# Sylvania Public School

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

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Primary School
- **Gender**: Co-ed
- **Year levels**: Kindergarten to Year 6
- **Enrolments**: 167 (2025)
- **Address**: 48 Princes Highway, Sylvania NSW 2224
- **Phone**: (02) 9522 7277
- **Website**: https://sylvania-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: sylvania-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 57484
- **Established**: 1884-04-01

## About

Sylvania Public School is a welcoming place where children are valued as individuals. The core values of the school include honesty, fairness, responsibility, respect, personal best, and friendliness. The school achieves its mission through a caring, innovative, and modern learning environment for its community, offering a diversity of learning opportunities to engage students. It features excellent curriculum programs complemented by gifted and talented opportunities, and is renowned for its creative arts and sports programs.

The staff at Sylvania Public School are dedicated to creating a nurturing climate where excellence flourishes. The parent community plays a vital role in supporting students to achieve the best possible outcomes. The school boasts ultra-modern facilities that are integrated into heritage buildings and grounds, all set against the stunning backdrop of Botany Bay.

Student welfare and leadership are key focuses at the school, with children learning life skills through peer tutoring and welfare programs that reflect values and social responsibility in everyday school life. The school demonstrates a commitment to learning in the middle years through strong links with a network of schools, providing outstanding transitional opportunities for students as they progress in their education.

## Mission

At Sylvania Public School, students discover and develop the skills, knowledge and understanding to actively engage in all endeavours and to seize opportunities to become lifelong learners and successful global citizens.

Motto: "Discover and Endeavour"

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 167 |
| 2024 | 172 |
| 2023 | 164 |
| 2022 | 143 |
| 2021 | 136 |
| 2020 | 130 |
| 2019 | 137 |
| 2018 | 122 |
| 2017 | 120 |
| 2016 | 109 |
| 2015 | 122 |
| 2014 | 133 |
| 2013 | 133 |
| 2012 | 124 |
| 2011 | 125 |
| 2010 | 123 |
| 2009 | 132 |
| 2008 | 123 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/57484-sylvania-public-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.