Coal Point Public School

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Phone: (02) 4959 1374
Email: coalpoint-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Address: Coal Point Rd, Coal Point NSW 2283
Website: https://coalpoint-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

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Quick facts

Established: 1 January 1955
Category: Primary School
Gender: Co-ed
Subjects: Comprehensive
Local government area: Lake Macquarie
State electorate: Lake Macquarie
Federal electorate: Hunter

About the school

Coal Point Public School is dedicated to catering to the educational needs of children within the picturesque lakeside community of Coal Point. The school offers engaging teaching and learning programs set within beautiful bush garden surroundings. Facilities include spacious grounds, well-equipped classrooms with interactive whiteboards, iPads, a full computer lab, and a fantastic school hall. The school maintains an enrolment of approximately 230 students from Kindergarten to Year 6, with a diverse student body that values education highly.

The school staff comprises nine passionate classroom teachers along with additional support staff, including a Teacher Librarian and a Learning and Support Teacher. Coal Point Public School prides itself on its exceptional teaching practices, nurturing individual student learning while integrating technology into the curriculum and promoting higher-order thinking skills. The school encourages a philosophy of 'You Can Do It!', fostering high expectations and a wide range of extra-curricular activities such as a school band, choir, drama, dance, debating, and gymnastics.

Coal Point Public School strives to equip every student with the tools necessary to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens. The commitment to student success is reflected in the school's focus on personal growth and leadership, helping students cultivate skills that will serve them well beyond their school years. The supportive community around the school enhances the educational experience, ensuring that every child feels valued, inspired, and ready to learn.

Mission

We help every student to learn, grow and succeed. The Coal Point Public School community strives to enrich the lives of students and to inspire and nurture their development as confident, persistent, resilient and self-directed learners, individuals and citizens.

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Coal Point Public School

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Profile (2025)

Total enrolments: 245 (109 girls, 136 boys)
Enrolments (FTE) What does this mean?: 245
ICSEA What does this mean?: 1065 (percentile 74)
SEA quarters What does this mean?: 13% / 27% / 34% / 26%
FOEI What does this mean?: 55
Indigenous students: 6%
LBOTE What does this mean?: 6%
Teaching staff (FTE) What does this mean?: 14.2
Non-teaching staff (FTE) What does this mean?: 2.4

Enrolments by grade (2025)

Grade	Headcount
Kindergarten	31
Year 1	27
Year 2	39
Year 3	39
Year 4	36
Year 5	36
Year 6	37
Total	245

Year by year

Attendance data for 2020 is unavailable — NSW schools were disrupted by COVID-19 and the Department of Education did not publish figures for that year.

Year	Enrolments	Girls	Boys	Attendance %	ICSEA	Teaching staff (FTE)
2025	245	109	136	-	1065	14.2
2024	253	120	133	92.2	1067	14.3
2023	270	136	134	93.7	1051	15.4
2022	284	145	139	89.3	1068	16.3
2021	281	144	137	93.1	1067	15.5
2020	279	148	131	-	1063	15.4
2019	263	147	116	94.3	1059	14.4
2018	242	130	112	93.9	1069	13.2
2017	243	132	111	95	1065	13.1
2016	222	130	92	94.4	1057	12
2015	231	127	104	95.7	1069	11.9
2014	221	121	100	96	1062	12
2013	222	109	113	95.5	1080	12
2012	231	111	120	94.7	1064	12.4
2011	237	122	115	94.1	1068	12.4
2010	263	136	127	-	1074	13.6
2009	278	145	133	-	1091	13.6
2008	274	145	129	-	1091	13.6

Attendance data for 2020 is unavailable — NSW schools were disrupted by COVID-19 and the Department of Education did not publish figures for that year.