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Palm Avenue School

Palm Avenue School is a government special school in Westmead, New South Wales.

Suburb Westmead 2145

Local government area Parramatta

Remoteness Major Cities

Sector Government

School type Special

Statistical area (SA2) Northmead

Official website cer.schools.nsw.gov.au

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Catchment zone shown where matched to official NSW government data.

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Palm Avenue 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: Northmead

$1,670,000

Median house price

NSW DCJ Sales, Mar 2026

Childcare services

ACECQA register

49.8%

Families that are couples with children

ABS Census 2021

21,799

Residents

ABS, June 2025

Figures are for the Northmead 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 Northmead profile →

Nearest schools to Palm Avenue School

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA Distance

Redbank School Government U 46 1001 0.1 km

Mother Teresa Primary School Catholic K-6 389 1121 0.5 km

Catherine McAuley Westmead Catholic 7-12 1,210 1087 0.5 km

The Childrens Hospital School Government not published not published 0.5 km

Parramatta Marist High School Catholic 7-12 1,043 1086 0.6 km

Toongabbie East Public School Government K-6 107 898 0.8 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 Palm Avenue School

Is Palm Avenue School a government or non-government school?

Palm Avenue School is a government school in Westmead, New South Wales.

How many childcare services are near Palm Avenue School?

10 childcare services are listed on the ACECQA national register for Northmead, 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 →