About Us

Maylands Peninsula Primary School officially opened at the beginning of the 2004 school year as a result of the amalgamation of Maylands Primary School and East Maylands Primary Schools. In 2011, we achieved Independent Public School (IPS) status, which affords the school a number of flexibilities in the staffing of the school.

Although we are an Independent Public School, we remain part of the Western Australian public school system. As such, Maylands Peninsula Primary School is obliged to comply with relevant legislation, industrial agreements and whole of government policies and initiatives. These include the School Education Act 1999, School Education Regulations 2000 as well as each individual board's constitution.

Maylands Peninsula Primary School caters for students from Kindergarten to Year 6 who reside within the suburbs of Maylands and parts of Bayswater and Mount Lawley. Our family friendly, community feel creates a culture which reinforces the acceptance of diversity and promotes inclusivity. We enjoy an environment where all children can learn with confidence and excel.

The school has a richly diverse socio-economic and cultural population with 19% of our students born in 40 different overseas countries. 51% of our students speak a language other than English, with 69 other languages spoken. We operate an English as an Additional Language support program.

We are committed to providing a caring, practical, flexible, innovative and inclusive education for our students. We pride ourselves on our balanced curriculum. Whole school targeted approaches to literacy, numeracy and science are features of our school.

The school enjoys the support of an engaged school community with direction provided by the Maylands Peninsula Primary School Board and an active Parents and Citizens' Association.