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Sanctuary Point Public School

Sanctuary Point, NSW, 2540

408 students enrolled

School details

Address: Idlewild Ave, Sanctuary Point, NSW, 2540
Phone: 4443 0546
Website: Visit website
Email: sancturypt-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 909
School code: 4464
ACARA ID: 42883

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

18%

909 · Higher than 18% of peers

Enrolment

Top 26%

408 · Larger than 74% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

71%

12.4 · Fewer than 71% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among New South Wales government primary schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (6% vs 27.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (32% vs average 14%).
Enrolment has declined 8.9% from 2008 to 2025 (448 → 408). Peer median change was -2.8% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 54% male / 46% female.

Enrolment trend

448 (2008) → 408 (2025) · -8.9%

Peer median change: -2.8%

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Inner Regional
Aecg Region: Upper South Coast
Age Id: 50081
Remoteness (ASGS): Inner Regional Australia
Assets Unit: Southern NSW
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Gilmore
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1976-01-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Illawarra Shoalhaven & Southern NSW
Fax: 4443 7036

Nearby schools

Vincentia High School

Government4.3 km away

ICSEA

This school: 909 · higher than 18% of peers

vs Postcode 2540(13 schools)

49 below average

This school: 909
Average: 958

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

79 below average

This school: 909
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 408 (2025) · larger than 74% of peers

vs Postcode 2540(13 schools)

179 above average

This school: 408
Average: 230

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

126 above average

This school: 408
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 12.4 (2025) · fewer than 71% of peers

vs Postcode 2540(13 schools)

1.9 below average

This school: 12.4
Average: 14.3

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

1.5 below average

This school: 12.4
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 32% (2025)

vs Postcode 2540(13 schools)

11.5 pts above average

This school: 32%
Average: 20.5%

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

18 pts above average

This school: 32%
Average: 14%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 6% (2025)

vs Postcode 2540(13 schools)

3.2 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 9.2%

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

21.5 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 3% (2025) · higher than 21% of peers

vs Postcode 2540(13 schools)

6.2 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 9.2%

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

14.4 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 52% (2025) · more than 75% of peers

vs Postcode 2540(13 schools)

11 pts above average

This school: 52%
Average: 41%

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

16 pts above average

This school: 52%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 39 (2025)

vs Postcode 2540(13 schools)

20 above average

This school: 39
Average: 19

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

19 above average

This school: 39
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 33 (2025)

vs Postcode 2540(13 schools)

14 above average

This school: 33
Average: 18

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

14 above average

This school: 33
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 133 (0) · more than 78% of peers

vs Postcode 2540(12 schools)

32 above average

This school: 133
Average: 101

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

38 above average

This school: 133
Average: 95

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA describes socio-educational advantage of the school community, not school quality. Indigenous and LBOTE shares are context only (shown in the detail comparisons below, not as ranking tiles). Each comparison shows this school and the group average as two bars on one shared scale.

Federal Electorate

Gilmore

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Gilmore

Geolocation (2025)

Inner Regional

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

909.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Shoalhaven

Local Health District

Illawarra Shoalhaven

Operational Directorate

Regional South and Connected Communities

Operational Directorate Office

Batemans Bay

Operational Directorate Office Address

Unit 2, 30B Orient Street

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

N

Principal Network

South Coast

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay

Sa3 Name (2026)

Shoalhaven

Sa4

Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven

Sa4 Name (2026)

Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

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

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

South Coast

State Electorate

South Coast

State Electorate 2015 2022

South Coast

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: 51
Enrolments · year 1: 70
Enrolments · year 2: 69
Enrolments · year 3: 46
Enrolments · year 4: 59
Enrolments · year 5: 54
Enrolments · year 6: 59