Position Information
Our school community is committed to providing our students with a broad education, offering a variety of educational programs to ensure that each child reaches their potential, takes the individual needs of students into account, and holds staff and students to high expectations. Each child is encouraged to take pride in their own culture while appreciating the culture of others.
Broken Hill North Public School is located in the Broken Hill Group of Schools in the Far West of NSW. It is classified as a P2 with an average of 250 students over the past 5 years. The structure of the school comprises 5 support classes, 10 mainstream classes, 33% Aboriginal enrolment and a staffing entitlement of which includes teaching and non-teaching staff.
Overall enrolments in the past four years have not fluctuated significantly. The school roll is significantly boy heavy and there has been a marked increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enrolments from in 2014 to 36% in 2023. We continue to run Aboriginal language groups with students in Years 3-5 to support students' cultural backgrounds. Students are supported by an Aboriginal Education Officer, Aboriginal SLSO's and teachers of Aboriginal cultural heritage.
In 2022 we had 40% of students listed on our National Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) return requiring supplementary to substantial adjustments to their classroom experience.
Our school's Family Occupation& Education Index (FOEI) of 159, which is significantly higher than the average of 100, reflects our school's socio-economic status.
Usage of the Health Hub by outside agencies has increased significantly over time. Each term, a minimum of five agencies have supported our students. We have as many as eight different agencies working with students at our school. A range of services were provided within the school including: occupational therapy, speech therapy, mental health services, early intervention services and NDIS support. The following agencies utilised the health hub in 2022: Novita, Interhealth, Maari Ma, Silverlea, NDIS, UDRH, CAMHS and Catholic Care. We also have a long standing partnership with the University Department of Rural Health, which sees social work, speech pathology and occupational therapy students placed at our school for their degrees.