Kew Primary School

Overview

Kew Primary School is a government primary school on Peel Street in Kew, serving the residential community around one of the suburb's quieter internal streets. Peel Street runs through a network of Kew's characteristic broad, tree-lined residential avenues, with families walking from surrounding streets including Cotham Road, Sackville Street, and the streets running down toward the Yarra River. The school has a strong community spirit and is well regarded as a neighbourhood school serving Kew's established family demographic. Kew Junction's High Street precinct is within comfortable walking distance to the north, offering cafés, a cinema, specialty stores, and a Woolworths. The Yarra River parklands — including Studley Park Boathouse and Kew's extensive riverside reserves — are accessible to the south, providing exceptional open recreational space for families and school excursions. Cotham Road trams and High Street trams connect the school community to the CBD and to the broader inner-east. Nearby Genazzano FCJ College and Xavier College reinforce the strong educational character of the Cotham-Peel Street neighbourhood. The school is surrounded by Kew's characteristic Victorian, Edwardian, and Federation homes, with mature plane and elm trees lining residential streets, creating the settled, leafy environment that has long defined Kew's residential appeal and community identity.