Katanning Primary School established in 1892, offers Kindergarten to Year 7 education. This country school is 287 km from Perth city and 173 km from Albany. The student population includes 45% from 8 nationalities with many new arrivals to Australia who speak little or no English. 34% of our students are Aboriginal who are classified as an English as a Second Dialect student. The school celebrates its wide range of economic and cultural diversity. The school has a majority of teachers with less than 3 years teaching experience. However, irrespective of the high turn over, KPS continually provides a strong and wide range of programs including Health and Physical Education, Art, English as a Second Language, Cultural Studies, 'Its Mathsademic', for higher achieving learners in Maths, Breakfast Club and In-school Tuition support. A strong pastoral care program encourages all students to strive to excel. Parents and the community play an important role in supporting the school including Katanning Aboriginal Primary School Advisory Group which has received wide-spread accolades for the partnerships and quality outcomes in Aboriginal education.