# Yudi Gunyi School

Yudi Gunyi School is a NSW government schools for specific purposes in Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia.

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Schools for Specific Purposes
- **Gender**: Co-ed
- **Enrolments**: 29 (2025)
- **Address**: 237 Botany Rd, Waterloo NSW 2017
- **Phone**: (02) 9319 1759
- **Website**: https://yudigunyi-s.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: yudigunyi-s.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 62743
- **Established**: 2003-10-13

## About

Yudi Gunyi School is a specialist public school located in Waterloo, offering a supportive environment for students who require intensive learning support, particularly those facing behavioural challenges in mainstream educational settings. The school follows an individual case management approach, focusing on helping students successfully reintegrate into mainstream schooling or develop necessary skills to engage positively within the broader community. The school champions inclusivity and aims to ensure every student feels safe and ready to learn from their very first day.

## Educational Approach
Yudi Gunyi School provides a tailored education experience that empowers students to explore a diverse range of subjects and opportunities. The dedicated faculty works closely with families to create co-designed learning plans that meet each student’s needs, fostering growth both academically and personally. The school places significant emphasis on building positive relationships and nurturing unique talents, encouraging behaviours aligned with its core values: Be Kind, Be Curious, Be Honest, Be You.

## Community Engagement
The school serves as a vital educational hub for its local Waterloo community, reinforcing connections between cultural engagement and educational outcomes. Through its onsite Ngaramadhi Space, the school collaborates with health practitioners to ensure a holistic support system is in place for students and their families. This integration of educational and health services embodies the school's commitment to nurturing every learner.

Yudi Gunyi School represents a commitment to equity and excellence, striving to ensure that every child matters and every goal is valued—investing in futures filled with promise and potential.

## Mission

We help every student to learn, grow and succeed. Join our friendly and inclusive school community today! A strong start. Our school welcomes all students from all backgrounds. We help every child feel safe, included and ready to learn from their very first day. Growth in the classroom and beyond. We offer our students a wide range of subjects and opportunities. This empowers them to learn, develop skills, and discover their passions. Support for every family. Our teachers and learning and wellbeing support teams work with our families. We co-design plans that help students learn in the way that works best for them.

Motto: "Every child matters."

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 29 |
| 2024 | 34 |
| 2023 | 37 |
| 2022 | 34 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2020 | 26 |
| 2019 | 32 |
| 2018 | 30 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2016 | 26 |
| 2015 | 22 |
| 2014 | 24 |
| 2013 | 27 |
| 2012 | 30 |
| 2011 | 22 |
| 2010 | 15 |
| 2009 | 19 |
| 2008 | 22 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/62743-yudi-gunyi-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.