# Richmond North Public School

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

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Primary School
- **Gender**: Co-ed
- **Year levels**: Kindergarten to Year 6
- **Enrolments**: 309 (2025)
- **Address**: Grose Vale Rd, North Richmond NSW 2754
- **Phone**: (02) 4571 1542
- **Website**: https://richmondn-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: richmondn-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 50736
- **Established**: 1871-06-01

## About

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.

Motto: "Strive to Achieve"

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 309 |
| 2024 | 290 |
| 2023 | 265 |
| 2022 | 244 |
| 2021 | 264 |
| 2020 | 265 |
| 2019 | 238 |
| 2018 | 237 |
| 2017 | 204 |
| 2016 | 167 |
| 2015 | 136 |
| 2014 | 156 |
| 2013 | 160 |
| 2012 | 157 |
| 2011 | 157 |
| 2010 | 167 |
| 2009 | 192 |
| 2008 | 216 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/50736-richmond-north-public-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.