We are proud of our school and what it has to offer, in academic, sporting and
extracurricular excellence. We provide an environment which is safe and respectful, where
students can achieve their full potential.
Gloucester Public School (GPS) provides excellence, opportunity and success in an
innovative and caring environment. Our school has had a fluctuating population over the
last 5 years and currently has 297 students (16% Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander). With 13
mainstream classes and one multi categorial class (newly established) in Term 2, 2022,
there is 18.277 teaching staff and 3.722 School Admin and Support Staff (SASS). In 2022,
GPS was provided with 1.2 Assistant Principals, Curriculum and Instruction and one of the
existing Assistant Principals, is now accredited as a Highly Accomplished Teacher (HAT).
Our school is focused on continuous improvement with highly skilled staff.
Our school is small enough to ensure every child experiences success, while benefiting
from being part of the largest educational system in the southern hemisphere. With our
culture of effective performance and development, we nurture and support quality teaching
and school leadership, focus on improving student outcomes, ensure consistent evaluation
and feedback and strive for continuous improvement.
GPS is situated in a rural farming and mining community at the foot of the Bucketts
Mountain range. Our community is family orientated, supportive and conservative. We value
community involvement and partnerships and are part of the Bucketts Way Community of
Schools (BWCoS). GPS consists of all permanent buildings, all single storey, has easy
access, wet weather access, an assembly hall, interactive whiteboards and air conditioning
in all learning spaces. Our healthy canteen is open 3 days a week and operated by our
supportive Parents and Citizens Association (P&C).
Our school has high expectations, which are explicitly and consistently applied across the
school. Our school welfare, discipline and effective learning policy focuses on five core
expectations, which are followed daily. We have an active student body and dynamic and
experienced staff. We are proud of our involvement with Aurora College, with a number of
students having been selected to attend the Opportunity Class (OC) virtual lessons in
mathematics, science and technology in 2021 and 2022, catering for academically gifted
and talented students with high potential.
We value diverse learning opportunities, offering music to all students, numeracy and
literacy intervention programs, an award-winning choir, multiple sporting opportunities, a
dedicated computer lab, gardening club, external competitions and extracurricular activities,
a Windstar's band, a Schools Spectacular team, an active learning and support team and a
full time learning and support teacher. We are fortunate to have actively engaged Aboriginal
parents and carers, and staff who identify as Aboriginal. We seek guidance from our
Aboriginal community and Gloucester AECG, ensuring strong connections.