Clarence Valley Anglican School

Teaching is organised into clearly defined stages across the two campuses. Pre-Kinder, including a Come and Play morning, introduces the youngest children to school. Junior Primary covers Kindergarten to Year 2 and Senior Primary Years 3 to 6, which are taught at the Clarenza campus from Year 5 onwards. Middle School covers Years 7 to 9, and Senior School Years 10 to 12, leading to the New South Wales senior secondary credential. The school also runs a Futures Program, a distance education option, Educational Support and Student Wellbeing provision.

CVAS is a co-educational and inclusive school grounded in Anglican values and governed by a School Council accountable to the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton. Its mission is to prepare students for a rapidly changing world and its vision is to equip them with the skills, knowledge and values to thrive locally and globally. The school names five core values: respect, opportunity, community, compassion and diversity. It emphasises student wellbeing alongside academic achievement, community engagement and innovative learning pathways.

CVAS operates from two campuses in the Clarence Valley: the Cathedral Campus at 39 Victoria Street in Grafton, the school's original site, and the Clarenza Campus at 74 Centenary Drive, opened in 2006 and now home to the older year groups. A 25-year master plan for the Clarenza Campus drawn up in 2019, sets out short, medium and long-term stages of development; its first stage included a Performance Centre, opened in 2021. The school also holds Farnworth, a 155-hectare property at Glenreagh gifted in 2016, used for outdoor education camps, co-curricular activities and agricultural study.

CVAS publishes practical information for families on both campuses: a canteen and Cafe 74 with price lists, bus travel arrangements, uniform and stationery requirements, term dates and an annual information package. Within the Learning area the school runs Educational Support and a Student Wellbeing programme, and it offers a Futures Program and distance education alongside the regular timetable. Fees and scholarships are published in the Enrolments section, and families can book a campus tour or apply online. A full set of policies and the annual reports are also published.

Co-curricular life at CVAS is built around a school House system and a programme the school calls Adventures for Life. Students take part in performing arts, in Community Activities Sports and Services (CASS), in student leadership and in a range of clubs and teams, and sport has its own place in the weekly programme. The school also runs activities that reflect its rural setting, including a Rural Fire Service cadet programme, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and the Kokoda Walk. Farnworth, the 155-hectare property gifted to the school in 2016, is being developed to host outdoor education camps and co-curricular activities as well as agricultural programmes.