TASMANIA'S highest achieving schools have been revealed with 2015 NAPLAN results going live from Wednesday morning.
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The My School website has been updated with the latest data on about 10,000 schools across the country.
The update included:
- 2015 NAPLAN results
- 2015 school profile and population data
- 2015 student attendance data (Semester 1 and Term 3)
- and school financial information, including capital expenditure and sources of funding.
A quick glance at the My School data for northern Tasmanian schools shows East Launceston Primary School scored well across the board for year 3 and 5 pupils.
Sacred Heart Catholic School is also performing above average in most Naplan testing areas.
Launceston's Scotch Oakburn College students scored above average for all testing areas in years 5, 7 and 9, apart from year nine spelling results, compared with similar schools.
However, year three pupils scored below average for reading, persuasive writing and spelling and grammar and punctuation, but above average in numeracy.
Launceston Church Grammar School year five pupils scored below the national average in persuasive writing and grammar and punctuation, but substantially above average in reading and above average in numeracy.
The school's year three and seven students scored above average in all five testing areas.
Kings Meadows High School year seven students rated below the national average in persuasive writing, spelling, numeracy and grammar and punctuation, while the school's year nine students were above the national average in reading and numeracy.
For Brooks High School year 7 students, reading, persuasive writing and numeracy results were all below the national average, but were above the average compared to schools serving students from statistically similar backgrounds.
The same was the case for Brooks year 9 persuasive writing, grammar and punctuation and numeracy results.
Tasmanian School demonstrating substantially above average gain (improvements):
- South Hobart Primary School, for year 3 to 5 numeracy.
- Cambridge Primary School, for year 3 to 5 reading
- Longford Primary School, for year 3 to 5 reading
- Reece High School, for year 7 to 9 reading
- Glenora District School, for year 7 to 9 reading
- Riverside High School, for year 7 to 9 reading
- Taroona High School, for year 7 to 9 numeracy
- Yolla District High School, for year 7-9 numeracy
- Mountain Heights School, for Year 7 to 9 numeracy
- Lilydale District School, for year 3 to 5 reading
- Glenora District School, for year 3 to 5 numeracy
- Lansdowne Crescent Primary School, for year 3 to 5 numeracy
- Princes Street Primary School, for year 3 to 5 reading
- New Town Primary School, for year 3 to 5 reading and numeracy
- Austins Ferry Primary School, for year 3 to 5 numeracy
- Calvin Christian School, for year 3 to 5 numeracy
- Tarremah Steiner School, for year 3 to 5 reading and numeracy
- St Michael's Collegiate School, for year 7 to 9 reading
- Launceston Christian School, for year 7 to 9 reading
- Circular Head Christian School, for year 7 to 9 numeracy
- Oakwood School, for year 7 to 9 numeracy
- The Friends School, for year 7 to 9 numeracy
- Calvin Christian School, for year 7 to 9 reading
- Launceston Christian School, for year 3 to 5 reading
- Oakwood School, for year to 5 numeracy
- Emmanuel Christian School, for year 3 to 5 reading
*List is in no particular order
