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Catherine McAuley Westmead

Westmead, 2145 — in Northmead

SectorSchools
Non-Government
Secondary school
NSW school data
Year levels
—
official range
NSW school data
ICSEA
1087
national average is 1000
ACARA 2025
Suburb
Northmead
SA2 this campus sits in
ABS boundary

School information

Catherine McAuley Westmead is a non-government secondary school in Northmead, Sydney. It had 1,210 students, per NSW school data. Its ICSEA is 1087, above the national average of 1000 (81st percentile nationally). NAPLAN results for Catherine McAuley Westmead are published on its My School profile (ACARA).

Student background

ACARA · 2025

ICSEA measures the socio-educational advantage of a school's intake against the national average of 1000. The quarters bar shows how its students spread across the four national bands; an average school sits at 25% in each.

1087ICSEA — 87 points above the national average of 1000, higher than 81% of Australian schools
+87
820national average · 10001180
vs avg

Socio-educational advantage

Bottom quarter 10%Lower-middle quarter 24%Upper-middle quarter 33%Top quarter 34%

All Australian students — 25% in each quarter

Who’s enrolled

1,210students in 2025

Language background

  • Language other than English 62%
  • English only 38%
  • Not stated 0%

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

1% of enrolment

Catherine McAuley Westmead has an ICSEA of 1087, above the national average of 1000 and higher than 81% of Australian schools. 34% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 10% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 1,210 students in 2025, 1% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 62% with a language background other than English.

Show the data table
Catherine McAuley Westmead — student background, ACARA School Profile 2025
MeasureValue
ICSEA1087
ICSEA vs national average (1000)+87
ICSEA percentile81
Bottom quarter of advantage10%
Lower-middle quarter of advantage24%
Upper-middle quarter of advantage33%
Top quarter of advantage34%
Total enrolment1,210
Language other than English62%
English only38%
Not stated0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander1%
NAPLAN results and student progress for Catherine McAuley Westmead are on My School, ACARA’s official site.

School details

Sector
Non-Government school
Type
Secondary
Enrolment
1,210 students
ICSEA
1087 · 81st percentile
Address
Westmead 2145

Catherine McAuley Westmead: common questions

Is Catherine McAuley Westmead a public or private school?
Catherine McAuley Westmead is a non-government (non-government) secondary school in Northmead, Sydney.
How many students go to Catherine McAuley Westmead?
Catherine McAuley Westmead had 1,210 students enrolled, per NSW school data.
What is Catherine McAuley Westmead's ICSEA?
Catherine McAuley Westmead has an ICSEA of 1087, above the national average of 1000 (81st percentile nationally), per the ACARA School Profile 2025. ICSEA reflects the socio-educational background of a school's students, not its results.
Where is Catherine McAuley Westmead located?
Catherine McAuley Westmead is at Westmead 2145, in the Northmead SA2.

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School list: NSW Government open data — ACARA Schools NSW, via the NSW data portal, CC BY 4.0. Catchments: NSW Department of Education “School intake zones” dataset, CC BY 4.0. ICSEA & student background: ACARA School Profile 2025. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).