Mount
Pritchard Public School is situated in South West Sydney and was part of the
Fairfield School Network. The school enrolment is 365 (including 4 Aboriginal
students and 5 refugee students. Approximately 87 % of students are from a
language background other than English. The school has students from 35
different cultural backgrounds with the predominant backgrounds being
Australian, Vietnamese, Samoan, Arabic and Serbian.
Mount
Pritchard public school has 36 teaching staff of which 20% are early career teachers
and 80% experienced teachers with 4-30 years experience.
The school
has active P&C membership and a good relationship with parent community and
local high schools. The school is part of a Community of Schools working
together to improve educational outcomes for students.
The
physical grounds are extensive and there is a mixture of multistorey and single
story classroom buildings which have been refurbished internally.
There has
been improvements made to the school grounds with two fixed equipment
playgrounds and an outdoor musical instrument garden and Aboriginal garden.
The school
operates a School Readiness Program and Parent English classes which have
strengthened our connection with the community. Fairfield City Council operates
a playgroup on the grounds on a weekly basis.
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