# Curran Public School

Curran Public School is a NSW government primary school in Macquarie Fields, New South Wales, Australia.

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Primary School
- **Gender**: Co-ed
- **Year levels**: Kindergarten to Year 6
- **Enrolments**: 275 (2025)
- **Address**: Melaleuca Drive, Macquarie Fields NSW 2564
- **Phone**: (02) 9605 4534
- **Website**: https://curran-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: curran-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 50211
- **Established**: 1975-01-01

## About

Curran Public School, located in Macquarie Fields on Dharawal Country, offers a welcoming and inclusive educational environment for students from Kindergarten to Year 6. The school is particularly focused on supporting diverse learning needs, with a Special Education Support Unit consisting of three classes designed for students with moderate intellectual disabilities and autism. 

## Educational Approach
The curriculum at Curran Public School emphasises literacy and numeracy across all Key Learning Areas, fostering a culture of respect, connection, and collaboration among students and staff. The school values continuous improvement and aims to equip students for a future of lifelong learning, ensuring each child is known, valued, and cared for. Strong partnerships with families and the community are integral to the school's philosophy, which also embraces local Aboriginal culture and language through the Connected Communities Strategy.

## Core Values
The school's core values—teamwork, respect, responsibility, honesty, and commitment—are explicitly taught in classrooms and consistently modelled by staff. These values contribute to a positive school culture where students feel safe and encouraged to dream big and develop their passions.

## Community Engagement
Curran Public School is committed to inclusive practices, catering to a diverse student population where 23% identify as Aboriginal and a significant portion comes from Language Backgrounds Other Than English. The school supports families through its School as Community Centre (SaCC), which facilitates community engagement and offers transition programs for younger children. With ongoing development of new facilities, including a preschool, Curran Public School is dedicated to providing a quality education that meets the needs of its students and community.

## Mission

- At Curran Public School, we value continuous improvement in a caring and collaborative environment where a shared culture of high expectations enables the achievement of aspirational goals.

Motto: "Walk together, learn together njulgang yandhi njulgang ngarandhi"

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 275 |
| 2024 | 283 |
| 2023 | 291 |
| 2022 | 264 |
| 2021 | 262 |
| 2020 | 255 |
| 2019 | 252 |
| 2018 | 265 |
| 2017 | 266 |
| 2016 | 261 |
| 2015 | 273 |
| 2014 | 282 |
| 2013 | 277 |
| 2012 | 264 |
| 2011 | 262 |
| 2010 | 241 |
| 2009 | 236 |
| 2008 | 247 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/50211-curran-public-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.