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SOUTH WEST · Inner Regional

Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School

Association of Independent Schools of WA

Address

5 Allen Road Gelorup 6230

Gelorup · WA 6230

Capel

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Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website

bcgs.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

Good · Methodology

ICSEA

1,100

Above average

Students

663

Large (600–1,199)

Student ratio

10.4:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

Verified ACARA data only — school environment, community context, and peer profile.

Decision Index

Good

strong staffing vs peers · high-advantage community context

55% school environment · 45% community context · ACARA + ABS + WA Police verified data

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School environment

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

10.4:1

Score 74

More staff per student than 74% of 53 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025; peer group ICSEA ±50

Staffing trend (5yr)

+3% ratio change

Score 70

Student–teacher ratio has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+5.9%

Score 74

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

59.8% teaching FTE

Score 52

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 52% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

Area socio-educational profile — context for who lives nearby, not teaching quality.

ICSEA community advantage

1100

Score 84

Community socio-educational advantage at the 84th percentile among WA combined schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-2.5%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 979 (decile 4)

Score 26

Economic resources index higher than 26% of WA postcode areas (ABS SEIFA IER). Proxy for housing affordability context.

Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 — Postal Area (POA), Index of Economic Resources (IER)

Area safety (police district)

407.1 / 100k

Score 73

South West District — lower offence rate than 73% of WA police districts (selected offences, FY to date). District-level indicator, not suburb-specific.

Source: WA Police Force — Crime Statistics 2024-25 (Financial Year to Date)

Peer profile

Who your child learns with — descriptive cohort data, not included in the Decision Index.

LBOTE students

22.0%

48th pct (WA)

22.0% LBOTE — higher than 48% of WA combined schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

4.0%

51th pct (WA)

4.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

42.0%

83th pct (WA)

42.0% of students from the top socio-educational advantage quarter — who your child learns alongside.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Planned external data (not yet integrated)

· Median house price (ABS Census — not yet integrated)

We do not show scores for housing or crime until verified open datasets are joined.

Legacy Swan Score (ICSEA 70% + LBOTE 30%): 74 — still available for filtering.

Data insights

What the data tells you

Key facts from ACARA 2025 and historical trends — use alongside school visits and My School NAPLAN.

ICSEA (SES index)Declining -2.5%

1100

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +3%

10.4:1

EnrolmentsUp +5.9%

663

800ICSEA 11001300

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Large (600–1,199) — 663 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1 — more staff per student than 74% of 53 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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22% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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ICSEA declining — from 1154 (2010) to 1100 (2025), -2.5% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +6% over 5 years (+37 students).

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

NAPLAN score history is on My School (ACARA). School-level bulk NAPLAN is not in the free download — we link to the official source.

ACARA My School

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ICSEA 1100 — compare NAPLAN progress against 53 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Inner Regional — SOUTH WEST education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

1100

Declining -2.5%

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (500–1300+). Higher means students typically come from more advantaged backgrounds — use for like-school comparisons, not as a quality score.