Wollongong Flexible School
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Towradgi, New South Wales 2518 · Wollongong LGA
About Wollongong Flexible School
Wollongong Flexible School is an independent special school located in Towradgi, New South Wales (2518), within the Wollongong local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 10 and in 2025 enrolled 71 students (44 girls and 27 boys). The school is affiliated with Catholic Schools NSW.
Wollongong Flexible School has an ICSEA value of 895, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 10th percentile of Australian schools. 6% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 56% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 8 teachers (7.0 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.1 to 1. Enrolments have remained steady over the past five years.
Wollongong 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 Wollongong Flexible School's 71 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Wollongong Flexible School have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Wollongong Flexible School
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Tarrawanna Public School
Tarrawanna · Government primary · K-6
164 students · ICSEA 982 · 548 m away
Fairy Meadow Public School
Fairy Meadow · Government primary · P-6
342 students · ICSEA 1002 · 829 m away
Towradgi Public School
Fairy Meadow · Government primary · K-6
134 students · ICSEA 1031 · 937 m away
Corrimal East Public School
Corrimal · Government primary · K-6
297 students · ICSEA 1046 · 1.2 km away
Corrimal High School
Corrimal · Government high school · 7-12
569 students · ICSEA 940 · 1.6 km away
Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School
Fairy Meadow · Catholic primary · K-6
335 students · ICSEA 1081 · 1.7 km away
St Columbkille's Catholic Primary School
Corrimal · Catholic primary · K-6
339 students · ICSEA 1073 · 1.7 km away
Corrimal Public School
Corrimal · Government primary · K-6
227 students · ICSEA 1013 · 1.8 km away
Mount Ousley Public School
Fairy Meadow · Government primary · K-6
193 students · ICSEA 1079 · 1.8 km away
Balgownie Public School
Balgownie · Government primary · K-6
329 students · ICSEA 1076 · 2.2 km away
Similar schools
Independent special schools in NSW with a comparable ICSEA.
Biala Special School
Ballina · Independent special · U
33 students · ICSEA 898
Ngaruki Gulgul
Kariong · Independent special · 9-12
70 students · ICSEA 899
Margaret Jurd College
Shortland · Independent special · U
103 students · ICSEA 889
EDEN College
Macquarie Fields · Independent special · 9-12
61 students · ICSEA 901
Warakirri College
Fairfield · Independent special · 10-12
548 students · ICSEA 902
Indie School Albury
Albury · Independent special · 9-12
872 students · ICSEA 888
Frequently asked questions
Is Wollongong Flexible School a public or private school?
Wollongong Flexible School is a Independent school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Schools NSW.
What year levels does Wollongong Flexible School offer?
Wollongong Flexible School offers 7 to 10. It is classified by ACARA as a special school.
How many students attend Wollongong Flexible School?
In 2025, Wollongong Flexible School had 71 enrolled students (44 girls, 27 boys), a change of 1% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Wollongong Flexible School?
Wollongong Flexible School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 895. 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 Wollongong Flexible School?
Wollongong Flexible School has about 10.1 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Wollongong Flexible School?
In 2025, Wollongong Flexible School had 8 students in Year 7.
Is Wollongong Flexible School co-ed?
Yes. Wollongong Flexible School is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Wollongong Flexible School?
There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Wollongong 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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