Darlinghurst Public School

We have had a wonderful start to school life at Darlo - a beautiful, small inner city school with real heart ❤️! Despite there seemingly having been some drama prior to us joining and some principal change experienced last year, our child is truly thriving, loves school and we have found the environment overall warm, engaged, supportive as parents. There is a really strong passion and determination amongst the teachers and parent community to build the school for the future too. It's really inspiring and the pride is strong which creates a great sense of community and belonging for all. In line with this, we've seen consistent improvement, tightening up of processes, testing new programs and approaches to improve student and teacher outcomes over the past year which is strengthening performance and confidence. One of the amazing stage 1 teachers recently won a Department award, the principal is outstanding and there are some amazing programs too - Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden (with a beautiful garden thriving and two school chickens!), Resilience Project and more. A good range of afterschool activities on site (drama, dance, art, language, musical theatre, coding), a great play-based OOSH the kids love. It's still a public school so it's not perfect, there is always room for improvement and better resources, but the school really feels on the right track and we are very happy. The school is also responsive to feedback, they are managing student behaviour well and focused on consistenly improving which we appreciate.

Darlinghurst Public School is a welcoming and diverse inner-city school with a strong sense of community and a warm, creative atmosphere. The historic buildings and leafy grounds make it a pleasant place for children to learn, and the school offers a rich arts program that many families appreciate. While the environment is supportive and the staff are caring, some parents feel that the teaching quality can be inconsistent at times, with certain teachers appearing less experienced than expected. Overall, it remains a nurturing school, but like many public schools, there is room for improvement in teaching consistency.

The school is shocking. Severe bullying and physical intimidation and assaults by other students . Imagine being surrounded by children not allowing U to escape whilst being yelled at and winding up too afraid to return for days. Imagine constantly having rumours spread or being made to ingest cat food or being threatened to be killed and your told to stop reporting it even though the staff member has admission from the bullies.bullies simply allowed to continue with zero consequences. Unsafe school with very negligent staff. Massive failures in duty of care. Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't schools legally obligated to report head injuries? Cos this one doesn't and the "investigation" is saying "well my staff member said they did so that's it" how is that an investigation on a very serious matter?