White Rock’s Trinity Anglican School and South Johnstone’s St Rita’s school top rankings for 2022
An independent analysis has revealed the top academic NAPLAN performers in the Far North. See where your school ranked.
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An independent analysis of newly-released 2022 NAPLAN results has revealed the schools which performed the best in the Year 5 and Year 9 tests.
St Rita’s Catholic Primary School has improved significantly to top the Far North’s results for year 5.
The South Johnstone school had better primary results than any other school in Far North Queensland, scoring an average of 553 across five test subjects.
School principal Peta Bryan said the secret to their success was the dedication from the teachers.
“Teachers use data to identify areas of need to ensure each child is progressing with their learning,” she said.
“We’re very proud of our results, particularly when Queensland Catholic Education Commission likened our results to Sydney Grammar Schools.”
An independent analysis of newly-released 2022 NAPLAN results also revealed Trinity Anglican School to be a top performer amount secondary schools. The consistently performing school topped the year 9 results with an average score of 609.2, and placed third for year 5 with a score of 520.2.
School principal Mr Paul Sjogren said the school used a variety of data evidence to measure and improve student learning.
“We use pre and post testing at the start and end of each year to identify individual strengths and weaknesses as well as provide cohort feedback for our curriculum design and pedagogical approaches,” Mr Sjogren said.
“We do the same with Year 12 outcome data. Our school improvement metrics definitely show a positive trend.”
Mr Sjogren attributes the success to outstanding staff, engaged students and supportive parents.
“We have a high participation rate in NAPLAN and don’t prepare students by ‘Teaching to the test’, as the NAPLAN assessment is a narrow measure at a point in time. We find that our students tend to ‘step up’ for assessments, a great indicator of resilience,” he said.
To determine how each school performed, the scores for all five test subjects for the year 5 and 9 student cohorts were combined and the average found. The figures were independently compiled from the federal government’s MySchool website.
Cairns School of Distance Education co-ordinated an extraordinary effort to score the second highest average year 9 score in FNQ.
Special schools, schools with fewer than 20 students enrolled and schools that did not report any results were excluded from the analysis.
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Originally published as White Rock’s Trinity Anglican School and South Johnstone’s St Rita’s school top rankings for 2022
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