Fairfield West Public School was established in 1925 and is part of the Fairfield School Education Group.
In 2025 the student population is over 600 with a culture which is enriched by 92% of students with English as an Additional Language or Dialect. There are 25 mainstream classes and a Support Unit for students with a disability which has 9 classes.
There is a culture of high expectations and quality programs are delivered by the 54 teaching staff members, and 27 SLSOs.
The school also hosts a Community Hub and one Community Liaison Officer-Arabic who provides additional support for our learning community.
In 2027 we will be opening the Fairfield West Public School Preschool.
We offer students:
- A culture that values diversity by advancing reconcilliation and eliminating barriers
- Outstanding staff and explicit teaching
- Targeted, differentiated, enidence-informed initiatives and supports
- A voice in decision making
- A broad, inclusive and rich curriculum with strong co-curricular activities
- Well resourced air conditioned classrooms with access to Information Communication Technology to support future focused learning
- Excellent Literacy and Numeracy programs - recognised in 2024 for outstanding results in NAPLAN
- MultiLit Programs - InitiaLit, MacqLit, MiniLit and SpellEx
- Support and Learning Assistance
- Community Languages: Assyrian, Arabic, Vietnamese
- Support programs for New Arrivals
- Strong support for English as an additional Language or Dialect
- High Potential and Gifted Programs
- Specialist Music Program - whole school
- Gardening Program - partially sponsored by Community Greening | Royal Botanical Gardens
- Debating and Public Speaking
- Strong Transition to School Programs and Transition to Highschool Programs
- Leadership opportunities including Student Representative Council
- Breakfast Club five days per week
- Learn to Swim programs
- Robust Library program
For any further information please contact the school on 02 9604 5568.
In accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA, 1992) and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, professional teacher judgement may be required when addressing instances of student non-compliance with school-wide behavioural expectations. Consideration must be given to individual student capacity to understand and demonstrate appropriate schoolwide behaviours and should be applied in conjunction with contextualised, explicit teaching strategies.
