The Department of Education is undertaking a review of Inner West and Inner West primary school catchments.

They have developed a survey and one question asks people to consider alignment between primary and secondary intake areas as well any aspects of your school’s existing intake area that create challenges for the community when accessing your school.

There has been concern in the northern part of Darlington and Redfern about not being in the intake area for the Inner Sydney High School. Parts of these suburbs to the west of Redfern Station are instead in the Alexandria Park Community High School intake area.

If there was a bridge over the railway line at Carriageworks then Alexandria Park would be close to Darlington and the new housing proposed for North Eveleigh. But Transport for NSW still opposes this bridge, meaning children going to high school from Darlington
have very long trips via Redfern Station to Alexandria Park.

The infographic below shows the problem for Darlington parents and their children.

You can see the intake areas on https://schoolfinder.education.nsw.gov.au/

You can do the Inner West and Inner City Primary Schools survey –
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/86XSLDV

You can tell Department of Education they too should push Transport NSW for a Bridge.

You can support the Build a Bridge Campaign supported by REDWatch, Alexandria Residents Action Group (ARAG) and Friends of Erskineville (FoE) at https://actionnetwork.org/letters/build-a-bridge