Central West’s top ranked performing schools for NAPLAN 2022

NAPLAN 2022 results have seen Canobolas Public School and Central West Leadership Academy rise to the top. Use our interactive tool to see how other schools ranked in 2022.

Naplan is an Australian Standardised Test that most school children go through. In this image, preschool child tracing the word NAPLAN. Font used for tracing is my own design,

The release of the latest NAPLAN results has revealed the top ranked schools in the Central West which performed in Year 5 and Year 9 tests.

Canobolas Public School, in Orange, ranked first in Year 5 tests, scoring an average of 542.20 across the five subject tests.

St Joeseph’s Catholic School in Gilgandra was the second ranked primary school in the region, scoring an average of 534, while Borenore Public School was third ranked with an average of 528.40.

Central West Leadership Academy, in Dubbo, is leading the path in secondary school listings with an average of 619.2.

Orange’s Kinross Wolaroi School ranked second in secondary school listings with an average of 602.60, while placing fifth in primary school rankings with an average of 523.80.

Orange Christian School ranked third with an average score of 599.40.

The figures were independently complied from the Federal Government’s MySchool website.

Kinross Wolaroi School principal Dr Andrew Parry. Photo: Supplied

Kinross Wolaroi School takes a “holistic” approach with their NAPLAN results as they are “always looking to improve student outcomes” that is not necessarily driven by NAPLAN results.

Principal Andrew Parry referred to “targeted teaching and learning” techniques to each student with a combination of support provides a “rigorous and positive learning culture”.

“If students are performing well and achieving sound results in the classroom, we know they will perform well in NAPLAN,” Dr Parry said.

Dr Parry said the school’s values of courage, respect, inclusiveness, resilience, commitment are actively at school with both “relationships and learning”.

“Applying these values enhances students’ confidence in their capacity to learn, as well as their resilience when they face an academic challenge,” he said.

“The school‘s wellbeing curriculum proactively develops the skills and mindsets that support students to be resilient, persevere, make good choices and relate well to others.”

Central West Leadership Academy principal Mandi Randell. Picture: Supplied

Central West Leadership Academy’s academic coordinator Andrew Diessel said “the academy is proud of it’s achievements, not just our results in NAPLAN.”

“We have some of the best students in the world in our school and we encourage personal best for every child,” Mr Diessel said.

He said the academy recognises individual needs with a focus on a “21 century” approach.

“The academy employs a data driven approach to teaching and learning, identifying individual student needs and working with parents and teachers to plan for improvement,” he said.

“Each teacher works to identify students’ next steps to enable all students to continually grow.”

CENTRAL WEST TOP RANKED YEAR 5 SCHOOLS FOR 2022

Canobolas Public School: 542.20

St Joseph’s Primary School (Gilgandra): 534

Boremore Public School: 528.40

St Joseph’s Primary School (Grenfell): 524.40

Kinross Wolaroi School: 523.80

Nashdale Public School: 520.40

O’Connell Public School: 518

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School (Dubbo): 517.20

Cudal Public School: 516.40

St Edward’s Catholic Primary School (Canowindra): 513.40

CENTRAL WEST TOP RANKED YEAR 9 SCHOOLS FOR 2022

Central West Leadership Academy: 619.20

Kinross Wolaroi School: 602.60

Orange Christian School: 599.40

St Matthew’s Catholic School (Mudgee): 592.40

St Mary’s Catholic School (Wellington): 591.80

Macquarie Anglican Grammer School: 588.60

Scots All Saints College: 585.60

Dubbo School of Distance Education: 581.80

MacKillop College (Bathurst): 581

Dubbo Christian School: 580.80