Double Bay Public School has an enrolment of 286 students with 12% from language backgrounds other than English. The school has a Family and Occupational Index (FOEI) of 12 and a focus on maximising academic growth and achievement.
Double Bay Public School develops resilient, respectful and engaged learners within a future focussed and flexible learning environment. The considered use of technology supports the development of critical and creative problem solving skills across all Key learning Areas. Parents/carers and an active P&C support the school, working together to build opportunity and a cohesive sense of community.
Students are provided with many learning opportunities, including a range of co-curricular programs: chess, band, debating, MaGneT, Battle of the Minds, French, and before and after school care activities (DBOOSH). Other focus areas include literacy, numeracy, STEM, leadership skills, and multiple proactive wellbeing initiatives.
Double Bay staff are committed to student growth and achievement, which reflect emphases on school-level capacity and high potential learning. Professional learning therefore develops skills that inform differentiation, personalised learning, and classroom based data analysis. These skills are developed within a collaborative professional environment in which both individual and collective efficacy support high standards of practice.
Double Bay Public School is an active member of the long standing Community of Schools in the Eastern Suburbs (CoSIES), which promotes professional collaboration and student opportunities in areas such as early career teachers, literacy and numeracy, high potential and gifted learning, leadership capacity building, program development and other networking opportunities.
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