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John Hunter Hospital School

John Hunter Hospital School is a government special school in New Lambton Heights, New South Wales.

Suburb New Lambton Heights 2305

Local government area Newcastle

Remoteness Major Cities

Sector Government

School type Special

Statistical area (SA2) Lambton - New Lambton

Official website johnhunter-s.schools.nsw.gov.au

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Catchment zone shown where matched to official NSW government data.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. School pin is approximate (ACARA geocoded location).

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John Hunter Hospital School catchment

We could not match a zone boundary for this school in the published NSW government zone data, so no catchment suburbs are listed. Some government schools, such as selective, specialist and senior-only schools, do not have a local zone. Check an address with the official NSW zone finder.

The suburb: Lambton - New Lambton

$1,174,153

Median house price

NSW DCJ Sales, Mar 2026

Childcare services

ACECQA register

45.0%

Families that are couples with children

ABS Census 2021

17,852

Residents

ABS, June 2025

Figures are for the Lambton - New Lambton statistical area (SA2), which contains the school. SA2 boundaries do not always equal suburb boundaries, and childcare services are matched by suburb name. See the full Lambton - New Lambton profile →

Nearest schools to John Hunter Hospital School

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA Distance

Lambton Public School Government K-6 339 1065 1.2 km

New Lambton Public School Government K-6 538 1108 1.5 km

St John's Primary School Catholic K-6 200 1083 1.5 km

New Lambton Heights Infants School Government K-2 55 1100 1.7 km

St Therese's Primary School Catholic K-6 543 1100 1.8 km

Jesmond Public School Government K-6 216 923 2.0 km

Listed nearest first. Distance is a straight line between ACARA school locations, not travel distance, and the order is not a ranking.

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Questions about John Hunter Hospital School

Is John Hunter Hospital School a government or non-government school?

John Hunter Hospital School is a government school in New Lambton Heights, New South Wales.

How many childcare services are near John Hunter Hospital School?

13 childcare services are listed on the ACECQA national register for Lambton - New Lambton, the statistical area around the school. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Source: ACARA School Profile & School Location 2025 (Data Access Program). VIC, NSW and QLD government catchment zones from DET School Zones 2027, NSW DoE School Intake Zones 2026 and Queensland Department of Education state school catchments 2026 (CC BY 4.0). ICSEA is a socio-educational intake index - it measures student background, not teaching quality or outcomes. Methodology →