The database contains entries for more than 7,390 government schools in New South Wales since the opening of the first school in September 1848, namely Kempsey National School. The final addition was made in January 2015. (Source: Government schools of New South Wales: 1848-2003.) You can search by school names, counties or school types. Please refer to the Glossary of school types or Database facts for more information.

See also the dataset: Historical information about NSW government schools (1848-2019) and the current list of schools, the Master dataset: NSW government school locations and student enrolment numbers.

Other historical sources: NSW State Archives and Records, State Library of NSW, NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education, and Trove (National Library of Australia).