# Tanja Public School

Tanja Public School is a NSW government primary school in Tanja, New South Wales, Australia.

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Primary School
- **Gender**: Co-ed
- **Year levels**: Kindergarten to Year 6
- **Enrolments**: 6 (2025)
- **Address**: Barrabooka Rd, Tanja NSW 2550
- **Phone**: (02) 6494 0122
- **Website**: https://tanja-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: tanja-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 50188
- **Established**: 1878-01-01

## About

Tanja Public School is situated in a rural community on the far south coast of NSW, nestled beside the Mimosa Rocks National Park. The school boasts a caring and supportive learning environment, where multi-grade classes promote a strong sense of camaraderie among students. Characterised by sound levels of achievement, motivated learners, and close community support, Tanja Public School offers comprehensive literacy and numeracy programs alongside activities aimed at developing the whole child.

## School Vision
The vision of Tanja Public School is reflected in its commitment to nurturing students as ambassadors for a sustainable environment and an enriched society. The school encourages an understanding of local and global issues while fostering environmental consciousness. 

## Teaching and Learning
Dedicated staff at Tanja Public School practice quality teaching principles and focus on holistic development, attending to the physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional needs of students. The core values upheld at the school include respect, self-knowledge, harmony, compassion, integrity, and acceptance, which permeate all aspects of school life. The school works diligently to ensure every child feels safe, included, and ready to learn from their very first day.

## Curriculum and Extracurricular Activities
Tanja Public School provides a tailored learning experience, offering a wide range of subjects and extracurricular activities that empower students to explore their passions. From STEM programs to the arts, the school promotes curiosity and critical thinking, preparing students for their future roles as active community members and global citizens.

## Mission

Tanja Public School's vision is to provide inclusion, diversity and excellence in education, where students become not only conscious of their own power to learn but enact their own learning with a sense of purpose.

Motto: "Not for ourselves but for all"

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2020 | 14 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2017 | 17 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2013 | 18 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2011 | 21 |
| 2010 | 17 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2008 | 16 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/50188-tanja-public-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.