Discover the Prouille Difference
We provide a holistic education for children from Kindergarten through to Year 6, focusing on the academic, physical, emotional, social, creative and spiritual growth of each child.
Prouille Catholic Primary School in Wahroonga, is a Kindergarten to Year 6 co-educational school located in the Diocese of Broken Bay in Sydney’s North Shore. The school was founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1950; the school flourished under the Dominican Sisters until 1989 when the first lay principal was appointed.
The name ‘Prouille’ comes from the place in France, Prouilhe, where our patron saint, St Dominic, began his Order of Preachers. Our school motto is ‘Veritas’ which means to ‘seek the truth’.
Prouille strives to educate all children in the search for truth in a changing and challenging world. We strive to nurture and support the development of each child through an authentic and holistic education that caters specifically for all students’ individual needs. We strive to empower our students to responsible and compassionate action that provokes hope and optimism.
Prouille welcomes students and families of all backgrounds and faiths. Please note that your family does not need to be of the Catholic faith but are expected to embrace the Catholic values that we pride our students on.
As at 2025, our school population is 250. Our class sizes are small yet personal enough that every child is known by their name.
Our students primarily drawn from the Parish surroundings which include the suburbs of Wahroonga, St Ives, Turramurra, Warrawee, Westleigh, Normanhurst, Asquith and Mt Colah.
Prouille has a strong school spirit and has a welcoming, nurturing community. There is also a strong family tradition of attending Prouille, with many returning generations of children/grandchildren, which has created wonderful family spirit.
Prouille is a school that recognises each child as being unique. We are a school community where a friendly, trusting collaboration between all members of the school community is fostered for the ongoing development of each individual.
The community at Prouille is extraordinary and is particularly characterised by the “welcoming” parents, staff and students. This invaluable trait remains constant year in year out because of the effective Pastoral Care structures in place and the spirit of generosity that permeates all aspects of school life. Prouille is an integral part of Holy Name Parish, Wahroonga, and the wider community.
Prouille is a school of immense learning opportunities and innovation, supported by a nurturing and faith-led environment. Our learning specialists aim to instil a love of learning and foster a spirit of wellbeing within our students.
The facilities include administration offices, staff rooms, school hall, library, toilet block, canteen, undercroft area and resource rooms. All play areas are resurfaced, landscaped and all classrooms have air conditioning and interactive whiteboards. The school has wonderful outdoor play equipment with on-site tennis courts and a vegetable garden.
Diverse curricular activities initiated and maintained by a team of caring and dedicated education professionals, well maintained grounds, modern facilities and parent involvement combine to produce a dynamic learning community. This provides us with much to celebrate:
- consistently high NAPLAN results
- consistent high results in Maths Olympiad
- exceptional success in Music
- an extensive school Sport and Creative Arts program
- being a member with the Global Learning Community through our role in the New Pedagogies of Deep Learning Program, with all students making relevant connections to the contemporary world and with necessary academic skills to be life-long learners by developing the six global competencies of character, citizenship, collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking
- an active and responsive Student Representative Council, giving students leadership experience
- the development of team building skills, goal setting and interactive and effective communication skills
- a highly successful buddy system which helps to promote friendship and support between older and younger peers through regular collaboration, creating a sense of whole school community.
- an effective mental health and wellbeing framework founded on respectful relationships and a sense of belonging and inclusion.
- an innovative STEM Program inclusive of Coding, Robotics and an inquiry-based pedagogy.
