Riverstone school Norwest Christian College nabs top spot for Blacktown in 2022 NAPLAN

A western Sydney school’s proactive learning program is setting up graduates for success in higher learning, after celebrating success in 2022 NAPLAN testing. See how Blacktown’s schools did here.

Norwest Christian College principal Felicity Marlow. The Riverstone school took the top spot in the Blacktown are in NAPLAN 2022. Picture: David Sheerman

Norwest Christian College teaching director Linda Hogan has praised the work of staff in delivering independent, self-actuated graduates, as the school celebrates success in the 2022 NAPLAN testing.

The Riverstone K-12 school ranked within the top 25 high schools in western Sydney, with Blacktown Girls and Boys High Schools and Western Grammar School in Plumpton all cracking the top 50 in the city’s west.

Ms Hogan said it was “extremely pleasing” to see the Christian college rank so highly, and credited the school’s success in last year’s testing to the “learning powered approach” taken by staff and teachers.

“Our approach means the students are empowered to know how to learn,” Ms Hogan said.

“Its what we hear most from our graduates, actually.

Norwest Christian College teaching director Linda Hogan. Picture: David Sheerman

“They go to university and are competing with students with 99 ATAR scores, but our students are coping better because they’ve been taught to be independent.”

Ms Hogan said the learning program had been implemented across the school over the past five years, but had particularly struck a chord with the college’s senior students.

Norwest Christian College students. Picture: David Sheerman

“Its taken a few years to see evidence of the plan yielding results,” Ms Hogan said.

“But, we’re seeing it coming through in all corners of the school.”

See how western Sydney’s high school students did here.