More than 200 NSW schools have closed amid extreme flooding that has rendered parts of the state a natural disaster area.
More than 18,000 people have already been told to evacuate in the worst-hit parts of the state, and there are fears that tens of thousands more could be impacted if conditions worsen.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has described the flooding on the state’s North Coast a “one in 100-year event”.
“Regrettably, parts of the Mid North Coast are experiencing a one in 100-year event, and while we don't think things will worsen on the Mid North Coast, definitely conditions will continue,” she said in a statement.
“Our concern now is focused on the Hawkesbury Valley and Western Sydney, but in relation to the Mid North Coast, the rain is expected to continue for the next few days and we are watching the situation there very closely”.
NSW Education Minister, Sarah Mitchell, said further school closures are likely if conditions continue to worsen and urged parents to follow the advice of local emergency services, stay home if they can and evacuate if instructed.
In a statement, the NSW Education Department confirmed that as of today, 211 schools will be non-operational for onsite learning and referred families to the Department’s Learning from Home Hub to ensure their child’s learning isn’t interrupted during the closures.
Below is a list of all Public, Independent and Catholic schools that will be closed tomorrow.
Public schools
- Aldaville Public School
- Anna Bay Public School
- Barrington Public School
- Beechwood Public School
- Bellbrook Public School
- Bilpin Public School
- Bligh Park Public School
- Bellingen High School
- Bobin Public School
- Booral Public School
- Bowraville Central School
- Brewongle Environment Education Centre
- Buladelah Central School
- Bungwahl Public School
- Camden Haven High School
- Carool Public School
- Castlereagh Public School
- Casuarina School
- Cattai Public School
- Chatham High School
- Chatham Public School
- Coffs Harbour Senior College
- Chester Hill High School
- Colo Heights Public School
- Colo High School
- Comboyne Public School
- Comleroy Public School
- Congewai Public School
- Coolongolook Public School
- Coopernook Public School
- Crescent Head Public School
- Cundletown Public School
- Dungog High School
- Dungog Public School
- Ebenezer Public School
- Elands Public School
- Eungai Public School
- Frederickton Public School
- Freemans Reach Public School
- Galungara Public School
- Gladstone Public School
- Glenbrook Public School
- GLenorie Public School
- Glenvale SSP
- North Entrance Campus non-operational
- Narara Campus is open
- Glossodia Public School
- Green Hill Public School
- Grose View Public School
- Hallidays Point Public School
- Hambledon Public School
- Hannam Vale Public School
- Harrington Public School
- Hastings Public School
- Hastings Secondary College, Port Macquarie Campus
- Hastings Secondary College, Westport Campus
- Hawkesbury High School
- Herrons Creek Public School
- Hillside Public School
- Hinton Public School
- Hobartville Public School
- Hopetown Public School
- Huntingdon Public School
- Jiliby Public School
- John’s River Public School
- Kempsey East Public School
- Kempsey High School
- Kempsey South Public School
- Kempsey West Public School
- Kendell Public School
- Kinchela Public School
- Krambach Public School
- Kurrambee School
- Kurmond Public School
- Kurrajong East Public School
- Kurrajong North Public School
- Kurrajong Public School
- Laguna Public School
- Lake Cathue Public School
- Lansdowne Public School
- Laurieton Public School
- Leonay Public School
- Lisarow High School
- Lisarow Public School
- Londonderry Public School
- Long Flat Public School
- Longneck Lagoon Environmental Education Centre
- MacDonald Valley Public School
- Manning Gardens Public School
- Marylya Public School
- Maroota Public School
- Marsden Park Public School
- Medlow Public School
- Megalong Valley Public School
- Melville High School
- Millers Forrest Public School
- Mitchells Island Public School
- Moorland Public School
- Mount George Public School
- Mount Kanwary Public School
- Nabiac Public School
- Nambucca Heads High School
- Narara Valley High School
- Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School
- North East Public School of Distance Education
- Northbourne Public School
- North Haven Public School
- Oakville Public School
- Old Bar Public School
- Orama Public School
- Pacific Palms Public School
- Penrith Valley School
- Pitt Town Public School
- Port Macquarie Public School
- Quakers Hill Public School
- Richmond High School
- Richmond North Public School
- Richmond Public School
- Riverstone High School
- Riverstone Public School
- Rolland Plains Upper Public School
- Schofields Public School
- Smithtown Public School
- South Creek School (Norree)
- South West Rocks Public School
- St Marys Public School
- St Marys Senior High School
- Stratford Public School
- Stroud Public School
- Stroud Road Public School
- Taree High School
- Taree Public School
- Taree West Public School
- Tea Gardens Public School
- Telegraph Point Public School
- The Pocket Public School
- Tinonee Public School
- Upper Lansdown 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
- Al Zahra College
- Arndell Anglican College
- Aspect – Coffs Harbour Campus
- Aspect – Richmond Public School Campus
- Aspect - St Monica's Richmond Campus
- Aspect - St Peter's College Tuggerah Campus
- Australian Christian College, Marsden Park
- Blacktown Youth College, Hebersham
- Blacktown Youth College, Lawson
- Chrysalis Steiner School
- Darkinjung Barker at Yarramalong
- Kempsey Adventist School
- Manning Adventist Bush School
- Manning Valley Anglican School
- Ngarralingayil Barker at Wollombi
- SEDA College, Olympic Park
- SEDA College, Glebe
- St Columba Anglican School, Port Macquarie
- St Pauls Grammar School
- St Philip’s Christian College, Gosford
- St Philip’s Christian College DALE Gosford
- St Philp’s Christian College DALE Young Parents Wyong
- Taree Christian College
- The Nature School
- Unity Grammar
- Wollemi College Werrington
Catholic schools
Broken Bay Diocese
- St Cecilia's, Wyong
- St Peter's Catholic College, Tuggerah
Lismore Diocese
- St Mary's Primary School, Bowraville
- St Joseph's Primary School, Kempsey
- St Paul's College, Kempsey
- St Joseph's Primary School, Wauchope
- St Joseph's Primary School, Laurieton
- Newmans College, Port Macquarie
- St Mary's Primary School, Bellingen
- St Johns Woodlawn
- St James Primary School, Yamba
Maitland Newcastle Diocese
- St Joseph’s Primary School, Bulahdelah
- St Joseph’s Primary School, Gloucester
- St Joseph’s Primary School, Taree
- St Clare’s Secondary College, Taree
- St Joseph’s Primary School, Wingham
Parramatta Diocese
- Penola Catholic College, Emu Plains
- CathWest Innovation College (McCarthy Campus), Emu Plains
- Bede Polding College, South Windsor
- St Matthew’s Primary School, Windsor
- St Monica’s Primary School, Richmond
- Chisholm Primary School, Bligh Park
- Mary Immaculate Primary School, Quakers Hill
- Santa Sofia Catholic College (temporary secondary site, Schofields)
- St Andrews Primary School, Marayong
- St Andrews College, Marayong
- St John Paul II Catholic College, Schofields and Nirimba
- St Johns Primary School, Riverstone
- St Josephs Primary School, Schofields
- St Lukes Catholic College, Marsden Park
*More schools may have been added to the Department's list of school closures since this article was published.