Brooklyn Public School
Brooklyn Public School is a small school of 108 students situated on the upper Hawkesbury River operating with five classrooms and a well-resourced school library and technology centre. The school motto is "Deeds not Words" and the school's mission statement is "To Grow". At Brooklyn Public School we believe in building a safe, inclusive, secure learning environment in which children can develop a sense of belonging and well-being. The school has many unique whole school programs including an enriched environmental education curriculum which sees the students growing their own vegetables for the community; a wonderful Water Awareness Swimming program on Milson Island and a dynamic school band and choir, of whom take great pride when performing in the broader community. We encourage children to take risks in preparation for life-long learning and to understand and respect the past and present, whilst learning skills to contribute to the 21st century and beyond. Students are the central focus of our attention and our dedicated staff caters for their educational, physical, social, emotional and cultural needs. We encourage students to develop independence, a love of learning and a desire to be active and caring members of the school community and the community at large. We have a very supportive parent community and encourage participation by community members in all decision-making processes in the school. We find that by encouraging parent participation in school activities, parents become partners with teachers in their children's education. The Hawkesbury River Child Care Centre has been located on the school grounds for 21 years and now offers a vibrant before and after school care program in addition to vacation care. For more than 130 years the school has been proud to be an integral part of the local riverside community.
This school’s intake area is changing
At times it is necessary for the department to adjust a school’s local enrolment area. Intake area changes are happening to better balance enrolments, utilisation of assets and capacity across schools, ensuring students continue to have access to high-quality public education.
From 2026, Asquith Boys High School and Asquith Girls High School will become two standalone co-educational high schools with their own intake areas.
To create intake areas for the new co-educational high schools, some changes are being made to other nearby high school and primary school intake areas. The updates will enable more students to move from primary school to high school with their peers.
The intake area is changing for all new enrolments from 2026.
The new intake area is viewable via School Finder.
I have a child already attending this school. Can they stay there if I am now in a different school’s intake area?
Yes, they can. There is no change for students already attending this school.
I have a child already attending this school. Can I enrol their sibling/s at the same school?
Siblings of currently enrolled students will be assessed under the departments enrolment policy .
Families with a child currently enrolled at their assigned local school will retain the ability to enrol siblings at the same school, even if there are changes to the intake area boundaries that make their home address out-of-area.
How are new intake areas developed?
Many factors are considered to inform the development of new intake areas for example:
- enrolment trends
- opportunities to align with primary school local intake areas
- public transport access
- the size and utilisation rate of schools
- the number of students living in each proposed intake area
- and the physical capacity of schools to enrol students
We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.