Glebe Public School has an enrolment of approximately 300 students from Kindergarten to Year 41% of students at the school identify as having EAL/D and 18% of students identify as Aboriginal.

The Index of Community Socio-Education Advantage (ICSEA) value of the school is 1019, which has steadily increased since records began in 2008 when the school received a value of 937 (under the average score of 1000; ACARA, 2017). The school strongly embraces their local Indigenous community and often community members volunteer in the classroom. Due to the diversity of students, the school employs a Community Liaison Officer, a Chinese speaking Student Learning Support Officer and an Aboriginal Education Officer to support students, parents and teachers.

The School has been working with Sydney Theatre Company’s School Drama program every year since the program began its pilot study in 2009. School Drama refers to the teacher professional learning program program developed by Sydney Theatre Company in partnership with The University of Sydney. A teaching artist works with a primary classroom teacher in a co-mentoring model to co-plan, co-teach and co- mentor each other over a school term focussing on using drama with quality literature to explore one or more English or literacy learning outcomes.