Charlestown South Public School

Years Pre K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Phone: (02) 4943 5827
Email: charlestos-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Address: 9 Patricia Ave, Charlestown NSW 2290
Website: https://charlestos-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

CharlestownSouthPS

Quick facts

Established: 1 January 1963
Category: Primary School
Gender: Co-ed
Subjects: Comprehensive
Local government area: Lake Macquarie
State electorate: Charlestown
Federal electorate: Shortland

About the school

Charlestown South Public School is committed to creating a warm and caring environment that nurtures students towards a love of learning. The school seeks to achieve this through relevant, negotiated curriculum experiences delivered in exciting, imaginative, vibrant, and challenging ways. The school's signature pedagogy is Explicit Instruction, and every teacher collaborates closely with leading educationalist John Fleming from Haileybury College, Australia's top-performing primary school. With high educational expectations, Charlestown South Public School believes that every child can be a high achiever, as evidenced by recent NAPLAN results showing 86% of Year 3 students in the top two bands for Reading and 83% for Numeracy.

The school promotes individual differences while fostering harmony and mutual respect, ensuring all students feel safe and enjoy success and recognition. With just over 230 students, the intimate atmosphere allows every teacher and student to know each other by name, creating a sense of worth and value. Every staff member focuses on caring for and valuing each child.

Charlestown South Public School inspires lifelong learners and empowers students to become innovative, creative, intellectually curious, and socially responsible citizens, prepared for the demands of the 21st century. The comprehensive range of learning opportunities includes award-winning Concert Band and Choirs, Dance Groups, Chess and Debating Clubs, and various cultural events throughout the year. The school also offers mixed Stage 3 classes that facilitate hands-on STEM experiences through inquiry-based learning.

Mission

At Charlestown South Public School, every child is known, valued, and supported to “Strive with Honour”. We are proud to be a place of educational excellence, where high expectations and genuine care go hand in hand.

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Charlestown South Public School

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Profile (2025)

Total enrolments: 235 (112 girls, 123 boys)
Enrolments (FTE) What does this mean?: 235
ICSEA What does this mean?: 1075 (percentile 77)
SEA quarters What does this mean?: 10% / 24% / 33% / 32%
FOEI What does this mean?: 54
Indigenous students: 9%
LBOTE What does this mean?: 15%
Teaching staff (FTE) What does this mean?: 13.1
Non-teaching staff (FTE) What does this mean?: 2.4

Enrolments by grade (2025)

Grade	Headcount
Kindergarten	21
Year 1	33
Year 2	42
Year 3	39
Year 4	35
Year 5	39
Year 6	26
Total	235

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	235	112	123	-	1075	13.1
2024	254	128	126	93.7	1072	14.2
2023	254	126	128	93.9	1064	15.3
2022	257	136	121	91.3	1070	14.5
2021	262	133	129	94.6	1064	14.5
2020	261	136	125	-	1060	14.4
2019	233	120	113	94.4	1056	12.3
2018	219	105	114	94.9	1039	12.2
2017	222	108	114	94.6	1005	12
2016	205	98	107	94.4	1000	11.9
2015	181	71	110	94.2	1001	10.5
2014	173	73	100	94	996	10.6
2013	166	65	101	95.2	1002	9.6
2012	148	70	78	94	989	7.2
2011	145	66	79	94.9	983	8.2
2010	151	69	82	-	981	8.2
2009	175	83	92	-	1003	9.2
2008	175	86	89	-	1003	9.2

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.