Holy Eucharist Primary School at St Albans is celebrating its best-ever NAPLAN results.
With more than 94 per cent of its students speaking English as a second language, deputy principal John Rudd said it was a tremendous result for a school of 375 pupils in a soci-economically disadvantaged area.
“While our data has had an upward trend over the past three years, this year has seen a significant jump and improvement in our NAPLAN scores,” he said.
“Our grade 3s performed above Victorian standard in every area tested, which is unusual given most of our students have English as a second language. And given that most of our students don’t speak English at home, it’s difficult for parents to support their child’s learning.
“Our school has performed above state average for every area examined and our growth rates between grades 3 and 5 reflect learning growth that’s way ahead of average state growth rates.
“We are extremely proud that, even though [some] of our students come from disadvantaged backgrounds, they are not disadvantaged academically.”
He said it was a brilliant turnaround considering that, two years ago, the school’s grade 5 pupils were significantly below the state average in most areas tested.
