partnerships with families and programs encouraging leadership, collaboration and community involvement.

Often praised

Literacy and numeracy focus
Restorative wellbeing approach
Strong family partnerships

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: low. 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 Willoughby 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 Thomas' Catholic Primary School	Willoughby	Catholic primary	0.7 km	1,161	277
SHORE - Sydney Church of England Preparatory School, Northbridge	Northbridge	Independent primary	1.1 km	—	—
Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School, Castlecrag	Castlecrag	Independent primary	1.4 km	—	—
Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School	Middle Cove	Independent k–12 / combined	1.4 km	1,148	405
Artarmon Public SchoolOC	Artarmon	Public primary	1.6 km	1,167	1,063
Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary School	Chatswood	Catholic primary	1.7 km	1,144	355
St Pius X College	Chatswood	Independent k–12 / combined	1.8 km	1,144	1,183
Northbridge Public School	Northbridge	Public primary	2.1 km	1,181	364

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
Australia Street Infants School	Newtown	Public primary · P-2	104	1,143
Chatswood Public SchoolOC	Chatswood	Public primary · K-6	1,083	1,143
Mowbray Public School	Lane Cove	Public primary · K-6	714	1,143
Pennant Hills Public School	Pennant Hills	Public primary · K-6	490	1,143
Murray Farm Public School	Carlingford	Public primary · K-6	787	1,142
North Sydney Public School	Waverton	Public primary · K-6	756	1,144

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.