Busby Public School

Busby Public School is an innovative school that provides high quality educational programs for students with a strong emphasis on literacy and numeracy. The staff is made up of a core of experienced teachers who have contributed many years of service to the school and several early-career and temporary teachers who have demonstrated sound curriculum knowledge and effective student management strategies. 249 students are currently enrolled at Busby Public School, with 63% of students with English as an Additional Language/ Dialect and 42 Aboriginal students. The school has a focus on continual improvement of student learning outcomes within a safe, caring and supportive environment. Busby Public School is a part of the Early Action for Success program. The key priorities of the school include formative assessment, 21st century pedagogies, differentiated learning and collaborative planning.

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This school’s intake area is changing

At times it is necessary for the department to adjust a school’s local enrolment area. Intake area changes are happening to better balance enrolments, utilisation of assets and capacity across schools, ensuring students continue to have access to high-quality public education.

The intake area is changing for all new enrolments from 2025.

A transition period will be in place for affected families for the 2026 school year. During this transition period, families living in the identified areas of change will be considered local to their 2025 intake area school as well as their new 2027 intake area school and may choose to enrol at either.

From 2027 the option to enrol at either school will no longer apply, and families will only be guaranteed enrolment at their new local school.

The new intake area is viewable via School Finder .

I have a child already attending this school. Can they stay there if I am now in a different school’s intake area?

Yes, they can. There is no change for students already attending this school.

I have a child already attending this school. Can I enrol their sibling/s at the same school?

Siblings of currently enrolled students will be assessed under the departments enrolment policy .

Families with a child currently enrolled at their assigned local school will retain the ability to enrol siblings at the same school, even if there are changes to the intake area boundaries that make their home address out-of-area.

How are new intake areas developed?

Many factors are considered to inform the development of new intake areas for example:

- enrolment trends

- opportunities to align with primary school local intake areas

- public transport access

- the size and utilisation rate of schools

- the number of students living in each proposed intake area

- and the physical capacity of schools to enrol students

LED Upgrade

The $157.8 million LED Lighting Upgrade Program will install new LED lights in up to 1,000 public schools across NSW. This means reduced operating costs for schools and improved learning environments and outcomes for our students.

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Program

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Completed

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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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Program

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Schools Renewal

The $240 million Schools Renewal Program aims to accelerate projects that will improve the amenity of schools and kick start local jobs for local communities. This is a co-funded program, with each school contributing up to 50 per cent of the project cost.

Type:

Program

Status:

Completed

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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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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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