[5] Tetsuo Mizukami (水上 徹男 Mizukami Tetsuo[6]), author of The Sojourner Community: Japanese Migration and Residency in Australia, wrote in 2007 that the international classes were "so popular" that Australian parents have requested that the SJIS introduce them at the high school level.

[4] SJIS, the first overseas Japanese school not in an undeveloped country, opened in May 1969 in one room in a Lindfield church.

[8] The international division accepts students with any citizenship so long as they at least have the right to live in Australia long-term and if their parents reside with them.

[5] The students in both divisions combine classrooms in three of their subjects: Music, Physical Education and Visual Arts.

[5] Bilingual assemblies are held weekly and all students study and play on the one campus allowing for friendships and interaction throughout the day.

[10] The school is on a 5.7-hectare (14-acre) campus located 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Sydney central business district.

[7] Classrooms include smartboards and telephones connected to the school's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) system.