Hundreds of NSW schools remain closed as wild weather continues

Hundreds of NSW schools remain closed as wild weather continues

On Monday, a public safety emergency caused more than 200 NSW schools to return to remote learning. This time it was not another outbreak of COVID-19, but extreme weather that has lashed the state so heavily that the Premier declared parts of it a ‘Natural Disaster area’.

More than 18,000 people have already been evacuated in the worst-hit parts of the state, and the Premier says a further 15,000 are at risk as conditions worsen.

As of this morning, the NSW Government has activated The State Emergency Operations Centre at Homebush, which works closely with other departments and agencies like Health, Transport and the emergency services, to ensure the safety of NSW residents in times of emergency.

“We advised yesterday about 18,000 people have been evacuated and regrettably we now have warnings for an additional 15,000 people that may need to be evacuated,” NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said in a statement.

“The extra areas of concern are around the river in the Hawkesbury but also the northern rivers area that was previously not as severe as the Mid North Coast”.

Below is a list of all Public, Independent and Catholic schools that are closed today, Tuesday March 23.

Public schools

  • Aldavilla Public School
  • Ashford Central School
  • Austral Public School
  • Barrington Public School
  • Barkers Vale Public School
  • Baryulgil Public School
  • Beechwood Public School
  • Bellbrook Public School
  • Bilpin Public School
  • Bligh Park Public School
  • Bobin Public School
  • Bonalbo Central School
  • Bowraville Central School
  • Brewongle Environmental Education Centre
  • Bulahdelah Central School
  • Bullarah Public School
  • Bungwahl Public School
  • Camden Haven High School
  • Camden Park Environmental Education Centre
  • Captains Flat Public School
  • Castlereagh Public School
  • Casuarina School
  • Cattai Public School
  • Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Education- Richmond Agricultural College
  • Chatham High School
  • Chatham Public School
  • Chatsworth Island Public School
  • Chester Hill High School
  • Chillingham Public School
  • Clunes Public School
  • Collins Creek Public School
  • Colo Heights Public School
  • Colo High School
  • Comboyne Public School
  • Comleroy Road Public School
  • Congewai Public School
  • Coolongolook Public School
  • Coopernook Public School
  • Corndale Public School
  • Crescent Head Public School
  • Croppa Creek Public School
  • Crystal Creek Public School
  • Cundletown Public School
  • Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre
  • Drake Public School
  • Dungay Public School
  • Durrumbal Public School
  • Ebenezer Public School
  • Elands Public School
  • Eltham Public School
  • Eungai Public School
  • Frederickton Public School
  • Freemans Reach Public School
  • Galungara Public School
  • Gladstone Public School
  • Glenbrook Public School
  • Glenorie Public School
  • Glenreagh Public School
  • Glenvale School (North Entrance Campus only)
  • Glossodia Public School
  • Gloucester High School
  • Gloucester Public School
  • Green Hill Public School
  • Grose View Public School
  • Gum Flat Public School
  • Hallidays Point Public School
  • Hambledon Public School
  • Hannam Vale Public School
  • Harrington Public School
  • Hastings Secondary College Port Macquarie
  • Hastings Secondary College Westport
  • Hawkesbury High School
  • Herons Creek Public School
  • Hillside Public School
  • Hobartville Public School
  • Hopetown School
  • Huntingdon Public School
  • Jiggi Public School
  • Jilliby Public School
  • Johns River Public School
  • Kempsey East Public School
  • Kempsey High School
  • Kempsey South Public School
  • Kempsey West Public School
  • Kendall Public School
  • Kinchela Public School
  • Krambach Public School
  • Kurmond Public School
  • Kurrajong East Public School
  • Kurrajong North Public School
  • Kurrajong Public School
  • Laguna Public School
  • Lake Cathie Public School
  • Lansdowne Public School
  • Laurieton Public School
  • Lawrence Public School
  • Leeville Public School
  • Lisarow High School
  • Lisarow Public School
  • Londonderry Public School
  • Long Flat Public School
  • Longneck Lagoon Environmental Education Centre
  • Macdonald Valley Public School
  • Main Arm Upper Public School
  • Mallawa Public School
  • Manning Gardens Public School
  • Maraylya Public School
  • Maroota Public School
  • Marsden Park Public School
  • Medlow Public School
  • Megalong Public School
  • Melville High School
  • Millers Forest Public School
  • Mitchells Island Public School
  • Moorland Public School
  • Moree Secondary College Albert Street Campus
  • Moree Secondary College Carol Avenue Campus
  • Mount George Public School
  • Nabiac Public School
  • Nambucca Heads High School
  • Narara Valley High School
  • Northbourne Public School
  • North East Public School of Distance Education
  • North Haven Public School
  • Nymboida Public School
  • Oakville Public School
  • Old Bar Public School
  • Old Bonalbo Public School
  • Orama Public School
  • Pacific Palms Public School
  • Pitt Town Public School
  • Port Macquarie Public School
  • Quakers Hill Public School
  • Rappville Public School
  • Richmond High School
  • Richmond North Public School
  • Richmond Public School
  • Riverstone High School
  • Riverstone Public School
  • Rollands Plains Upper Public School
  • Rosebank Public School
  • Rowena Public School
  • Schofields Public School
  • Smithtown Public School
  • Spring Ridge Public School
  • South Creek School
  • South West Rocks Public School
  • Stratford Public School
  • Stroud Public School
  • Stroud Road Public School
  • Stuarts Point Public School
  • Tabulam Public School
  • Tarago Public School
  • Taree High School
  • Taree Public School
  • Taree West Public School
  • Telegraph Point Public School
  • The Channon Public School
  • The Pocket Public School
  • The Risk Public School
  • The Rivers Secondary College, Richmond River High Campus
  • Tingha Public School
  • Tinonee Public School
  • Toomelah Public School
  • Towamba Public School
  • Tulloona Public School
  • Tumbulgum Public School
  • Tuntable Creek Public School
  • Tyalgum Public School
  • Ulmarra Public School
  • Upper Lansdowne Public School
  • Vineyard Public School
  • Wallacia Public School
  • Wauchope High School
  • Wauchope Public School
  • Westport Public School
  • Wilberforce Public School
  • Willawarrin Public School
  • Windsor High School
  • Windsor Park Public School
  • Windsor Public School
  • Windsor South Public School
  • Wingham Brush Public School
  • Wingham High School
  • Wingham Public School
  • Wisemans Ferry Public School
  • Wooli Public School
  • Wyndham College
  • Wyong Creek Public School

Independent schools

  • Arndell Anglican College
  • Aspect – Coffs Harbour campus
  • St Philip’s Christian College Gosford
  • Taree Christian College
  • The Nature School
  • Clarence Valley Anglican School
  • St Mary Star of the Sea
  • Rainbow Ridge School for Steiner Education
  • Heritage Christian School
  • Kempsey Adventist School

Catholic schools

  • Bede Polding College South Windsor
  • CathWest Innovation College (McCarthy Campus), Emu Plains
  • Chisholm Primary Bligh Park
  • Mater Dei School, Camden
  • McAuley Catholic College, Grafton (Clarenza)
  • Newman College, Port Macquarie
  • Penola Catholic College, Emu Plains
  • St Clare’s Secondary College, Taree
  • St James Primary School, Yamba
  • St Joseph's Primary School, Kempsey
  • St Joseph's Primary School, Wauchope
  • St Joseph's Primary, Laurieton
  • St Joseph’s Primary School, Bulahdelah
  • St Joseph’s Primary School, Gloucester
  • St Joseph’s Primary School, Taree
  • St Mary's Primary, Bellingen
  • St Mary's Primary, Bowraville
  • St Matthew’s Primary Windsor
  • St Monica’s Primary Richmond
  • St Paul's College, Kempsey