Merriwa Central School
Merriwa Central School is situated in the Upper Hunter Valley, 75 kms to the west of Muswellbrook. With a local community focus, the school is a dynamic and creative multi-campus school for students from Kindergarten through to Year 12. Our students have access to a broad range of high quality educational opportunities and a strong community support base. We offer every child teaching and learning programs that provide academic challenge and high achievement. We are a happy and safe school, promoting healthy attitudes and behaviours, and individual support for students in a small rural community. Some of the benefits of choosing Merriwa Central School include kindergarten class sizes kept small with a maximum of twenty students to ensure close teacher attention and a strong focus on literacy and numeracy from Kindergarten to Year 12 with opportunities for acceleration and extension. Being a K to 12 school means the transition for students moving from Year 6 to Year 7 is a straightforward one, with no surprises. Primary students benefit from access to specialist secondary teachers, while our senior students are challenged in small groups with a unique, nationally recognised curriculum.
We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.