School Annual Reporting – 2011 School Year
The following information is provided to satisfy Queensland Government requirements regarding information that schools must now have readily available to the public.
Following is a checklist of the information, all of which relates to the school’s operations and outcomes in 2011
Required information:
The school is Catholic. Our school has a newly developed Mission Statement
Teacher Participation in Professional Learning
Feedback on parent, teacher and student satisfaction with the school – Each of the Validation Components reviewed this year contained survey information obtained from Staff, Students and Parents where appropriate. These components reviewed were:
1.4 Social Action and Justice
2.2 Curriculum
3.3 Cultural Diversity
3.4 Student Wellbeing and Pastoral Care
7.2 Equity and Stewardship
7.3 Maintenance and Development
2008 – 2012 Internal School Review Schedule
Actions for 2011 aligned with the CEO School Renewal Components
School achievements relating to the Strategic Action Plan for 2011
The school’s address:
Edmund Rice Drive, Ashmore 4214
Total enrolments:
734
Year levels offered:
Prep – Year 7
The school is co-educational.
Distinctive curriculum offerings. Regular subjects do not need to be listed:
Extra-curricula activities. Descriptions of the activities should be provided, particularly those that involve a significant number of students:
Tennis Instruction
Music
Speech and Drama
Auskick
Audio-Visual Room
Staff development priorities for the year:
Refer to the School’s Goals 2010
The social climate of the school, including pastoral care programs:
Our school’s Life and Living Statement emphasises that we are a welcoming family school: a great place to grow!
The school has a warm, caring atmosphere that is welcoming to all members of the school community.
The school has a Patron Parents program that has, as part of its charter, the welcoming of new families to our school community.
Strategies used for involving parents in their child’s education:
National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy
Numeracy, Writing, Reading, Grammar & Punctuation and Spelling results for Years 3, 5 and 7:
These results do not include those student who were excluded from the NAPLAN tests because of an intellectual impairment.
Year 3 |
School Average |
State Average |
QLD % Above NMS |
School % Above NMS |
Numeracy |
388 |
385 |
96.8 |
98.8 |
Reading |
406 |
400 |
94.5 |
95.3 |
Writing |
409 |
404 |
95.7 |
96.5 |
Grammar and Punctuation |
419 |
407 |
92.9 |
93.7 |
Spelling |
411 |
388 |
92.4 |
100 |
Year 5 |
School Average |
State Average |
QLD % Above NMS |
School % Above NMS |
Numeracy |
470 |
470 |
95.1 |
96.7 |
Reading |
464 |
470 |
90.3 |
93.4 |
Writing |
471 |
471 |
91.2 |
93.3 |
Grammar and Punctuation |
471 |
485 |
91.6 |
93.4 |
Spelling |
475 |
466 |
90.1 |
95.6 |
Year 7 |
School Average |
State Average |
QLD % Above NMS |
School % Above NMS |
Numeracy |
536 |
539 |
92.1 |
92.3 |
Reading |
524 |
534 |
95.9 |
97.5 |
Writing |
529 |
533 |
92.8 |
98.7 |
Grammar and Punctuation |
522 |
525 |
93.6 |
96.1 |
Spelling |
523 |
329 |
92.5 |
94.9 |
Professional Engagement
Qualifications of all teachers
Expenditure on teacher professional learning – $72,000
Average staff attendance for the school based on unplanned absences of sick and emergent leave for periods of up to 5 days – 96%
Proportion of teaching staff retained from the previous school year – 87%
Average student attendance rate – 95%