Currambine is the Aboriginal meaning for ‘Place of Hard Rock’. The school is situated on high ground with views of the Indian Ocean to the west and the spectacular Darling Ranges to the East. Currambine Primary School is located in the northern suburbs of Perth in the Joondalup area. The school opened in 1997 with approximately 300 children and the population has grown to 865 children. The school was reclassified as a level six school at the start of 2003.

Currambine Primary prides itself on being culturally diverse. The majority of students are Australian but a large number of students have joined the school from South Africa and the United Kingdom, as well as children from Asia and other African countries.

The school has excellent facilities with three teaching blocks and a fully enclosed and carpeted undercover area, making assemblies and incursions a comfortable, enjoyable and relaxing venue. There are separate buildings for Administration, Library and staffroom, and 19 demountable classrooms that are all well presented and air conditioned. Each class has 4 computers and the school boasts a new computer laboratory.

Environmental Education is a focus area at Currambine Primary School, and is incorporated into many learning areas. The school has an active environmental club The Currambine Cockatoo Club, which was established in 2000. The name Cockatoo Club was chosen after the school logo which carries the Carnaby Cockatoo, a large bird that once frequented the area. The club holds fortnightly meetings during which the children work on various projects - weeding, sorting WasteWise materials, watering seedlings, bottling worm juice, feeding worm farms, researching and promoting environmental issues such as Free The Bears and anti-whaling petitions. The club hosts incursions from various environmental groups several times a year and visits environmental facilities. The children also go on camp to venues such as Tammin Landcare Centre and Rottnest Island. The school participates in Clean Up Australia Day activities and the WaterWise and WasteWise programmes. Check out one of the school's biggest projects - a weed/litter infested storm sump converted into an outdoor classroom known as the "frog bog" www.currambineps.wa.edu.au/frog_lizard.html.

The ethos and philosophy of Currambine Primary School is being implemented through the FLECS program. The FLECS (Flexible Learning Experiences in a Collaborative Structure) Program involves team and collaborative teaching utilising successful developmental methods as First Steps Continua and Student Outcome Statements. Teachers use professional judgement to determine best teaching strategies across the learning areas.