GovernmentPrimary

Barnsley Public School

Barnsley, NSW, 2278

276 students enrolled

School details

Address: Cliffbrook St, Barnsley, NSW, 2278
Phone: 4953 2976
Website: Visit website
Email: barnsley-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 950
School code: 1138
ACARA ID: 41858

Location

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How this school compares

Benchmarks against nearby schools and similar peers (New South Wales government primary) using ICSEA, enrolments, staffing, and student background data.

ICSEA

34th

950 · peer percentile

Enrolment

56th

276 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

48th

14.3 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

35th

25% · peer percentile

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (6% vs 27.5%).
Enrolment has declined 13.2% from 2008 to 2025 (318 → 276). Peer schools averaged +15.2% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 55% male / 45% female.

Enrolment trend

318 (2008) → 276 (2025) · -13.2%

Peer average change: +15.2%

Enrolment history

School profile data

Program and context details. Student and staffing benchmarks are in How this school compares above.

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Aecg Region: Hunter
Age Id: 49127
Remoteness (ASGS): Major Cities of Australia
Assets Unit: Hunter/Central Coast
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Hunter
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1865-12-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Hunter New England & Central Coast
Fax: 4953 3094

Nearby schools

Edgeworth Heights Public School

Government1.7 km away

St Benedict's Primary School

Catholic2.0 km away

Edgeworth Public School

Government2.7 km away

West Wallsend High School

Government2.8 km away

ICSEA

This school: 950 · 34th percentile among peers

School

950

vs New South Wales government primary (1,601 schools)

38 below average

Average

988

Enrolment

This school: 276 (2025) · 56th percentile among peers

School

276

vs New South Wales government primary (1,601 schools)

6 below average

Average

282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 14.3 (2025) · 48th percentile among peers

School

14.3

vs New South Wales government primary (1,601 schools)

0.4 above average

Average

13.9

ICSEA percentile

This school: 25% (2025) · 35th percentile among peers

School

25%

vs New South Wales government primary (1,592 schools)

19.1 pts below average

Average

44.1%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 14% (2025) · 64th percentile among peers

School

14%

vs New South Wales government primary (1,601 schools)

about average

Average

14%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 6% (2025) · 26th percentile among peers

School

6%

vs New South Wales government primary (1,601 schools)

21.5 pts below average

Average

27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 5% (2025) · 31th percentile among peers

School

5%

vs New South Wales government primary (1,592 schools)

12.4 pts below average

Average

17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 50% (2025) · 72th percentile among peers

School

50%

vs New South Wales government primary (1,592 schools)

14 pts above average

Average

36%

Teaching staff

This school: 19 (2025) · 54th percentile among peers

School

19

vs New South Wales government primary (1,601 schools)

1 below average

Average

20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 19 (2025) · 58th percentile among peers

School

19

vs New South Wales government primary (1,601 schools)

about average

Average

19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 116 (0) · 65th percentile among peers

School

116

vs New South Wales government primary (1,595 schools)

21 above average

Average

95

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA and SEA describe socio-educational advantage, not school quality. LBOTE / Indigenous shares and FOEI are context, not rankings. Each metric uses one shared scale; the teal marker shows this school's position on every average bar.

Federal Electorate

Hunter

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Hunter

Geolocation (2025)

Major Cities

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

https://education.nsw.gov.au/

Icsea Value

950.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Lake Macquarie

Local Health District

Hunter New England

Operational Directorate

Regional North

Operational Directorate Office

Gateshead West

Operational Directorate Office Address

10 Coral Crescent

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

N

Principal Network

Lake Macquarie North

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

West Wallsend - Barnsley - Killingworth

Sa3 Name (2026)

Lake Macquarie - West

Sa4

Newcastle and Lake Macquarie

Sa4 Name (2026)

Newcastle and Lake Macquarie

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

https://barnsley-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Cessnock

State Electorate

Cessnock

State Electorate 2015 2022

Cessnock

Year range (2025)

K-6

Enrolments by grade

Offers: one year before year 1, year 1, year 2, year 3, year 4, year 5, year 6

Enrolments · one year before year 1: 31
Enrolments · year 1: 32
Enrolments · year 2: 43
Enrolments · year 3: 38
Enrolments · year 4: 53
Enrolments · year 5: 41
Enrolments · year 6: 38