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GOLD COAST schools are leading the way as some of the best in the state when it comes to graduate results.
New data released by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority shows six of the Gold Coast’s high schools made the top 50 overall in the Queensland.
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More than 20 per cent of the 2552 OP eligible students on the Gold Coast last year received a score between from 1-5, which is in the top echelon.
Overall positions are graded from a level of one to 25, with one being the highest.
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Somerset College, Southport State High School, Emmanuel College, Coomera Anglican College, All Saints Anglican School and Tamborine Mountain High School all saw more than 30 per cent of their OP eligible students make the top bracket with an OP score ranging from 1-5.
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Somerset College topped the Gold Coast overall with 38.46 per cent of students - a total of 40 - receiving an OP from 1-5.
The school celebrated 10 OP1 graduates in 2018, their highest number to date.
The Mudgeeraba College, which has prep class through to Year 12, was also home to the highest performing NAPLAN results on the Gold Coast for both primary and high school last year.
Southport State High School was revealed to be the second-most successful school in the region, with 38.1 per cent of eligible students earning a score between 1-5.
The high school is the highest-achieving public school on the Gold Coast and the fifth most successful in the state.
The school has consistently had a reputation as one of the most desired catchments on the Gold Coast along with other high-performing public schools Tamborine Mountain State High (33.33 per cent), Varsity College (23.08 per cent) and Miami State High (22 per cent).
Seven public schools were ranked in the Gold Coast’s top twenty achievers.
Southport State High runs an academic excellence program for students receiving high marks in any of their four core subjects.
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All Saints Anglican School had the highest total number of students within the top bracket, with 50 students out of the 143 eligible achieving the top OP marks of 1-5.
Varsity College had the highest number of public school students making it into the 1-5 bracket with 24 in total.
Somerset College headmaster Craig Bassingthwaighte said he was extremely proud of both students and teachers.
“We are obviously extremely proud of the students and their achievement and very pleased for the teachers walking alongside them,” he said.
Mr Bassingthwaighte attributed the achievement to an enthusiastic staff and the school’s International Baccalaureate program.
“I don’t think it is not a coincidence that since we introduced the IB programs, across the college just about 15 years ago, that we are starting to see these incredibly consistent results coming through.”
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The globally-recognised program focuses learning on cognitive, social and emotional wellbeing alongside the Australian curriculum.
Greg Morgan, the head of senior secondary at Varsity College, said public schools were consistently achieving great results and should not be overlooked as academic leaders.
“Some of our students have gone on to achieve great results and secure academic scholarships but it is also important we recognise the students who have been achieving in their chosen field,” he said.
“It comes down to passionate teachers as the end of the day, what they are doing in front of the class rooms — not tuition fees.”
Gold Coast Christian College and Lutheran Ormeau Rivers School are not listed due to the small size of their OP-eligible cohort.
*Excludes schools with less than 10 OP-eligible students
SOURCE: Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority Year 12 Outcomes 2018 report.
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