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Proposed Changes to NSW HSC and Syllabus In 2019

I had done way too much over time (not paid) for my day job recently and late to the party to this issue. There had been a lot of different articles on this topic, I am just going to use one as a reference which is Sweeping changes to HSC and syllabus proposed by government review from smh.com.au

I will quote a few lines to summarize the article to give you an idea of what has been proposed.

The biggest rethink of the curriculum in 30 years also suggests paring back primary school content to focus on literacy, numeracy and emotional development, more minimum standards, and a restructure of the syllabus around attainment levels rather than year levels.
In early years, literacy, numeracy and social and emotional development should be “prioritised over other areas of the curriculum and resourced to ensure every student is on track in their learning,” the report said.
Students in the middle years of school should study and meet minimum standards in a
“specified range of subjects” that would include knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. They should also study a language other than English in primary school.
The primary and secondary curriculum should be restructured around so-called ‘attainment levels’, which would create a series of benchmarks against which students’ long-term progress could be measured, independent of their age or year.
smh.com.au

Let me use my take, this is simplification and refocus of the current syllabus of both primary and secondary level. I will throw in my opinion based on my own experience of the NSW education system.

First, at the primary level, I think a pretty good job has been done on the literacy side of things. There is a lot of focus from the school put in on the literacy in my kid’s school and similar feedback I get from the other parents in other schools as well. I cannot say the same for the numeracy side of things, there are too many comprehension types of questions and not enough basic skills imparted. Math often turns into a difficult subject for many kids were at the primary level this should not be the case.

Also personally I believe by far the majority of the responsibility for the social and emotional development rests with the parents.

Secondly, at the secondary level, there are definitely too many subjects not enough required basic skills imparted. Up to high school, we should be concentrating on teaching young people the fundamentals like math, computer skills etc.

Take math as an example I meet numerous of people at work that after graduating high school who does not know how to calculate GST portion if something sells for ten dollars. Simple things like that may seem trivial and none important, but can actually make a lot of difference in kind of work people do and how efficient they are done.

Lastly, we need to teach kids how to think and judge things on their own. On subjects such as History, we need to teach the kids why things happen the way they do. Judge and consider things scientifically and objectively.

One thing I noted in the current society of the echoing chamber of the internet, just about everybody just searches and read on the things they like and agrees with which is understandable. However, this merely amplifies one’s existing position rather than understand and learn about another side of the argument. Primary and early secondary schools are rare opportunities that we can shape and influence the kids before they get dump into the deep end of the internet.

This is not just for schools, but mostly for the parents as well, we need to pitch in and do our part if we wish for a better education for our kids.

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Miscellaneous Top Ranking Australian Schools

This post is meant to collect all the miscellaneous rankings I do with the Australian schools such as income per student top rank, ICSEA top ranking schools etc.

Top 100 “Richest” Schools in Australia

Australia Top ICSEA Ranked School For 2018

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Top 100 “Richest” Schools in Australia

This is meant to be a fun one, so please do not take it too seriously. I processed the school financial data for 2017 just recently. Looking at the data, I thought I may as well do an entry for this.

A few things to note first regarding this, smaller schools require higher funding to run and this applies to the more remote schools as well. So Oak Valley Aboriginal School in a remote region with 4 students received funding of $280,387 per student. However, these schools are not typical ones in Australia and do not represent the average.

To get a meaningful and more representative look, I have chosen a rather arbitrary enrolment number of 400. I did run the lower enrolment number as well and the main difference being that there are more schools in the remote and regional area as well. The list actually does not look that different.

Ranking	School Name	State	School Sector	Geolocations	Total Enrolments	Income Per Student
1	Melbourne Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1794	$51,645
2	Sydney Distance Education High School	NSW	Government	Major Cities	483	$48,109
3	Sydney Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1876	$45,891
4	St Joseph's College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1094	$41,397
5	SCEGGS Darlinghurst	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	920	$41,147
6	Christ Church Grammar School	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1651	$40,749
7	Ascham School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1146	$40,591
8	Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School	NSW	Government	Inner Regional	594	$40,361
9	Cranbrook School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1410	$40,348
10	The King's School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1676	$40,022
11	SHORE - Sydney Church of England Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1615	$38,584
12	SCECGS Redlands	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1549	$37,501
13	Wesley College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	3031	$37,208
14	Ivanhoe Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1913	$36,761
15	Melbourne Girls Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	946	$36,684
16	St Catherine's School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1039	$36,145
17	Kambala	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	944	$36,095
18	MLC School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1154	$36,092
19	Barker College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2103	$36,029
20	Ruyton Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	839	$35,995
21	Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Thamarrurr Catholic C...	NT	Catholic	Very Remote	627	$35,885
22	Abbotsleigh	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1420	$35,711
23	St Catherine's School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	689	$35,378
24	Presbyterian Ladies' College Sydney	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1258	$35,347
25	Newcastle Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	786	$35,135
26	Queenwood School for Girls	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	873	$35,106
27	Dubbo School of Distance Education	NSW	Government	Inner Regional	436	$35,035
28	Xavier College	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1961	$35,016
29	Wenona School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1081	$35,000
30	Lauriston Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	897	$34,486
31	The Scots College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1904	$34,168
32	Methodist Ladies' College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2034	$34,136
33	St Ignatius' College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1576	$33,968
34	Caulfield Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	3082	$33,779
35	Scotch College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1883	$33,707
36	Ravenswood School for Girls	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1119	$33,636
37	Scotch College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1478	$33,582
38	Trinity Grammar School Kew	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1381	$33,499
39	Carey Baptist Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2248	$33,494
40	Knox Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2890	$33,456
41	Brisbane Grammar School	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	1698	$33,345
42	Presbyterian Ladies' College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1412	$33,327
43	St Andrew's Cathedral School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1205	$33,251
44	Hale School	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1489	$33,222
45	St Peter's College	SA	Independent	Major Cities	1396	$33,140
46	Pymble Ladies' College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2118	$33,121
47	Camberwell Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1301	$32,829
48	Guildford Grammar School	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1058	$32,660
49	Southern Cross School	NSW	Government	Inner Regional	994	$32,636
50	Brighton Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1218	$32,539
51	Trinity Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2084	$32,470
52	Newington College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	2036	$32,464
53	Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	884	$32,317
54	Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1160	$32,235
55	St Leonard's College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1426	$31,941
56	The Geelong College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1247	$31,892
57	Eltham College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	597	$31,867
58	Brisbane Girls' Grammar School	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	1369	$31,721
59	Loreto Mandeville Hall	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1167	$31,633
60	Loreto Normanhurst	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1083	$31,458
61	Wesley College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1309	$31,354
62	Toorak College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	737	$31,109
63	Presbyterian Ladies' College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1072	$31,102
64	Reddam House	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1112	$31,048
65	St Michael's Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1203	$31,003
66	Tintern Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	804	$30,993
67	Haileybury College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	3754	$30,993
68	Glenvale School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	579	$30,815
69	Mentone Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1435	$30,621
70	Korowa Anglican Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	620	$30,386
71	Mentone Girls' Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	739	$30,160
72	Fintona Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	456	$30,125
73	Penrhos College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1115	$29,896
74	Methodist Ladies' College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1151	$29,866
75	Roseville College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	935	$29,864
76	Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	733	$29,669
77	The Kilmore International School	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	437	$29,655
78	Yarra Valley Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1214	$29,638
79	Firbank Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1107	$29,525
80	Genazzano FCJ College	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1026	$29,432
81	Seymour College	SA	Independent	Major Cities	758	$29,378
82	Loreto Kirribilli	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1096	$29,254
83	Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	920	$29,225
84	Perth College	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1105	$29,005
85	Tara Anglican School for Girls	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	718	$28,822
86	Somerville House	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	1370	$28,705
87	St Vincent's College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	676	$28,678
88	Anglican Church Grammar School	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	1792	$28,647
89	The King David School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	595	$28,596
90	Kilvington Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	723	$28,504
91	Pembroke School	SA	Independent	Major Cities	1529	$28,372
92	St Aloysius' College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1242	$28,270
93	Peninsula Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1282	$28,242
94	St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls	WA	Independent	Major Cities	1157	$28,211
95	Santa Sabina College	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1185	$28,178
96	St Margaret's Anglican Girls School	QLD	Independent	Major Cities	883	$28,139
97	St Margaret's School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	824	$28,125
98	St Luke's Grammar School	NSW	Independent	Major Cities	1106	$28,124
99	Woodleigh School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	945	$28,080
100	Prince Alfred College	SA	Independent	Major Cities	1098	$28,068

The four government school in the list are all remote education or regional boarding school serving remote and regional areas. All the rest of the private schools are located in the major cities. Also looking at the list the per-student income drop rapidly from the top place of Melbourne Grammar School in Victoria which has per student total gross income of $51,645 to the 100th place Prince Alfred College in South Australia with a per-student total gross income of $28,068

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Australia Top ICSEA Ranked School For 2018

First, let’s go over what ICSEA means again. Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage as a normal reference as ICSEA is created for the following purpose as described by Myschool. This is often thrown around various sites and news but mostly without a detailed explanation on what it is and what does it mean.

The index of community socio-educational advantage (ICSEA) was created by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) specifically to enable meaningful comparisons of National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) test achievement by students in schools across Australia.
ACARA

The ICSEA score is made up of the following four parts

Parents’ Occupation
Parents’ Education
Geographical Location
The proportion of Indigenous Students

I had done a previous blog on this which you can find at Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA). Looking at the criteria, geographic location is super important as it is a good representation of wealth as a major city compares to a remote region and lower north shore compare to the outer western suburb of Sydney. ICSEA is a good reflection of parent’s background like occupation, education and where they live. Even though ICSEA does not take income into consideration, the formula of occupation, education and geolocation will make a pretty good approximation of that as well.

Without any more of my rambling following is the top ICSEA school of Australia. I also add the academic ranking of the school in question as well, so we can have a look at the relation of ICSEA and academic performance.

Rank	School Name	State	ICSEA	Sector	Academic Ranking	Percentage
1	Sydney Grammar School	NSW	1286	Independent	1	100.00%
2	St Aloysius' College	NSW	1242	Independent	3	95.93%
3	Abbotsleigh	NSW	1226	Independent	4	95.71%
4	SCEGGS Darlinghurst	NSW	1222	Independent	44	90.65%
5	John Colet School	NSW	1219	Independent	66	90.03%
6	St Mary's Catholic Primary School	NSW	1218	Catholic	232	92.46%
7	Brisbane Grammar School	QLD	1215	Independent	n/a	n/a
8	Fitzroy Community School	VIC	1213	Independent	11	93.13%
9	Rainworth State School	QLD	1213	Government	13	93.05%
10	Presbyterian Ladies' College	VIC	1210	Independent	2	96.65%
11	Christ Church Grammar School	VIC	1208	Independent	42	90.89%
12	Dara Village School	SA	1208	Independent	n/a	n/a
13	Dalkeith Primary School	WA	1207	Government	436	85.89%
14	Roseville College	NSW	1206	Independent	17	92.79%
15	Our Lady of Good Counsel School	VIC	1206	Catholic	1335	82.27%
16	Camberwell Primary School	VIC	1205	Government	107	89.12%
17	Mosman Church of England Preparatory School	NSW	1205	Independent	146	88.47%
18	St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School	NSW	1204	Catholic	342	86.58%
19	Woollahra Public School	NSW	1203	Government	63	90.08%
20	Nedlands Primary School	WA	1202	Government	54	90.35%
21	SCECGS Redlands	NSW	1202	Independent	44	87.92%
22	St Joseph's School	VIC	1202	Catholic	982	83.42%
23	Canberra Grammar School	ACT	1202	Independent	709	84.48%
24	Korowa Anglican Girls' School	VIC	1201	Independent	68	90.03%
25	Clifton Hill Primary School	VIC	1201	Government	491	85.58%
26	North Cottesloe Primary School	WA	1200	Government	549	85.24%
27	Moerlina School	WA	1199	Independent	n/a	n/a
28	Scotch College	VIC	1199	Independent	29	91.85%
29	Greenwich Public School	NSW	1199	Government	184	87.97%
30	Merri Creek Primary School	VIC	1197	Government	628	84.88%
31	Rosalie Primary School	WA	1197	Government	152	88.41%
32	The Quintilian School	WA	1197	Independent	658	84.72%
33	Christ Church Grammar School	WA	1196	Independent	88	89.56%
34	Floreat Park Primary School	WA	1196	Government	171	88.16%
35	St Ignatius School	QLD	1195	Catholic	447	85.84%
36	Beaumont Road Public School	NSW	1195	Government	61	90.11%
37	Kapinara Primary School	WA	1195	Government	169	88.17%
38	Camberwell Grammar School	VIC	1195	Independent	31	91.69%
39	Loreto Nedlands	WA	1195	Catholic	805	84.05%
40	Lauriston Girls' School	VIC	1194	Independent	91	89.50%
41	Roseville Public School	NSW	1194	Government	76	89.87%
42	Camberwell Girls Grammar School	VIC	1193	Independent	87	89.56%
43	MLC School	NSW	1193	Independent	200	87.80%
44	Northbridge Public School	NSW	1193	Government	134	88.62%
45	Beecroft Public School	NSW	1193	Government	34	91.26%
46	Canterbury Primary School	VIC	1192	Government	129	88.71%
47	St Thomas' Catholic Primary School	NSW	1192	Catholic	295	86.96%
48	Ironside State School	QLD	1192	Government	104	89.19%
49	Cammeray Public School	NSW	1191	Government	81	89.75%
50	St Joseph's School	VIC	1191	Catholic	372	86.37%
51	Pembroke School	SA	1191	Independent	423	85.98%
52	Methodist Ladies' College	VIC	1190	Independent	124	88.81%
53	Ruyton Girls' School	VIC	1190	Independent	167	88.17%
54	St Andrew's School	SA	1190	Independent	259	87.25%
55	Inner Sydney Montessori School	NSW	1190	Independent	450	85.82%
56	Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School	NSW	1190	Catholic	222	87.56%
57	Somerville House	QLD	1190	Independent	128	88.74%
58	Pymble Public School	NSW	1190	Government	75	89.89%
59	Cranbrook School	NSW	1189	Independent	79	89.82%
60	Radford College	ACT	1189	Independent	597	85.07%
61	All Hallows' School	QLD	1189	Catholic	n/a	n/a
62	Wenona School	NSW	1189	Independent	115	88.96%
63	Subiaco Primary School	WA	1189	Government	287	87.01%
64	St Columba's Primary School	QLD	1188	Catholic	317	86.73%
65	Ashgrove State School	QLD	1188	Government	106	89.13%
66	Westgarth Primary School	VIC	1188	Government	375	86.35%
67	Blue Gum Montessori School	WA	1188	Independent	420	85.99%
68	Balgowlah Heights Public School	NSW	1188	Government	139	88.52%
69	Chapel Hill State School	QLD	1188	Government	180	88.05%
70	Emanuel School	NSW	1188	Independent	245	87.37%
71	Fintona Girls' School	VIC	1188	Independent	14	92.96%
72	Glenmore Road Public School	NSW	1187	Government	403	86.11%
73	Lindfield East Public School	NSW	1187	Government	65	90.04%
74	Ravenswood School for Girls	NSW	1187	Independent	98	89.32%
75	Erasmus School	VIC	1187	Independent	55	90.32%
76	St Ives North Public School	NSW	1187	Government	22	92.46%
77	Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School	NSW	1186	Catholic	352	86.49%
78	Loreto Kirribilli	NSW	1186	Independent	132	88.67%
79	Barker College	NSW	1186	Independent	94	89.46%
80	Holy Family Catholic Primary School	NSW	1186	Catholic	231	87.49%
81	Indooroopilly State School	QLD	1186	Government	122	88.86%
82	Alphington Primary School	VIC	1185	Government	260	87.23%
83	Malvern Primary School	VIC	1185	Government	406	86.11%
84	Reddam House	NSW	1185	Independent	136	88.59%
85	Northcross Christian School	NSW	1185	Independent	27	91.93%
86	Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School	NSW	1185	Catholic	1199	82.72%
87	Balmain Public School	NSW	1184	Government	300	86.94%
88	Gordon East Public School	NSW	1184	Government	133	88.65%
89	The Beehive Montessori School	WA	1184	Independent	632	84.86%
90	St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School	NSW	1184	Catholic	646	84.76%
91	St Joseph's College	QLD	1184	Catholic	n/a	n/a
92	Carey Baptist Grammar School	VIC	1183	Independent	69	90.01%
93	St Thomas' Primary School	WA	1183	Catholic	370	86.39%
94	St Kevin's College	VIC	1183	Catholic	187	87.93%
95	Sacred Heart School	VIC	1183	Catholic	215	87.61%
96	Fig Tree Pocket State School	QLD	1183	Government	284	87.02%
97	Graceville State School	QLD	1182	Government	253	87.30%
98	SHORE - Sydney Church of England Grammar School	NSW	1182	Independent	177	88.07%
99	Trinity Grammar School Kew	VIC	1182	Independent	179	88.05%
100	Melbourne Grammar School	VIC	1182	Independent	252	87.30%

I did some quick numbers, only 35 of the top 100 are government schools rest are consist of independent or Catholic. Given that more than two-thirds of Australian schools are from the public sector, then top ICSEA list is certainly dominated by private schools. Looking at the academic ranking of the top ICSEA schools there is certainly a relationship between ICSEA score and academic performance, although not a linear one, every school in the list still easily falls within the top quarter within Australia.

If I have time, I will run a state by state comparison as well.

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Balgowlah North Public School In-Person

I visited the Balgowlah North Public School in 2016, I cannot believe how long ago that was and do not ask me why it took me so long to write the school up. Balgowlah North Public School is situated in Sydney’s northern beach area. Balgowlah uses to be one of the old sleepy suburbs in Sydney. Thirty years ago if you walk through it, you will find mostly old red brick and weatherboard houses. It is very typical of what you call a working-class suburb. However, if you visit the suburb in recent years, you will find that a lot of the older houses got demolished and replaced by Macmansions and custom build large houses. These days North Balgowlah has an average house price of over two million dollars, it certainly has come a long way from its roots decades ago.

Balgowlah North Public School is situated on the Manning Street in the suburb of North Balgowlah opposite to the bushland. Despite its seemingly bush setting, the school is less than ten kilometres from the Sydney CBD and less than three kilometres from the world-famous Manly beach.

Academically Balgowlah North Public School usually falls between 100 to 300ish and please see the following table for the ranking.

Year	NSW Primary School Ranking
2018	330
2017	174
2016	344
2015	199
2014	95
2013	211
2012	183
2011	161

To find out school’s catchment, you can search for a particular school or address in the search box in the top right-hand corner of the embedded map or zoom into an area of interest on the map.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refer to that students resides in a particular area is guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

In 2018 there are 607 students consist of 318 boys and 289 girls. This number has been fairly consistent for most of this decade. There are 31 full time equivalent teaching and non-teaching staff in 2018. The percentage of students with language background other than English in 2018 is 12 percent, again this number has been fairly consistent and had not seen the dramatic increase that many other Sydney schools had experienced in the last decade or so.

Balgowlah North Public School has a lot of open green space and unfortunately full of demountable classrooms as well. Following are a brief photo tour of the school.

Balgowlah North Public School when I visited in 2016 has a lot of demountable classrooms as you can see from the photos below. In fact most of classrooms I saw in the school consisted of demountables.

Balgowlah North Public School Demountable Classrooms

More Balgowlah North Public School Demountable Classrooms

Balgowlah North Public School has a lot of open space which is rare for a school this close to the Sydney CBD and is very pleasant. A lot of schools I know are so short of playground and open space and had to even have different recess and lunch time for different grades to reduce the crowding.

More Balgowlah North Public School Open Green Spaces

More More Balgowlah North Public School Open Green Spaces

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Wentworth Point Public School

This page contains the information and the catchment map for Wentworth Point Public School in Sydney, NSW. You can search for a particular school or address in the search box in the top right-hand corner of the embedded map or zoom into an area of interest on the map.

The most common name used by NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refer to that students resides in a particular area is guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

As usual contact the school in question or Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Interesting Tidbit With Killara Public School

While I was researching for the school introduction piece with the Killara Public School, I noticed something interesting regarding the percentage of students at Killara Public School coming from language backgrounds other than English. If you missed the previous article regarding Killara Public School, you can find them as following.

Killara Public School In-Person

Alright lets first look at stats first

2008 : Enrolment 219 : Percentage of non English background is 18%
2009 : Enrolment 225 : Percentage of non English background is 32%
2010 : Enrolment 250 : Percentage of non English background is 38%
2011 : Enrolment 272 : Percentage of non English background is 30%
2012 : Enrolment 303 : Percentage of non English background is 38%
2013 : Enrolment 321 : Percentage of non English background is 43%
2014 : Enrolment 360 : Percentage of non English background is 52%
2015 : Enrolment 384 : Percentage of non English background is 53%
2016 : Enrolment 440 : Percentage of non English background is 55%
2017 : Enrolment 447 : Percentage of non English background is 59%
2018 : Enrolment 428 : Percentage of non English background is 63%

The enrolment increase I have already discussed in the previous article. However take a note of the increase of students with non English background, it went from 18 percent in 2008 to 63 percent in 2018. This is very significant changes consider Killara is one of the “old” suburb and established for a long time, also dominated by detached housings until recent years.

Let’s go over this in a bit more detail for those that are not familiar with the public schools in the Sydney north shore areas. All the public schools in Sydney north shore area that I know of all got larger kindergarten cohorts than their year four to six counterparts. For example, the kindergarten can easily have six class compare to two in year six. The class size is smaller in kindergarten level from memory is 20 compare up to 30 in year six. This means that it is not unusual to have double the number of kindergarten students compare to year six.

What happens is many parents often opt for the local public school when the children are young to take advantage of local proximity. When the kids got older from roughly year 3 onwards, a lot will be leaving for the private schools. This is a very common phenomenon in the north shore area.

Now we got that out of the way, let’s do some number regarding this using the fact above. For the students entered kindergarten with the school in 2012, they will be year six in 2018. You will get new students join and some leave, however, the composition do not change as significantly compare to the changes in kindergarten enrolment. If kindergarten in 2012 got 45 per cent of non-English background and in 2016 to achieve the school-wide ratio of 63 per cent, the kindergarten class in 2018 probably has a non-English background ratio of 75 to 80 per cent.

So here is another interesting series of study of Killara Public School. I enjoyed the research and the actual visit to the school. So I wish everyone a happy Sunday and enjoy the sleep in.

As usual, contact the school in question or Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Top 500 Ranking Victoria Melbourne Primary School For The Year Of 2018 (Government and Non-government)

This is a special entry for Lyn.

Top ranking Victoria Melbourne primary schools for the year of 2017. The result is a combination of both year 3 and 5 numbers from NAPLAN. One thing to note is some schools listed have very low enrolment number so the result is possibly not a reliable reflection of the entire school’s performance and historically can have big fluctuations as well. This is why I also included the enrolment number here, some school got big enrolment number as well due to they are classified as combined with both primary and secondary components counted together. One more thing to note is that percentage is based on the number one primary school regardless of school sector Australia wide.

Ranking	School Name	State	School Sector	Location	Total Enrolment	Percentage
1	Presbyterian Ladies' College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1412	96.65%
2	Haileybury College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	3754	95.69%
3	Ballarat Clarendon College	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	1326	93.29%
4	Fitzroy Community School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	113	93.13%
5	Fintona Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	456	92.96%
6	Huntingtower School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	686	92.88%
7	Beverley Hills Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	473	92.74%
8	Oakleigh South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	1006	91.90%
9	Scotch College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1883	91.85%
10	Serpell Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	1159	91.81%
11	Camberwell Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1301	91.69%
12	Mentone Girls' Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	739	91.40%
13	St Andrews Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	581	91.25%
14	Christ Church Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	292	90.89%
15	Waverley Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1867	90.65%
16	Balwyn Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	537	90.56%
17	Erasmus School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	106	90.32%
18	Lighthouse Christian College Cranbourne	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	863	90.28%
19	Glendal Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	873	90.15%
20	Thomastown East Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	169	90.13%
21	Doncaster Gardens Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	681	90.03%
22	Korowa Anglican Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	620	90.03%
23	Carey Baptist Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2248	90.01%
24	Firbank Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1107	89.99%
25	The Knox School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	567	89.99%
26	Southmoor Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	432	89.84%
27	Loreto Mandeville Hall	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1167	89.77%
28	Wheelers Hill Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	528	89.74%
29	Camberwell Girls Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	712	89.56%
30	Lauriston Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	897	89.50%
31	Bentleigh West Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	605	89.44%
32	Holy Trinity Primary School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	381	89.44%
33	St Leonard's College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1426	89.41%
34	Sholem Aleichem College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	180	89.31%
35	Camberwell Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	654	89.12%
36	Camelot Rise Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	444	89.10%
37	Knox Gardens Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	292	89.10%
38	Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	920	88.93%
39	Burwood East Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	274	88.88%
40	Genazzano FCJ College	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1026	88.88%
41	Methodist Ladies' College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2034	88.81%
42	Deepdene Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	452	88.79%
43	Canterbury Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	605	88.71%
44	South Yarra Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	377	88.52%
45	Mount View Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	1083	88.41%
46	Glen Waverley Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	864	88.41%
47	Vermont Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	694	88.40%
48	Eltham East Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	647	88.35%
49	Good Shepherd School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	488	88.35%
50	St Cecilia's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	253	88.33%
51	Pinewood Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	656	88.26%
52	Preston West Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	678	88.23%
53	Kingswood College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	567	88.23%
54	Ruyton Girls' School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	839	88.17%
55	Toorak College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	737	88.17%
56	Trinity Grammar School Kew	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1381	88.05%
57	Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	529	88.04%
58	Westbourne Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1479	88.02%
59	St Margaret's School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	824	87.97%
60	St Kevin's College	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	2037	87.93%
61	Kilvington Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	723	87.90%
62	Glenferrie Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	357	87.83%
63	Livingstone Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	774	87.80%
64	Templeton Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	720	87.80%
65	Melbourne Girls Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	946	87.76%
66	Sacred Heart School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	277	87.61%
67	Our Lady of Lourdes School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	140	87.59%
68	Malvern Central School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	416	87.57%
69	Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	733	87.52%
70	Brighton Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1218	87.52%
71	Birralee Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	426	87.50%
72	Chilwell Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	374	87.49%
73	St Kilda Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	350	87.45%
74	Highvale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	294	87.40%
75	Melbourne Montessori School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	266	87.38%
76	Hampton Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	731	87.33%
77	Carnegie Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	590	87.30%
78	Hartwell Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	710	87.30%
79	Melbourne Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1794	87.30%
80	Murrumbeena Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	559	87.28%
81	Alphington Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	428	87.23%
82	St Dominic's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	286	87.20%
83	Toorak Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	503	87.18%
84	Sandridge School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	112	87.18%
85	Brandon Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	390	87.14%
86	Banyule Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	654	87.13%
87	Armadale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	370	87.08%
88	Park Orchards Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	323	87.04%
89	Wattle Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	391	87.02%
90	Our Lady Help of Christians School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	200	86.99%
91	Kerrimuir Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	344	86.96%
92	Caulfield Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	3082	86.96%
93	Greythorn Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	565	86.94%
94	Casey Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	807	86.89%
95	St Joan of Arc School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	375	86.80%
96	Mount Waverley Heights Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	183	86.63%
97	Footscray City Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	365	86.61%
98	Burwood Heights Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	341	86.61%
99	Caulfield Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	271	86.61%
100	Ivanhoe Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	615	86.58%
101	Ss Peter & Paul's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	162	86.58%
102	Paynesville Primary School	VIC	Government	Outer Regional	153	86.56%
103	Fitzroy North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	532	86.54%
104	Black Rock Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	586	86.51%
105	Yarraville West Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	821	86.49%
106	Ashburton Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	551	86.49%
107	Laburnum Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	771	86.47%
108	Our Lady Help of Christians School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	316	86.47%
109	Heidelberg Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	517	86.46%
110	Heathdale Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1237	86.46%
111	Mount Waverley Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	801	86.44%
112	Ormond Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	414	86.37%
113	St Joseph's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	341	86.37%
114	Heatherton Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	370	86.37%
115	Westgarth Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	647	86.35%
116	Kensington Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	480	86.34%
117	St Catherine's School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	689	86.34%
118	Shelford Girls' Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	504	86.34%
119	Panton Hill Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	118	86.25%
120	Glen Iris Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	423	86.22%
121	Mount Macedon Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	128	86.11%
122	Malvern Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	697	86.11%
123	Alphington Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	525	86.08%
124	Auburn South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	674	86.06%
125	Hawthorn West Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	486	85.96%
126	Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2446	85.94%
127	Kew East Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	470	85.93%
128	Parkdale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	665	85.93%
129	Blackburn Lake Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	469	85.91%
130	St Kevin's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	127	85.89%
131	St Roch's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	169	85.89%
132	Dunkeld Consolidated School	VIC	Government	Outer Regional	104	85.84%
133	Essendon Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	509	85.81%
134	Valkstone Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	676	85.81%
135	Mont Albert Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	718	85.77%
136	Yackandandah Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	143	85.75%
137	Orchard Grove Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	662	85.75%
138	Gardenvale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	663	85.72%
139	Malvern Valley Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	253	85.72%
140	The King David School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	595	85.68%
141	Surrey Hills Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	404	85.65%
142	Balwyn North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	479	85.65%
143	Doreen Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	151	85.58%
144	Clifton Hill Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	746	85.58%
145	Strathmore North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	425	85.55%
146	Donvale Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1255	85.51%
147	Aireys Inlet Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	109	85.51%
148	Bialik College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	874	85.48%
149	Kororoit Creek Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	1178	85.48%
150	Ivanhoe Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1913	85.39%
151	Deutsche Schule Melbourne	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	103	85.38%
152	Mount Waverley North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	233	85.38%
153	Rangeview Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	582	85.36%
154	Mount Pleasant Road Nunawading Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	328	85.34%
155	St Michael's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	305	85.34%
156	Inverleigh Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	202	85.32%
157	Woorinen District Primary School	VIC	Government	Outer Regional	86	85.32%
158	Lloyd Street Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	533	85.31%
159	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	344	85.31%
160	Nunawading Christian College - Primary	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	186	85.29%
161	Fyans Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	311	85.27%
162	Donvale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	256	85.26%
163	Syndal South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	423	85.24%
164	Mountain Gate Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	359	85.22%
165	Templestowe Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	455	85.20%
166	Templestowe Heights Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	345	85.19%
167	Alamanda K-9 College	VIC	Government	Major Cities	2065	85.19%
168	Brentwood Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	710	85.17%
169	St Kilda Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	599	85.15%
170	Brighton Beach Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	379	85.15%
171	Southern Cross Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	532	85.15%
172	Cheltenham East Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	438	85.14%
173	Tintern Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	804	85.14%
174	St Gregory the Great School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	426	85.12%
175	Wales Street Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	603	85.08%
176	Sacre Coeur	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	720	85.08%
177	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	323	85.08%
178	Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	186	85.08%
179	Good News Lutheran College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	879	85.08%
180	Mitcham Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	410	85.07%
181	Yarra Valley Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1214	85.02%
182	North Melbourne Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	743	85.00%
183	Antonio Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	503	85.00%
184	Belmont Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	302	84.98%
185	Williamstown North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	766	84.98%
186	Cardross Primary School	VIC	Government	Outer Regional	104	84.98%
187	Donburn Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	455	84.98%
188	Aspendale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	532	84.93%
189	St Vincent de Paul's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	432	84.91%
190	Geelong Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1448	84.90%
191	Merri Creek Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	440	84.88%
192	Boroondara Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	632	84.86%
193	Fairfield Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	487	84.83%
194	St Leonard's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	277	84.78%
195	Blackburn Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	518	84.76%
196	St Clement of Rome School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	354	84.72%
197	Beth Rivkah Ladies College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	590	84.72%
198	Overnewton Anglican Community College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2109	84.72%
199	Carlton Gardens Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	359	84.71%
200	Puckapunyal Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	207	84.69%
201	Carrum Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	314	84.69%
202	Wesley College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	3031	84.69%
203	Sacred Heart School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	267	84.67%
204	St Leo the Great School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	242	84.67%
205	Bacchus Marsh Grammar	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	1986	84.67%
206	Oakleigh Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	436	84.65%
207	Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	785	84.65%
208	Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	313	84.60%
209	Milgate Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	646	84.59%
210	Derinya Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	800	84.57%
211	St Paul's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	271	84.55%
212	The Kilmore International School	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	437	84.53%
213	Altona Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	631	84.52%
214	Doncaster Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	548	84.50%
215	Mount Eliza North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	626	84.50%
216	St Margaret's Primary School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	333	84.43%
217	Oakleigh Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	674	84.40%
218	Carlton North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	285	84.38%
219	Our Holy Redeemer School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	163	84.38%
220	Oxley Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	827	84.38%
221	Hughesdale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	542	84.36%
222	Wembley Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	720	84.35%
223	Tambo Upper Primary School	VIC	Government	Outer Regional	103	84.33%
224	Ocean Grove Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	633	84.33%
225	Moonee Ponds Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	351	84.33%
226	Caulfield Junior College	VIC	Government	Major Cities	474	84.31%
227	Aberfeldie Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	378	84.26%
228	Newport Lakes Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	445	84.24%
229	Haddon Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	222	84.24%
230	St Bernadette's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	239	84.24%
231	St Paul's Anglican Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	1259	84.24%
232	Cornish College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	656	84.24%
233	Coburg West Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	504	84.23%
234	Tulliallan Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	337	84.21%
235	Footscray North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	409	84.17%
236	Heathmont East Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	584	84.16%
237	Moorabbin Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	248	84.14%
238	Viewbank Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	654	84.14%
239	Essex Heights Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	567	84.14%
240	Wonga Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	397	84.12%
241	Andersons Creek Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	339	84.12%
242	Middle Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	531	84.11%
243	Emerald Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	502	84.11%
244	Montmorency South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	619	84.11%
245	Apollo Bay P-12 College	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	262	84.11%
246	Coleraine Primary School	VIC	Government	Outer Regional	48	84.09%
247	Ripponlea Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	289	84.09%
248	St James' School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	337	84.09%
249	Ascot Vale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	266	84.07%
250	Preston Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	741	84.04%
251	Bellaire Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	607	84.04%
252	St Robert's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	381	84.04%
253	Croydon Hills Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	680	84.02%
254	St Luke the Evangelist School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	202	84.02%
255	Beechworth Montessori School	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	81	84.02%
256	St Bridget's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	62	84.00%
257	Warrandyte Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	211	83.99%
258	Cheltenham Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	419	83.99%
259	Greenhills Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	526	83.99%
260	Richmond Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	351	83.99%
261	Essendon North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	664	83.97%
262	Jells Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	507	83.95%
263	Mentone Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1435	83.93%
264	Northside Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	319	83.93%
265	Strathmore Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	505	83.92%
266	Marysville Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	56	83.90%
267	Mount Blowhard Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	71	83.90%
268	Beaumaris Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	543	83.88%
269	St Philip's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	125	83.88%
270	Coburg North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	415	83.85%
271	Coatesville Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	759	83.83%
272	Peninsula Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1282	83.83%
273	Maranatha Christian School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	766	83.83%
274	St Christopher's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	91	83.81%
275	St Michael's Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1203	83.81%
276	St Louis de Montfort's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	725	83.80%
277	Yesodei HaTorah College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	163	83.80%
278	Solway Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	507	83.78%
279	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Outer Regional	516	83.76%
280	St Thomas the Apostle School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	350	83.76%
281	Lighthouse Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	677	83.76%
282	Mckinnon Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	814	83.75%
283	Watsonia Heights Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	308	83.75%
284	Xavier College	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1961	83.75%
285	Northcote Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	377	83.71%
286	Apollo Parkways Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	819	83.71%
287	Sacred Heart School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	276	83.66%
288	Mount Scopus Memorial College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1283	83.66%
289	Fish Creek and District Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	89	83.63%
290	Glen Huntly Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	315	83.63%
291	Edinburgh College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	276	83.63%
292	Thomas Mitchell Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	803	83.61%
293	St Anne's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	289	83.61%
294	Eltham North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	593	83.57%
295	Sandringham East Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	522	83.56%
296	Woodleigh School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	945	83.56%
297	Gordon Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	112	83.54%
298	Seabrook Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	980	83.54%
299	Belle Vue Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	174	83.52%
300	St Mark's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	478	83.52%
301	Mulgrave Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	354	83.50%
302	St James' School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	249	83.50%
303	Magpie Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	97	83.47%
304	Kingston Heath Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	296	83.45%
305	St Aloysius' School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	61	83.45%
306	Albert Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	581	83.44%
307	St Joseph's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	410	83.42%
308	Mordialloc Beach Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	183	83.40%
309	Elwood Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	803	83.40%
310	Chatham Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	409	83.40%
311	Ivanhoe East Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	546	83.37%
312	Kinglake Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	86	83.35%
313	Templestowe Valley Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	488	83.35%
314	Whitehorse Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	361	83.33%
315	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Outer Regional	42	83.32%
316	Brunswick South West Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	404	83.30%
317	Wantirna South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	265	83.30%
318	Ringwood Heights Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	271	83.30%
319	Selby Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	240	83.28%
320	Bayswater South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	303	83.26%
321	Westbreen Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	263	83.25%
322	Tinternvale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	334	83.25%
323	Pleasant Street Primary School ( Ballarat)	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	346	83.23%
324	Wandin Yallock Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	85	83.23%
325	Port Melbourne Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	813	83.23%
326	Avondale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	361	83.23%
327	Camberwell South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	481	83.21%
328	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	261	83.21%
329	Resurrection House	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	159	83.20%
330	Aspendale Gardens Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	670	83.18%
331	Bright P-12 College	VIC	Government	Outer Regional	550	83.16%
332	Macedon Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	241	83.16%
333	Castlemaine North Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	242	83.16%
334	St Joseph's School	VIC	Catholic	Outer Regional	42	83.16%
335	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	365	83.16%
336	St Finbar's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	324	83.16%
337	St Joseph's Primary School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	156	83.13%
338	Red Hill Consolidated School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	578	83.11%
339	Nazareth School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	314	83.09%
340	Hillcrest Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1524	83.09%
341	Flemington Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	414	83.08%
342	Brighton Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	768	83.08%
343	St Columba's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	154	83.08%
344	Auburn Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	499	83.06%
345	St Peter's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	666	83.06%
346	St Patrick's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	338	83.06%
347	Balnarring Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	377	83.02%
348	Briar Hill Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	193	83.02%
349	St Raphael's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	272	83.02%
350	Our Lady of the Pines School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	348	83.02%
351	Williamstown Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	531	83.01%
352	Parktone Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	553	83.01%
353	Sandringham Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	488	82.99%
354	Toolamba Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	168	82.99%
355	Caulfield South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	496	82.99%
356	Kew Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	493	82.97%
357	Dandenong North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	833	82.96%
358	St Monica's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	134	82.94%
359	Christian College Highton	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	984	82.92%
360	Montmorency Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	258	82.90%
361	Park Ridge Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	612	82.90%
362	Woodend Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	400	82.89%
363	Kunyung Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	689	82.89%
364	St Patrick's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	357	82.87%
365	Kardinia International College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1787	82.87%
366	Cowes Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	585	82.85%
367	Rosanna Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	314	82.85%
368	Bonbeach Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	302	82.85%
369	Greensborough Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	168	82.84%
370	Warragul North Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	617	82.84%
371	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	289	82.84%
372	Birregurra Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	83	82.82%
373	Our Lady of the Nativity School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	396	82.82%
374	Marlborough Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	208	82.80%
375	St Joseph's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	152	82.80%
376	St Francis Xavier's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	354	82.80%
377	Wallington Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	160	82.78%
378	Elsternwick Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	595	82.77%
379	Girton Grammar School	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	1141	82.77%
380	Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	615	82.75%
381	St Paul's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	364	82.75%
382	St James School	VIC	Catholic	Inner Regional	102	82.73%
383	Truganina P-9 College	VIC	Government	Major Cities	897	82.73%
384	St Martin of Tours School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	512	82.72%
385	Bellbrae Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	501	82.68%
386	St Paul's Kealba Catholic School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	340	82.68%
387	St Therese's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	546	82.65%
388	Yeshivah College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	386	82.65%
389	King's College	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	212	82.65%
390	St John's Lutheran School Geelong	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	248	82.63%
391	Glen Waverley South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	338	82.61%
392	Beaconhills College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2902	82.61%
393	St Theresa's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	226	82.60%
394	St Damian's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	432	82.58%
395	Beaumaris North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	693	82.56%
396	Sacred Heart School	VIC	Catholic	Outer Regional	58	82.54%
397	Diamond Creek Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	221	82.53%
398	Quarry Hill Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	361	82.53%
399	Footscray West Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	619	82.53%
400	St Joseph's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	187	82.53%
401	St Joseph's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	319	82.51%
402	St Francis of Assisi School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	1112	82.51%
403	Flinders Christian Community College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1877	82.51%
404	Hume Anglican Grammar	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1018	82.51%
405	Wandin North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	248	82.49%
406	Port Fairy Consolidated School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	221	82.48%
407	St Anne's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	161	82.48%
408	Bendigo Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	172	82.44%
409	Kingswood Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	587	82.44%
410	Roberts McCubbin Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	418	82.44%
411	Newport Gardens Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	481	82.42%
412	Tarrington Lutheran School	VIC	Independent	Outer Regional	118	82.41%
413	Bairnsdale Primary School	VIC	Government	Outer Regional	246	82.35%
414	Pascoe Vale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	521	82.35%
415	Barwon Heads Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	492	82.34%
416	St Peter's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	194	82.34%
417	Our Lady of the Way School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	144	82.32%
418	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Inner Regional	153	82.32%
419	St Christopher's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	717	82.30%
420	Upper Plenty Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	189	82.27%
421	Our Lady of Good Counsel School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	254	82.27%
422	Glenroy Central Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	239	82.27%
423	Stella Maris School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	320	82.25%
424	St Peter's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	555	82.23%
425	Seaholme Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	302	82.18%
426	St Albans Meadows Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	448	82.18%
427	Victory Lutheran College	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	716	82.18%
428	Lakeside College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	342	82.17%
429	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	297	82.15%
430	Chewton Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	77	82.13%
431	St Thomas More School	VIC	Catholic	Inner Regional	409	82.11%
432	Aitken College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1269	82.11%
433	Old Orchard Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	538	82.10%
434	Dorset Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	487	82.10%
435	Avenel Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	127	82.06%
436	Cobden Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	178	82.06%
437	Holy Rosary School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	306	82.05%
438	Darul Ulum College of Victoria	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	1059	82.01%
439	Woodford Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	202	81.99%
440	Watsonia North Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	545	81.99%
441	Lyndale Greens Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	618	81.99%
442	St Bede's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	292	81.99%
443	Sirius College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	2472	81.99%
444	Boronia Heights Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	497	81.98%
445	Niddrie Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	282	81.98%
446	Mary Immaculate School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	121	81.98%
447	Kallista Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	163	81.96%
448	Brunswick South Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	318	81.91%
449	St Paul Apostle South School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	222	81.91%
450	Scoresby Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	219	81.89%
451	Kingsville Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	642	81.87%
452	Richmond West Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	274	81.87%
453	Mount Eliza Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	644	81.86%
454	Huntingdale Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	380	81.86%
455	Christian College Bellarine	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	441	81.84%
456	Brunswick North West Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	364	81.82%
457	St Patrick's School	VIC	Catholic	Inner Regional	124	81.81%
458	Upwey Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	89	81.77%
459	St John Vianney's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	148	81.77%
460	Wallarano Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	686	81.75%
461	Village School	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	72	81.75%
462	Knox Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	288	81.74%
463	Holy Name School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	286	81.74%
464	Emmaus Catholic Primary School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	422	81.74%
465	Weeden Heights Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	173	81.72%
466	Courtenay Gardens Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	836	81.72%
467	St Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	557	81.72%
468	Highton Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	336	81.70%
469	Plenty Valley Christian College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	739	81.70%
470	Shepparton Christian College Ltd	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	200	81.70%
471	Maiden Gully Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	550	81.69%
472	St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	234	81.69%
473	Eltham Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	420	81.67%
474	Woori Yallock Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	264	81.67%
475	Yarra Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	260	81.67%
476	Ruskin Park Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	351	81.65%
477	St Joseph's School	VIC	Catholic	Inner Regional	114	81.65%
478	Sacred Heart School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	305	81.65%
479	St Bernard's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	225	81.65%
480	Parkmore Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	137	81.62%
481	Rolling Hills Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	364	81.62%
482	St Kevin's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	113	81.62%
483	St Margaret Mary's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	135	81.60%
484	St Monica's Primary School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	536	81.57%
485	St Anthony's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	162	81.57%
486	Tylden Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	115	81.55%
487	Irymple South Primary School	VIC	Government	Outer Regional	352	81.55%
488	Oatlands Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	1089	81.55%
489	St John's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	182	81.55%
490	Eltham College	VIC	Independent	Major Cities	597	81.55%
491	Axedale Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	110	81.53%
492	Research Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	182	81.53%
493	Katunga Primary School	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	89	81.50%
494	Cambridge Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	1031	81.50%
495	Keysborough Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	457	81.50%
496	Holy Spirit School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	251	81.50%
497	Great Ryrie Primary School	VIC	Government	Major Cities	501	81.48%
498	St Justin's School	VIC	Catholic	Major Cities	347	81.48%
499	Wodonga Middle Years College	VIC	Government	Inner Regional	823	81.46%
500	Olivet Christian College	VIC	Independent	Inner Regional	75	81.46%

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Killara Public School In-Person

I was actually at the Killara Public School in late 2016 but never had a chance to write it up until now. Killara Public School located in the leafy upper north shore suburb of Killara in Sydney. The school is located at Ridgeland Ave roughly about 20 minutes on foot west of the Killara Station. One thing to note is that west of Pacific Highway, it is a fairly steep downslope. So if you walking towards the direction of Killara station after school finishes, it can be a fairly long trek.

Killara Public School is fairly small by Sydney standard even after it experienced 116 per cent growth in enrolment from 2008 to 2018. In 2011 the school has 219 students. However, by 2018 the enrolment number is 428. This growth is particularly strong when compared to neighbouring schools. In 2018 it also has a full-time equivalent teaching staff of 22.5.

Academically the Killara Public School also performs very well both Sydney or nationwide. The school consistently ranked inside the top 100 in NSW when compare to both government and none government schools.

	NSW Primary School Ranking
2018	96
2017	60
2016	90
2015	83
2014	46
2013	117
2012	185
2011	34

You can search for a particular school or address in the search box in the top right-hand corner of the embedded map or zoom into an area of interest on the map.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

The school also is fully of demountable classrooms, this is the consequence of the rapid expansion of the last decade. I visited the school in 2016 and last year eight permanent classroom was added to the school, so there are some welcoming changes recently not included in the photos below.

As you can in the below photo the school is very leafy and the playground is well shaded with large gum trees.

The semi permanent classrooms in the school.

Very nice and large open green space with the backdrops of the demountable classrooms which is everywhere in the school.

Killara Public School Grounds and Surrounding

View of the open space and again you can easily notice the surrounding large and mature trees.

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Update on Willoughby Public School Expansion Progress

I have done two articles on Willoughby Public School previously introducing the school and discuss its expansion plan. You can find both below.

I have recently visited the school again and walked around to take some photos of the expansion in progress for both Willoughby Public School and Willoughby Girls High School. Looking at the progress, it should be ready next year or first half for sure. Both schools were previously fully stuffed with all types of demountable classrooms, so it was really nice to see the expansion happening and on track.

The first photo is the view of the school from the front gate, it is a good mix of the old and new.

Willloughby Public School expansion from front gate

Following image shows the main expansion building for the Willoughby Public School, as you can see it is progressed pretty far already and should not be too long before it is ready.

Willoughby Public School Main Expansion Building

Next shows the massive amount of new demountable classrooms brought in to hold over, I lost count but it is around 30. These are shared with Willoughby Girls High School, so not all are only used by the Willoughby Public School.

Willoughby Public School Demountable Classrooms

Rest of the school are more or less the same as before and you can see photos of them from my previous article entry. I am also putting two photos of Willoughby Girls High School here as this is considered as one expansion plan and carried out at same time.

First is the main expansion building for the neighouring Willoughby Girls High School. It takes place on what use to be the tennis court. Demonstration of how tight the space got in some Sydney school, the tennis court where the construction now taken place was taken over by demountable classrooms already. The last photo was where some demountable classrooms use to sit and now a construction site and looks like so far mostly used for storage of material and equipments.

Willough Girls High School Main Expansion Building

Willoughby Girls High School Construction Site

This is certainly exciting times and I look forward to see the expansion when it finishes.

As usual, contact the school in question or Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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