Brisbane’s top primary schools revealed

Brisbane’s best primary schools have been revealed with six state schools holding their own against prestigious private schools at the top of the list. SEE THE LIST OF 150 SCHOOLS

BRISBANE’S best primary schools have been revealed with six state schools holding their own against prestigious private schools at the top of the list.

Eleven Brisbane primary schools scored a perfect 100 on the Better Education website’s list which compares 150 primary schools.

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Rainworth, Macgregor, Ashgrove, Ironside, Wishart and Indooroopilly state schools were equally ranked with some of Brisbane’s most prestigious private schools including St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School and Brisbane Grammar School.

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The other top non-government schools included St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Somerville House and Clayfield College.

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The list crunches test results from NAPLAN (National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy) scores in 2018 to analyse how the schools are performing and provide parents and those involved in education with information on the best schools and how they compare across the state.

But it’s not all good news for the state’s primary schools.

A recent Sunday Mail investigation showed year five students at Ashgrove State School, which is among Queensland’s best NAPLAN schools, scored 25 fewer NAPLAN points on average per subject against the state mean, compared to how the same year group performed in 2016.

A similar drop in performance between Year 3 and Year 5 was found at Wishart State School and St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School.

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Not all Queensland primary schools were compared on the Better Education website, but in good news for parents, even the seven least-ranked Brisbane schools still obtained a score of 92.

A Department of Education spokesperson has debunked the list, calling into question the validity of the rankings.

The Education spokesperson said the department does not endorse the website “nor the use of artificial school rankings”.

“It is not clear how the website has ranked schools, but is likely based on a very simplistic approach using publicly available Year 5 NAPLAN Reading and Numeracy data, which was scaled to produce a score out of 100,” the department spokesperson said.

Education Minister Grace Grace last year ordered a state government review of NAPLAN, which Queensland has been participating in for the past ten years.

A federal review is also underway into the 2018 Naplan results after discrepancies were found between the online and paper tests, with education ministers including Ms Grace pushing for a broader national review.

The results of the federal review of the 2018 Naplan results will be discussed at the next Education Council meeting in February.