About the school
Richmond North Public School provides a safe and happy environment where students are encouraged to 'Strive to Achieve' in all their endeavours. The school's core values of integrity, excellence, respect, responsibility, cooperation, participation, care, fairness, and democracy underpin its expectations for safe, respectful, and responsible learners.
Educational Focus
The school places a significant emphasis on developing a culture of thinking and effective teaching, particularly in Literacy, Numeracy, and Integrated Technology. Student engagement and well-being are central to the school's welfare policies and practices. This is complemented by a range of specialist programs, including friendship groups, a Starting School playgroup, special purpose interest groups, and tailored support for Gifted & Talented students.
Performing Arts and Sports
Richmond North Public School encourages participation in the Performing Arts, with students engaging in district dance and music festivals. The school promotes fitness and sports, achieving gold status in the Premier's Sporting Challenge and participating in PSSA sports and gala days.
Community Support
The school boasts a dedicated Parents and Citizens (P and C) association, Parents Auxiliary, and a canteen, supported by numerous volunteers committed to ensuring a caring and successful environment for students. Richmond North is firmly planted within the North Richmond community, collaborating with families to create a nurturing educational journey for each child.
Mission
Richmond North Public School engages students, staff, parents and community in a shared learning journey. Students are nurtured, guided, challenged and supported to achieve their personal best in a learning environment of high expectations and explicit teaching practices. We develop within our students holistic integrity through the development of key habits of character including: respect, resilience, courage, inclusion and optimism. We prepare our students to become well-rounded, confident, responsible and academically curious individuals who ‘strive to achieve’ their full potential.
Location & Catchment Area
- Richmond North Public School
Nearby or Connected Schools
- A Colo High School 1.5 km
- B Hobartville Public School 3.5 km
- C Richmond High School 3.5 km
- D Kurmond Public School 4.1 km
- E Richmond Public School 4.3 km
Profile (2025)
- Total enrolments
- 309 (141 girls, 168 boys)
- Enrolments (FTE) What does this mean?
- 309
- ICSEA What does this mean?
- 984 (percentile 39)
- SEA quarters What does this mean?
- 35% / 32% / 24% / 9%
- FOEI What does this mean?
- 92
- Indigenous students
- 14%
- LBOTE What does this mean?
- 13%
- Teaching staff (FTE) What does this mean?
- 16.7
- Non-teaching staff (FTE) What does this mean?
- 2.8
Enrolments by grade (2025)
| Grade | Headcount |
|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 |
| Year 1 | 48 |
| Year 2 | 42 |
| Year 3 | 50 |
| Year 4 | 33 |
| Year 5 | 55 |
| Year 6 | 34 |
| Total | 309 |
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 | 309 | 141 | 168 | - | 984 | 16.7 |
| 2024 | 290 | 132 | 158 | 88.8 | 987 | 16.6 |
| 2023 | 265 | 125 | 140 | 90.3 | 972 | 15.6 |
| 2022 | 244 | 114 | 130 | 83.3 | 981 | 13.9 |
| 2021 | 264 | 126 | 138 | 89.8 | 975 | 15 |
| 2020 | 265 | 126 | 139 | - | 961 | 15 |
| 2019 | 238 | 122 | 116 | 92.3 | 964 | 15 |
| 2018 | 237 | 114 | 123 | 91.7 | 969 | 18.8 |
| 2017 | 204 | 95 | 109 | 93.1 | 955 | 17.6 |
| 2016 | 167 | 70 | 97 | 94.5 | 950 | 14.3 |
| 2015 | 136 | 56 | 80 | 92.8 | 977 | 11.9 |
| 2014 | 156 | 62 | 94 | 94.4 | 950 | 13.9 |
| 2013 | 160 | 79 | 81 | 94.8 | 981 | 14.9 |
| 2012 | 157 | 82 | 75 | 93.3 | 978 | 15.5 |
| 2011 | 157 | 78 | 79 | 94.4 | 969 | 15.8 |
| 2010 | 167 | 78 | 89 | - | 964 | 15.8 |
| 2009 | 192 | 92 | 100 | - | 999 | 16.7 |
| 2008 | 216 | 103 | 113 | - | 999 | 18.2 |
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.