The southern suburbs most-improved NAPLAN schools of past five years revealed

NAPLAN results have skyrocketed at a small Seaford school which takes a step-by-step approach to teaching students. Check the full list from the southern suburbs to see if your school improved.

Seaford Park Primary School had higher Year 5 yearly NAPLAN results than any other school in the region.

An analysis of the 2014 and 2018 NAPLAN scores has revealed the schools with the most improved results in Melbourne’s south over the past five years.

The school with the most improved Year 5 results between 2014 and 2018 was Seaford Park Primary School – which had 150 pupils – where the average results across all subjects improved by 16 per cent.

Principal Julia Braakhuis said the school’s curriculum was based on explicit teaching practices, where teachers take a step-by-step approach to showing students what to do and how to do it.

“This solid base is further developed throughout the school where children continue to be taught explicit approaches to these areas of the curriculum,” she said.

“Our children benefit from this approach and it reflects in our positive NAPLAN results.”

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The second biggest improvement in Year 5 results was Hampton Park Primary School, with a jump of 11.4 per cent.

The News Corp Australia analysis compared each school’s combined results for each NAPLAN subject in 2014 with the 2018 results.

The 2019 results are not publicly available yet.

Oakwood School (11.2 per cent) and Adass Israel School (9 per cent) were the most improved in Melbourne’s south when it came to year 9 results.

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A Federal Department of Education spokesperson said NAPLAN provided insight for schools and teachers about how well education programs were working, and where there was need for improvement.

“NAPLAN shows parents how their children are progressing against national standards and provides a basis for discussion with their child’s teachers,” the spokesperson said.

“It also provides students with an opportunity to see what they have learned and how they are progressing over time.”

SOUTHERN MELBOURNE’S YEAR 5 NAPLAN IMPROVERS FROM 2014 TO 2018

1. Seaford Park Primary School – 16.0 per cent

2. Hampton Park Primary School – 11.4 per cent

3. Dandenong West Primary School – 10.5 per cent

4. Holy Family School, Doveton – 10.3 per cent

5. St Aloysius’ School, Caulfield – 9.6 per cent

6. Cranbourne West Primary School – 9.5 per cent

7. Dandenong South Primary School – 9.2 per cent

8. Caulfield Primary School – 9.0 per cent

9. Heatherhill Primary School – Springvale 8.6 per cent

10. St Therese’s School, Cranbourne – 7.8 per cent

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SOUTHERN MELBOURNE’S YEAR 9 NAPLAN IMPROVERS FROM 2014 TO 2018

1. Oakwood School, Caulfield North – 11.2 per cent

2. Adass Israel School, Elsternwick – 9.0 per cent

3. Western Port Secondary College, Hastings – 7.5 per cent

4. Monterey Secondary College, Frankston North – 6.6 per cent

5. Westall Secondary College – 5.7 per cent

6. Glen Eira College, Caulfield East – 4.2 per cent

7. Dromana Secondary College – 3.2 per cent

8. Albert Park College – 3.2 per cent

9. Patterson River Secondary College – 3.0 per cent

10. Mt Hira College, Keysborough – 2.9 per cent

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