School History

Scaddan Primary School is situated approximately 50kms from Esperance, in a mixed agricultural community. Children are drawn from surrounding farms with children travelling some distance on one of the two buses servicing the school. It is an established farming area with strong family ties. The accessibility from Esperance means that many extra- curricular activities are easily accessed to broaden the children's opportunities. Many children are second generation students thus the parents have a strong interest in the progress and the development of the school. The school motto of Learning and Friendship is embedded throughout the school, from the Scaddan School Song (written by a community member) through to the many different learning programmes.

The town-site of Scaddan was named after Mr John Scaddan, former Premier of Western Australia. The town has a focal point in an active Country Club which offers lawn bowls and an 18 hole golf course. The existing school, built in 1970, was opened in 1973, and after strong community lobbying, and was increased to three classrooms in 1984, returning to two in 1987. 

In 2024

Our school operates two full-time and one part time classroom (K/PP Year 1/2 and 3-6). Current staffing allows for two full-time classroom teachers, a part time early childhood teacher, a specialist Science/STEM teacher, a specialist Health and Physical Education teacher, a teaching administrator, a part time librarian and three part time education assistants. All multi-age classes encourage integration supporting strong values and cross curricular work to ensure maximum achievement of outcomes for student learning.

Our Kindergarten students attend Tuesday - Thursday each week.

Enrolments have fluctuated over the years between 22 to mid 40's. Future projected enrolments show an increasing student population with school predicted to be in the low 50's in 2026.