Clare Public School is situated 155 kilometres north of Balranald and 75 kilometres south of Ivanhoe. It provides quality education in an isolated rural setting for students drawn from the surrounding sheep stations. Families travel extensive distances, up to 300km daily, to transport their children to school. There are four school families with a total of eight students enrolled for 2024.
The school structure consists of one multi–grade class with one full-time teaching principal, one-part time teacher covering release from face to face and support teaching and one student learning support officer. The school has a part–time School Administration Manager that works remotely and a part –time General Assistant. Due to isolation the school has limited access to casual staff. Clare Public School runs under a alternate work arrangement with a 9 day fortnight.
Clare PS is focused on building individual and collective wellbeing through a climate of care and positivity. In our small school, children interact across age groups, playing with and caring for each other as a family. Each child is treated as an individual and their own needs, interests and talents are understood and catered for. Learning programs are student centred, highly responsive to personal learning needs and driven by evidenced based teaching and learning. Our learners are at the centre of everything we do.
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