About our school

We are a School for Specific Purpose (SSP) proudly serving the Wagga Wagga community. The Bidgee School provides specialist intervention for students impacted by complex trauma, abuse, neglect, family violence, autism, and mental health conditions through intensive support focused on educational, vocational, and wellbeing development. We offer a safe, structured, and inclusive learning environment where every student is recognised, valued, and supported to achieve their full potential.

Our dedicated team works collaboratively with families, carers, and support staff to create personalised learning and wellbeing plans. This ensures that every student can learn in a way that suits their unique needs. We provide intensive support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, emphasising inclusive education, wellbeing, and emotional regulation. Throughout our school community, we champion responsive and targeted neurological interventions designed to help our young people thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

Our classrooms are thoughtfully designed to meet each student’s individual needs. We prioritise creating spaces where students feel safe, respected, and ready to learn in ways that best suit them. Our compassionate and skilled staff foster student confidence, connection, and pride in who they are.

Our programs are informed by the latest research in educational pedagogy, trauma-informed practice, brain-based neurobiology, cognitive-behavioural psychology, mind-body integration, mindfulness, coaching, breathwork, and explicit contemplative and experiential practices. These approaches reduce internal stress and build psychological resilience in our students.

Bidgee School staff apply their deep understanding of trauma and its effects on the brain and body to develop innovative teaching methods tailored to the unique needs of our students.   By addressing the underlying causes of behaviour rather than its manifestations our interventions promote the development of adaptive, trauma-sensitive behaviours.

Across our setting, trauma-informed strategies are embedded to reduce student anxiety and enhance attentiveness. This supports students’ ability to engage fully with learning, reflected in consistently high levels of participation across all key learning areas. Our differentiated programs maintain a strong focus on literacy and numeracy alongside high expectations for student growth.

In addition, students engage in learning about the brain, coaching for transferable learning dispositions, social and emotional education, and explicit instruction in growth mindset and the neurobiology of trauma and healing. These initiatives help students move beyond past educational and emotional challenges, fostering a deep sense of connection to themselves, the school, and their peers.

The Bidgee School uses a placement panel process, and enrolment occurs through a formal referral. Families and schools interested in enrolling a student can contact us or their mainstream public school to discuss individual circumstances. To learn more, visit our enrolment enquiries page.