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Royal Far West School

Royal Far West School is a government special school in Manly, New South Wales.

Suburb Manly 2095

Local government area Northern Beaches

Remoteness Major Cities

Sector Government

School type Special

Statistical area (SA2) Manly - Fairlight

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

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Catchment zone shown where matched to official NSW government data.

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Royal Far West 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: Manly - Fairlight

Childcare services

ACECQA register

38.7%

Families that are couples with children

ABS Census 2021

24,569

Residents

ABS, June 2025

Figures are for the Manly - Fairlight 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 Manly - Fairlight profile →

Nearest schools to Royal Far West School

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA Distance

Manly Village Public School Government K-6 532 1151 0.1 km

St Mary's Catholic Primary School Catholic K-6 330 1159 0.4 km

St Paul's Catholic College Catholic 7-12 468 1091 0.8 km

Stella Maris College Independent 7-12 1,006 1135 1.4 km

Manly West Public School Government K-6 761 1147 2.0 km

Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Government 7-12 1,023 1115 2.4 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 Royal Far West School

Is Royal Far West School a government or non-government school?

Royal Far West School is a government school in Manly, New South Wales.

How many childcare services are near Royal Far West School?

12 childcare services are listed on the ACECQA national register for Manly - Fairlight, 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 →