Pambula Beach Flexible School
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Pambula, New South Wales 2549 · Bega Valley LGA
About Pambula Beach Flexible School
Pambula Beach Flexible School is an independent special school located in Pambula, New South Wales (2549), within the Bega Valley local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 10 and in 2025 enrolled 52 students (31 girls and 21 boys). The school is affiliated with Catholic Schools NSW.
Pambula Beach Flexible School has an ICSEA value of 888, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 9th percentile of Australian schools. 4% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 62% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 10 teachers (8.4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 6.2 to 1.
Pambula Beach Flexible School is a special school. Special schools support students with disability or specific needs and are deliberately excluded from the Success Index and rankings, which would not be a fair measure of what they do.
Student profile
Distribution of students across socio-educational advantage (SEA) quarters, plus community characteristics.
Enrolments by year level
How Pambula Beach Flexible School's 52 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Pambula Beach Flexible School have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Pambula Beach Flexible School
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Lumen Christi Catholic College
Pambula Beach · Catholic combined · K-12
692 students · ICSEA 1040 · 912 m away
Pambula Public School
Pambula · Government primary · K-6
257 students · ICSEA 994 · 1.9 km away
Merimbula Public School
Merimbula · Government primary · K-6
428 students · ICSEA 1001 · 5.9 km away
Wolumla Public School
Wolumla · Government primary · K-6
109 students · ICSEA 931 · 13 km away
Eden Marine High School
Eden · Government high school · 7-12
536 students · ICSEA 956 · 14 km away
Eden Public School
Eden · Government primary · K-6
256 students · ICSEA 906 · 14 km away
Similar schools
Independent special schools in NSW with a comparable ICSEA.
Indie School Albury
Albury · Independent special · 9-12
872 students · ICSEA 888
Margaret Jurd College
Shortland · Independent special · U
103 students · ICSEA 889
Western Riverina Community School
Griffith · Independent special · 9-12
38 students · ICSEA 883
Wollongong Flexible School
Towradgi · Independent special · 7-10
71 students · ICSEA 895
William Campbell College
Nowra Hill · Independent special · K-7
28 students · ICSEA 881
Biala Special School
Ballina · Independent special · U
33 students · ICSEA 898
Frequently asked questions
Is Pambula Beach Flexible School a public or private school?
Pambula Beach Flexible School is a Independent school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Schools NSW.
What year levels does Pambula Beach Flexible School offer?
Pambula Beach Flexible School offers 7 to 10. It is classified by ACARA as a special school.
How many students attend Pambula Beach Flexible School?
In 2025, Pambula Beach Flexible School had 52 enrolled students (31 girls, 21 boys).
What is the ICSEA of Pambula Beach Flexible School?
Pambula Beach Flexible School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 888. The national average is 1000, so this indicates a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio at Pambula Beach Flexible School?
Pambula Beach Flexible School has about 6.2 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Pambula Beach Flexible School?
In 2025, Pambula Beach Flexible School had 5 students in Year 7.
Is Pambula Beach Flexible School co-ed?
Yes. Pambula Beach Flexible School is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Pambula Beach Flexible School?
There are 6 other schools within 15 km of Pambula Beach Flexible School in our database. Scroll up to the "Nearby schools" section to compare them by Success Index, ICSEA and enrolments, or use the Compare tool.
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