Brisbane North’s top NAPLAN schools revealed

The top performing NAPLAN schools in Brisbane North have been revealed following the 2019 results release. SEE HOW YOUR SCHOOL RATED

The top performing NAPLAN schools in Brisbane North have been revealed.

THE top performing NAPLAN schools in Brisbane North have been revealed following the 2019 results release.

Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 took part in the controversial nationwide standardised test in May.

The test is designed to measure students in literacy and numeracy and track progress.

The top performing primary and secondary schools in Brisbane North were also Queensland’s top performing schools in those categories.

Year 3 Students Isobel Stobie, Jasmine Moody, Mia Vidler, Eva Williams, Penelope Cronin and Charlie Morgans at St Margaret's Anglican Girls School, which is Brisbane North’s top performing primary school for NAPLAN results this year. Picture: Lachie Millard

Results across the Brisbane North region found Year 3 and Year 5 students at St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School received an average NAPLAN score of 5324 — the area’s top performing primary school.

The second best performing primary school was Rainworth State School, where the average result was 5323 for Year 3 and Year 5 students.

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The third best performing primary school was Ashgrove State School where the schoolwide average score was 5281.

Brisbane Girls Grammar School was Brisbane North’s top performing high school. There, Year 7 and Year 9 students received an average NAPLAN score of 6252.

The second best performing high school was Brisbane Grammar School, where the average score was 6242, while the third best performing school was All Hallows’ School, where the average score was 6148.

Brisbane Girls Grammar School Principal Jacinda Euler said the school was proud of their students’ “consistently strong” NAPLAN results.

“They take their studies seriously, are encouraged to give their personal best and deserve the excellent results they receive,” Ms Euler said.

All students at the school undertake NAPLAN, which Ms Euler said meant every student played their part in the school’s success.

She said one of the key elements to the school’s consistently-high performance in NAPLAN and other academic results was developing “a love of learning”, and “the ability to think critically”.

“Our girls are taught to think deeply and to think for themselves, and this is reflected not only in their NAPLAN results, but also in how they learn and respond to the world in which they live.

“NAPLAN results capture just one aspect of each student’s academic performance against their national peers, and should be considered alongside other forms of school-based assessment to get a balanced view of their progress,” Ms Euler said.

Brisbane Girls Grammar School Year 7 girls Elsie Butler, Eva Lusk, Aily Chang and Alyssa Godinho. The school was Brisbane North’s top performing high school in this year’s NAPLAN results. Picture: Nigel Hallett

St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School Principal Ros Curtis said she was very proud of what the students and staff had achieved.

She said she believed one of the keys to the primary school’s success had been an “explicit teaching of the foundational skills of learning — literacy and numeracy”.

“We fundamentally believe that all subjects benefit from strengths in those areas,” she said.

“We’ve done that by increasing teaching time for literacy and numeracy, both in the primary school and in the lower secondary school.”

Ms Curtis said the school doesn’t do extensive preparation specifically for NAPLAN, and said she doesn’t consider it “high-stakes” testing.

“I believe NAPLAN provides really important information to teachers about the strength of their program, and how their students are travelling,” she said.

“There is some test preparation, but the best preparation is what they do every day in the classroom — that’s really important.”

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The NAPLAN test remains controversial, with the Queensland Government calling for a national review into the test.

But advocates maintain the test is an important way to view student and school progress at one moment in time and schools use the results to improve teaching.

BRISBANE NORTH’S TOP 10 PERFORMING PRIMARY SCHOOLS:

1. St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Ascot: 5324 points

2. Rainworth State School, Bardon: 5323 points

3. Ashgrove State School: 5281 points

4. Indooroopilly State School: 5259 points

5. Eagle Junction State School, Clayfield: 5159 points

6. St Peters Lutheran College, Indooroopilly: 5131 points

7. Ironside State School, St Lucia: 5120 points

8. Chapel Hill State School: 5116 points

9. Brisbane Boys’ College, Toowong: 5115 points

10. Fig Tree Pocket State School: 5115 points

BRISBANE NORTH’S TOP 10 PERFORMING HIGH SCHOOLS:

1. Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Brisbane City: 6252 points

2. Brisbane Grammar School, Spring Hill: 6242 points

3. All Hallows’ School, Brisbane City: 6148 points

4. St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace: 6097 points

5. St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Ascot: 6081 points

6. St Peters Lutheran College, Indooroopilly: 6079 points

7. Mt St Michael’s College, Ashgrove: 6047 points

8. Hillbrook Anglican School, Enoggera: 6022 points

9. St Rita’s College, Clayfield: 5991 points

10. Stuartholme School, Toowong: 5921 points