Almost the best that can be said of our 7 local schools academically is that they are sometimes achieving results close to the Average of schools which are similar on the Index of Community Socio-Economic Advantage (ICSEA). Out of 95 results 56 were Close To Average for schools with similar ICSEA values. For example all Ferny Grove State High School Year 9 results were Close To Average for schools with similar ICSEA values. Let’s not kid outselves: Our local schools are producing at best very ordinary academic results in our local children in a world that is becoming increasingly academically competitive.
It reflects poorly on local schools that often they are achieving results which are Below those of schools with similar ICSEA values across the nation. Out of 95 results 33 were Below Average for schools with similar ICSEA values. There simply is no excuse for these results not improving to at least Average.
There were 3 Substantially Below Average results which is an improvement. They were: Grovely State School Year 3 Persuasive Writing; Grovely State School Year 7 Persuasive Writing; and Ferny Grove State School Year 5 Persuasive Writing.
[b]There were 3 (out of 95) Substantially Above Average results: Patricks Rd State School: Year 3 Reading and Year 3 Grammar & Punctuation. CONGRATULATIONS PATRICKS RD STATE SCHOOL. Ferny Hills State School Year 7 Numeracy. CONGRATULATIONS FERNY HILLS STATE SCHOOL.[/b]
There were no Above Average results.
It is very important to look at changes from year to year in results. NAPLAN is about providing schools with information that will enable them to improve steadily from year to year.
Results that improved a level (for example from Below Average to Average; or from Close To Average to Above Average) were achieved in 24 cases. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO IMPROVED. They are:
Ferny Grove State School:
Year 3: Spelling
Year 3: Grammar & Punctuation
Year 5: Reading
Year 5: Numeracy
Year 7: Spelling
Patricks Rd State School:
Year 3: Reading
Year 3: Grammar & Punctuation
Year 3: Numeracy
Ferny Hills State School:
Year 3: Reading
Year 3: Spelling
Year 3: Numeracy
Year 5: Reading
Year 5: Grammar & Punctuation
Year 5: Numeracy
Grovely State School:
Year 3: Reading
Year 3: Spelling
Year 7: Spelling
St Williams School:
Year 3: Spelling
Year 3: Numeracy
Year 5: Reading
Year 5: Spelling
Year 5: Grammar & Punctuation
Year 5: Numeracy
Year 7: Numeracy
[b]In one case an improvement of two levels was achieved: Ferny Grove State School Year 3 Numeracy. CONGRATULATIONS TO FERNY GROVE STATE SCHOOL ESPECIALLY THE YEAR 3 NUMERACY TEACHING. [/b]
The results which are of most concern are those which not only fail to improve but fall.
A fall of one level was recorded in the following cases and needs to be turned around:
Patricks Rd State School:
Year 5: Spelling
Year 7: Spelling
Ferny Hills State School:
Year 7: Reading
Year 7: Numeracy
Grovely State School:
Year 7: Spelling
St Andrews School:
Year 7: Spelling
Year 7: Grammar & Punctuation
Year 7: Numeracy
[b]A fall of two levels was recorded in the following cases and is cause for serious concern and urgent need to improve significantly:
Grovely State School:
Year 7: Reading
St Williams School:
Year 7: Grammar & Punctuation
St Andrews School:
Year 7: Reading[/b]
Overall local schools achieved more improvements in results than falls improving 26 levels and falling 14 levels for an overall improvement of 12 levels which is definitely heading in the right direction. CONGRATULATIONS
Looking at individual schools:
[u]Ferny Grove State School[/u]: 13 out of 15 results were Close To Average for similar ICSEA (ADEQUATE BUT NOT EXCITING). Year 5 Spelling was Below Average (NEEDS ATTENTION). Year 5 Persuasive Writing was Substantially Below Average [b](NEEDS SERIOUS ATTENTION)[/b]. Year 3 Numeracy improved 2 levels (OUTSTANDING). Year 3 Spelling and Grammar & Punctuation and Year 5 Reading and Numeracy and Year 7 Spelling improved one level (WELL DONE). No results fell. Number of levels improved: 7 Number of levels fallen: 0 [b]Total improvement: 7 levels (CONGRATULATIONS – MOST IMPROVED[/b])
[u]Patricks Rd State School[/u]: 10 out of 15 results were Close To Average for similar ICSEA. (ADEQUATE). [b]Year 3 Reading and Grammar & Punctuation were Substantially Above Average. (CONGRATULATIONS – TOP RESULTS)[/b]. Year 3 Persuasive Writing; Year 4 Persuasive Writing and Spelling were Below Average (NEEDS ATTENTION). Year 5 Spelling and Year 7 Spelling fell a level. (NEEDS ATTENTION). Year 3 Reading Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy improved a level (WELL DONE). Number of levels improved: 3 Number of levels fallen: 2 Total improvement: 1 level
[u]Ferny Hills State School[/u]: 10 out of 15 results were Close To Average for similar ICSEA (ADEQUATE). [b]Year 3 Numeracy Sustantially Above Average (CONGRATULATIONS – TOP RESULT)[/b]. Year 5 Spelling Year 7 Reading and Numeracy Below Average (NEEDS ATTENTION). Year 3 Reading Spelling and Numeracy and Year 5 Reading Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy improved one level (WELL DONE). Year 7 Reading and Numeracy fell one level (NEEDS ATTENTION). Number of levels improved: 6 Number of levels fallen: 2 Total Improvement: 4 levels (WELL DONE)
[u]Grovely State School[/u]: [b] 3 out of 15 results were Close To Average for similar ICSEA (NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION).[/b] Year 3 Spelling Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy and Year 5 Persuasive Writing and Spelling and Year 7 Reading Spelling Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy were Below Average (NEEDS ATTENTION).[b] Year 3 Persuasive Writing and Year 7 Persuasive Writing were Substantially Below Average (NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION).[/b] Year 3 Reading and Spelling and Year 7 Spelling improved one level (WELL DONE). [b]Year 7 Reading fell two levels (NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION) Number of levels improved: 3 Number of levels fallen: 2 Total improvement: 1 level
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[u]St Williams School[/u]: [b]7 out of 15 results were Close To Average for similar ICSEA (NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION).[/b] All Year 3 results (Reading Persuasive Writing Spelling Grammar & Punctutation and Numeracy) and Year 5 Spelling and Year 7 Spelling and Grammar & Punctuation were Below Average. [b](NEEDS ATTENTIONESPECIALLY YEAR 3)[/b]. Year 3 Spelling and Numeracy and Year 5 Reading Spelling Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy and Year 7 Numeracy improved one level (WELL DONE). [b]Year 7 Grammar & Punctuation fell two levels (NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION)[/b] Number of levels improved: 7 Number of levels fallen: 2 Total improvement: 5 levels (CONGRATULATIONS)
[u]St Andrews School[/u]: [b]6 out of 15 results were Close To Average for similar ICSEA (NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION)[/b] Year 3 Spelling Year 5 Reading Spelling Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy and Year 7 Reading Spelling Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy were all Below Average (NEEDS ATTENTION). Year 7 Spelling Grammar & Punctuation and Numeracy fell one level (NEEDS ATTENTION). [b]Year 7 Reading fell two levels (NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION)[/b]. Number of levels improved: 0 Number of levels fallen: 5 [b]Total improvement (Negative) Fell 5 levels (NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION)[/b]
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Pine Community School[/u] students do not sit for NAPLAN.
[u]Ferny Grove State High School[/u]: Only Year 9 is tested. 5 out of 5 results were Close To Average (ADEQUATE BUT NOT EXCITING) Number of levels improved: 0 Number of levels fallen: 0 Total improvement: 0 levels (NEEDS ATTENTION)