Fairfield West Public School was established in 1925 and is part of the Fairfield School Education Group.
In 2024 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 8 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.
We offer students:
- Well resourced air conditioned classrooms with access to Information Communication Technology to enhance 21st century learning
- Excellent Literacy and Numeracy programs
- Initial
- 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 teacher - whole school
- Gardening Program - partially supported by the Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney
- Debating and Public Speaking
- Transition to School Programs
- Leadership opportunities including Student Representative Council
- Breakfast Club five days per week
- Learn to Swim programs
- Strong 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.
