Fort Street Public School was established in 1842 as the Model School for exemplary education. An inner-city school in Sydney’s historic Rocks area with an enrolment of approximately 250 students from Kindergarten to Year 6, Fort Street has a proud tradition of providing diversified educational programs in a nurturing and inclusive environment. The school serves a culturally diverse community with 84% of students from a language background other than English and 2% of students with Indigenous heritage.
The school, located in one of Sydney’s iconic heritage locations, is atop Observatory Hill, commanding outstanding views across the harbour. The current rebuild and upgrade project will allow student capacity to increase to 550 in addition to providing world class, future focussed teaching and learning facilities.
Students pursue academic excellence along with a wide range of extra curricula high-interest programs including art, drama, music, band, STEM, public speaking, debating, chess and sport. Areas of focus have been determined through a situational analysis of current school performance and consultation with stakeholders. The 2021-2024 Fort Street Public School Plan focusses on three Strategic Directions that will drive improvement in reading, writing and numeracy, using evidenced based research and practice, professional learning to support pedagogical change towards teaching and learning in New Learning Environments and school community wellbeing.
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