Springwood Central has 387 students. Our emblem represents striving along the road towards our goal of learning. Our motto 'Through Effort Success' embodies the emphasis the school places upon participation and effort. The school offers eight key learning areas and has a specialist sport and music program. The school offers a broad range of extra curricula areas including music keyboard programs and playtime activities involving fun sports and hip hop dancing. The school participates in interschool sport in rugby league, soccer, Australian Rules football, netball and cheerleading, achieving championship status in many of these sports. Staff are dedicated to meeting the needs of students. A broadly based leadership program begins with monitors in the lower school, moving to active student council representation in the upper school. Our Green Key club members are the ambassadors of our school and conduct the tours for visitors and assist at functions. The school community elects our school leadership group of school captains, vice captains and sports captains. We cater to a diverse range of students and have both a special education unit catering for intellectual impairment, autism, speech language impairment and an early childhood development program supporting pre prep students with disabilities. The extensive music program includes strings, woodwind, percussion, brass and guitar and a school choir. The school is part of the National Literacy Partnership and has the services of a literacy coach to support our strong focus on Literacy. Commitment to our students' wellbeing is very strong and we work with students to develop interpersonal and life skills through using the "School Wide Positive Behaviour Support" and "You Can Do It" Programs. The keys of Getting Along, Confidence, Persistence, Organisation and Resilience help everyone to meet each school rule"Be Safe and Healthy, Be a Learner and Achiever and Be Cooperative". Our school chaplain is an important part of our support program. We have strong links..