Most improved Sunshine Coast, Noosa NAPLAN schools revealed in last five years

The Sunshine Coast and Noosa’s most improved NAPLAN schools over the last five years have been revealed after analysis of results spanning 2017-2021. See how your school went.

Coolum Beach Christian College principal Terry Hornby says NAPLAN is one of several tools used by the school.

A school designed with a two class limit for each year level has rocketed up the NAPLAN rankings, emerging as the Sunshine Coast and Noosa’s most improved secondary school of the past five years.

Analysis of NAPLAN data from 2017-2021 showed Coolum Beach Christian College as the fastest learner in the region for secondary schools with the average Year 9 NAPLAN results increasing by 7.31 per cent over the past five years of NAPLAN.

Caloundra City Private School in Pelican Waters recorded the biggest improvement for a primary school with the average Year 5 NAPLAN results increasing by 9.94 per cent over the past five years of NAPLAN.

Montville State School at Montville was the second best with an increase of 9.67 per cent followed by Mount Kilcoy State School at Mount Kilcoy with an increase of 8.92 per cent.

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Noosa Christian College at Cooroy was the second best secondary school with a 4.97 per cent increase followed by Nambour Christian College at Woombye with an increase of 4.36 per cent.

Coolum Beach Christian College president Terry Hornby said the school had been an “intentionally designed small school” with two classes for each year level allowing staff to “know each child on a very personal level”.

“We have found the close community feel of the College generates a culture where the children want to learn, where they feel safe and where they feel loved,” Mr Hornby said.

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“The College does not do intensive NAPLAN preparation except for familiarity with devices used in the tests.”

Mr Hornby said NAPLAN was just one of “a suite of tools” used to validate that every student had made progress on their education journey.

“Education is a journey, it is not the score on a test,” he said.

The analysis compared the five year change in NAPLAN results from 2017 and 2021 and revealed the schools which have improved their Year 5 and Year 9 student scores the most.

It was calculated by each school‘s combined results for each NAPLAN subject in 2017 and compared to the same results in 2021.

Meanwhile, Peregian Beach College in Peregian Beach recorded the lowest improvement for a primary school with the average Year 5 NAPLAN results returning a result of -8.27 per cent over the past five years of NAPLAN.

While, Caloundra State High School in Caloundra recorded the lowest improvement for a secondary school returning a result of -4.01 per cent over the past five years.