Winters Flat Primary School
3 Roberts Avenue, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Winters Flat Primary School is a government primary school in Castlemaine, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 124 students. Its ICSEA is 1,078, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Winters Flat Primary School is a government Prep to Year 6 school in Castlemaine, Victoria, with about 115 students and roughly 10 students per teacher. It opened in 1860 and marked its 150th anniversary in 2010 with the Creekview building opening. A further building was added in 2018. The school shares news with families through an online newsletter.
Often praised
- Historic school, new buildings
- Small class sizes
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: high. 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 Winters Flat Primary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlemaine Primary School | Castlemaine | Public primary | 1.4 km | 1,054 | 151 |
| St Mary's School | Castlemaine | Catholic primary | 1.4 km | 1,033 | 64 |
| Castlemaine North Primary School | Castlemaine | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,117 | 258 |
| Campbells Creek Primary School | Campbells Creek | Public primary | 2.5 km | 1,011 | 167 |
| Castlemaine Steiner School & Kindergarten | Muckleford | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.7 km | 1,105 | 135 |
| Chewton Primary School | Chewton | Public primary | 4.9 km | 1,119 | 63 |
| Harcourt Valley Primary School | Harcourt | Public primary | 8.7 km | 1,015 | 77 |
| Elphinstone Primary School | Elphinstone | Public primary | 11.8 km | 1,036 | 26 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in VIC
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dandenong Primary School | Mount Dandenong | Public primary · P-6 | 137 | 1,078 |
| Tylden Primary School | Tylden | Public primary · P-6 | 128 | 1,078 |
| Upwey South Primary School | Upwey | Public primary · P-6 | 349 | 1,078 |
| Bonbeach Primary School | Bonbeach | Public primary · P-6 | 374 | 1,077 |
| Glen Waverley South Primary School | Glen Waverley | Public primary · P-6 | 297 | 1,077 |
| Kingswood Primary School | Dingley Village | Public primary · P-6 | 525 | 1,079 |
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.