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This is an interesting one, the boundary of the Curl Curl North Public School catchment is redrawn for 2026. However, because all the area affected are industrial zone or part of high school, so there should be no impact on the enrolment number at all.

In the future I will not cover any changes that have no real impact on enrolment. The green striped area is being transferred from Brookvale and Harbord Public School to Curl Curl North Public School in 2026.

The black border is the 2026 catchment boundary and the red is the 2025 boundary.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

• School Zone
• School intake area
• School catchment

As usual contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Primary School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Interesting changes to the Harbord Public School catchment in 2026. It essentially regained all the area it transferred away back in 2023 plus a bit more. I do not normally see this kind of swap back and forth in such short period of time, must be hard for the parents in the area to work with this. If you are interested in that change, you can find in the following blog entry.

2023 Harbord Public School Catchment Update

The green striped area is being transferred from Manly Vale Public School to Harbord Public School in 2026. This area is mainly consist of single dwellings but also contain some media density dwellings as well, given the size of area being transferred, the impact on the enrolment number for 2026 will be fairly significant. Also the southern larger part of the zone being transferred back was the part that originally switched to Manly Vale Public School in 2026.

The red striped area is being transferred from Brookvale Public School to Harbord Public School in 2026. This area is mostly consist of single dwellings, so the impact is pretty minor compare to the transfer in the above paragraph.

The black border is the 2026 catchment boundary and the red is the 2025 boundary.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

• School Zone
• School intake area
• School catchment

As usual contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Primary School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Again another significant changes to the catchment of Manly Vale Public School in 2026.

The green striped area is being transferred from Manly Vale Public School to Harbord Public School in 2026. This area is mainly consist of single dwellings but also contain some media density dwellings as well, given the size of area being transferred, the impact on the enrolment number for 2026 will be fairly significant.

The red striped area is being transferred from Manly Vale Public School to Brookvale Public School in 2026. This area is mostly consist of single dwellings with a few medium size ones, so the impact is less significant compare to the transfer in the above paragraph.

The black border is the 2026 catchment boundary and the red is the 2025 boundary.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

• School Zone
• School intake area
• School catchment

As usual contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Primary School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Large changes to the primary school catchment is happening to the Northern beaches area in 2026. This is first of many that I will do to cover all the changes in as much detail as possible.

Major school upgrade work has been completed at Manly Village Public School which is likely what triggered the change in the catchment for 2026.

The change is very significant, while mostly low density houses, it is also dotted with medium to high density dwellings. I am expecting fairly significant increase in enrolment number for Manly Village Public School in 2026. The new border roughly run through Francis and Crescent Street, please note either side of these streets still belong to Manly West Public School.

The green striped area is what will be transferred from Manly West to Manly Village Public School in 2026. The black border is the 2026 catchment boundary and the red is the 2025 boundary.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

• School Zone
• School intake area
• School catchment

As usual contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Primary School Catchment Map by following this link.

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