Tighes Hill Public School

Tighes Hill Public School has an enrolment of 370 students and is located in an inner city suburb of Newcastle in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. The school has a dynamic learning community with dedicated staff committed to continual improvement of student learning outcomes through quality teaching practices and programs. The school priority areas are literacy, numeracy, technology and innovative professional learning. The school is committed to Language, Learning and Literacy (L3), Focus on Reading (FoR), Targeting Early Numeracy (TEN), English as a Second Language, Kindy Club (a weekly pre-Kindergarten school preparation program), Band & Music tuition, School Aerobics, Sporting teams and individual plans for supported students. Our opportunity class provides extension programs for gifted students. The school is dedicated to engaging 21st Century learners through embedded technologies across all curriculum areas. The values of Quality, Respect and Responsibility underpin our student wellbeing policy and set the benchmark for expectations both inside and outside of the classroom. The staff and parents enjoy a positive relationship, actively promoting the school and its students. Our school vision: To provide an inclusive, welcoming and friendly school, supported by a close-knit community where students receive a dynamic education and are provided with opportunities to foster a lifelong love of learning.

Heritage Stonework Program

Our school has been chosen as a priority site in the Department of Education’s Heritage Stonework Program. As part of the Department’s obligations under section 170 of the Heritage Act 1977, significant heritage school buildings must be carefully conserved so they remain safe and functional for generations to come.

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Cooler Classrooms

This school’s Cooler Classrooms project is now complete, and the school is enjoying a healthier learning environment.

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Complete

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Maintenance

To ensure the safety, reliability and longevity of our schools, every school across NSW receives maintenance. The Department undertakes preventative and routine maintenance every year, and repairs as needed. The Department also reviews the planned maintenance program for each school every year and reviews those items that are predicted to require work to help prolong the life of the school buildings and facilities.

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Demountables

Demountables have been part of the NSW education system for many decades and will continue to be used across the state. Demountable classrooms are modern, air-conditioned rooms that provide students and teaching staff with excellent quality facilities. The learning spaces have the same range of technology that is available in permanent spaces. We review school accommodation needs each year, looking at changing enrolment patterns and other factors to prepare for the upcoming school year. This helps to identify schools that need new demountables and schools where they can removed. Most demountable movement takes place between October and February and we report our annual demountable statistics each April. Additional demountable installations can occur outside this window to support capital works and maintenance projects in schools or emergency responses to natural disasters.

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Works notification - 21 November 2025

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Works notification - 10 September 2025

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Works notification - 27 February 2024

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Works notification - 21 July 2023

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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.

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